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Katinka Dashkova is running for her life because everything she knows is changing. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina with a hunched back, and her friends, Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the dwarf, are different. That's why they are part of Peter the Great's Circus of Curiosities. But the Tzar is dead, and they must flee the Winter Palace. Guided by a special map, they set out across Russia running for their lives.

Jack and his friends, Amelia and Xander, are in Zanzibar diving for lost treasure to support Jack's mother's coral protection project. Going further than usual on their last day, their dive boat is lured into a trap and captured by Somali pirates. Determined that his mother shouldn't pay a ransom for their release, Jack won't give up his attempts to escape. Transferred to a militia training camp for boy soldiers, the trio's only hope is the resourceful Somali boy called Mo who befriends them.

The year is 2425. Centuries after a catastrophic meteor collision, nature has retaken the earth. In a small town in what was once England, young Ocean Mooney and the monkey-owning Duke Smiff have just dug up a 400 year-old tablet computer. Meanwhile, in the present day, Thomas Reeve and his genius cousin Kylie create the Time Tablet – a device which they hope will allow them to communicate with the future. But when the Time Tablet malfunctions live on television, Thomas and Kylie are sucked into the year 2425 – and have only 24 hours to return home, and save the future of humanity.

Paris, 1942. When thirteen-year-old Amelie Dreyfus goes into her mother's wardrobe to hide, it's a game. When she comes out, it's a matter of life and death. For Amelie is Jewish, and her parents and brother have been taken by the authorities. With her apartment too dangerous to remain in, Amelie must survive alone on the streets of Paris. Determined to avenge her family and defend her country, she joins the French Resistance. But Amelie will discover that in war, everyone becomes a new person, and some seem to shed their old skin entirely. Even your friends may betray you.

Sarka and Oliver often make their parents fear that curiosity will harm more than a cat. For these twelve-year-old students, visiting the zoo seems closer to an expedition than a field trip. But while they expect to find lions, tigers, and bears, they don't expect those animals to break free, stranding them amid a zoo gone wild.

In this third high-octane instalment, Jack and his friends are skiing in the Alps when Jack is engulfed by an avalanche.

Lily could never have imagined what was about to happen to her, but when it did, it changed her life forever. Exciting, scary and amazing adventures followed - it has to be heard to be believed!

Bernie LeBaron is already a scrawny 13-year-old magnet for misfortune. But when his father pawns him off on relatives after his mother dies and he accidentally takes a picture of a man carrying a dead body through the woods, Bernie’s life becomes truly miserable. Now he must discover who the murderer is while staying out of trouble so that his father doesn’t take him away. Will the fates decide to salvage the miserable life of Bernie LeBaron?

Three years after his triumphant return from Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins learns that Long John Silver has been captured and sentenced to hang. Jim's fateful decision to help Silver propels them into a dangerous search for the greatest treasure of all time: The Pharaoh's Gold!

Amid the hustle and bustle of the big city, the big crowds and bigger buildings, Little Elliot leads a quiet life. In spite of the challenges he faces, Elliot finds many wonderful things to enjoy—like cupcakes! And when his problems seem insurmountable, Elliot discovers something even sweeter—a friend.

Alora Bravemist had never conceived of an exciting life. Alora only knew the sad loss of her mother in an automobile accident, helping her dad raise her little brother and keeping the house clean. This was her sad lot in life. Until one day life blossomed into a great adventure! She had been able to pass through time! She had solved exciting mysteries changing the future, saving thousands! She had ridden on the back of a giant wolf! And now she had uncovered a buried alien space ship! The best thing of all she had discovered one of the 10 most powerful Artifacts in all the universe!

Alora Bravemist, a 16-year-old high school student, along with her friends, set out to solve some discovered ominous poems full of conundrums that eventually lead them back in time to save both their own past and the world as we know it. Listeners will appreciate how our young adults empower themselves in dealing with other teen issues such as overeating, lost love, grief and loss, and confronting unexpected situations.

This is a story about a young prince who escapes from his castle at night to discover that the midnight hour doesn't have to be frightening at all. Join him on his adventure and find out what really happens when the sun goes down.

Charlie Daniels is more than six feet tall, allergic to almost everything, and has a pet dinosaur at home. His life in Arizona is relatively normal. That is, apart from the nightmares Charlie has....

If you like fantasy, this is certainly the book for you. Join the intrepid and eccentric explorers, Professors Clarence and Wadji, who will take you on a nail-biting journey through a number of sacred sites around the world, using the mysterious Fate Book to guide them. The pair are joined by Clarence's niece and nephew, Jess and Josh, both of whom possess intuitive abilities to rival the Fate Book's.