Child Law

"Open the box," says Lucas. "Bet there's a body in it." Ruby doesn't want to open the abandoned grey cabinet partially hidden by falling snow but she does. And immediately wishes she hadn't. A grisly discovery starts a chilling chain of events. Can Ruby and Lucas stay one step ahead? Or will they be thrown to the wolves. When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he's right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadn't.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Lincoln Mccarthy, Attorney at Law and experience the compelling world of humorous legal fiction for children.

Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries. And after saving Lizzie’s father from attempted murder surely there is no threat too dangerous for the detective duo?

Meet Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest cat burglar. He’s a tabby who spells trouble. And he’s been hired by the fiendish Jimmy Magpie to steal all the jewels in Littleton-on-Sea. Atticus needs a temporary home – preferably one with lots of sardines provided. But when he adopts Inspector Cheddar and his family, Atticus starts to wonder, is a life of crime really for him?

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the white beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.

In his meteoric, 13-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for civil rights - with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist prison escapee who tragically ends King's life.

Imagine having everything taken away from you - permanently - with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles.

From Samantha Seiple, the award-winning author of Ghosts in the Fog, comes the first book for young adults to tell the story of Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye. Lincoln's Spymaster tells the dangerous and action-packed adventures of Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye and Lincoln's most trusted spymaster.

Emily y Linda están invitadas a la mejor fiesta de Halloween que se celebra en Blossom Creek. Pero las bromas dejan paso al terror cuando, en plena celebración, resuena un disparo. ¡Alguien ha matado...a la Muerte! De hecho, la víctima vestía un lúgubre disfraz de Ángel de la Muerte. ¡Un caso espeluznante para la Agencia Wright!

It's 1914, and Darleen Darling's film adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping set up by her studio becomes all too real. Suddenly Darleen finds herself in the hands of dastardly criminals who have just nabbed Miss Victorine Berryman, the poor-little-rich-girl heiress of one of America’s largest fortunes. Soon real life starts to seem like a bona fide adventure serial, complete with dramatic escapes, murderous plots, and a runaway air balloon. Will Darleen and Victorine be able to engineer their own happily-ever-after, or will the villains be victorious?

Una original, divertida y entrañable novela que nos habla de la soledad de las personas y de los refugiados. “Me llamo Omar y soy una nuez. Mi padre era jardinero y mi madre olía a canela. A los dos se los comió el mar poco antes de llegar a la playa. Los vi desaparecer mientras flotaba en aquella cáscara de nuez junto a otros desconocidos. De los tres, solo yo llevaba un pequeño salvavidas con mi nombre. Lo había escrito mi madre para que no lo olvidara nunca.”

Get ready to bow down - if you don't want to lose your head! Some of history's most ruthless leaders are headed your way. Some of these rulers schemed their way to the top. Others just conquered everything around them. Are you fearless enough to keep listening?

For Archie, the start of summer means another stint at Camp Shady Brook, where there is a lot more to the camp than meets the eye - just like Archie and his now blended family. But thanks to a con Archie developed last year, he’s finally somebody…and he’s not going to lose that status to the new girl, Vivian. For Vivian, thanks to an incident That Shall Not Be Named, her summer of exotic travels with Mom and Dad has turned into traveling to a dump of a summer camp in the middle of nowhere. But thanks to perfect timing, Vivian soon finds herself in a ring of kids trying to out-con each other - and discovers Camp Shady Brook is more like Camp Shady Crook.

Da Victor og Mikes farmor dør, efterlader hun en nøgle, et brev og nogle fotografier til dem. Det bliver starten på brødrenes søgen efter deres far. Siden de var små, har han været væk. Victor og Mike finder ud af, at deres far har kæmpet mod Regimet, der nu bestemmer alt. Men hvor er deres far? Og hvad kæmper han for? Vest for Charlie er en fortælling om to brødres søgen efter deres far. Men det er også en fantastisk historie om sorg, ansvar og retfærdighed i et samfund, der vil kontrollere alt.

S.O.S. står for "Syv og Slambert", og det er en rigtig hemmelig klub med kodeord og emblemer og den slags. Det hele begynder faktisk, da Jack taber sit emblem og sniger sig ud i natten for at lede efter det. En mystisk bil og et rædsomt skrig leder Jack og resten af S.O.S. på sporet af en skrækkelig forbrydelse, og da de får mistanke om, at en person bliver holdt fanget, beslutter de, at de må løse sagen ... Den hemmelige detektivklub S.O.S. består af børnene Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George, Pam og Colin - og Peter og Janets hund Slambert.

Filled with anecdotes and portraits of unique characters from the era, this fascinating audiobook by an award-winning author looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition. It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker always spoke her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993. Author Patricia Brennan Demuth answers all the questions about what made RBG so irreplaceable and how the late Supreme Court justice left a legacy that will last forever.

Piger, der forsvinder i Echo Ridge, kommer sjældent hjem igen ... Echo Ridge er en lille by, og Ellery har aldrig været der før, men hun har hørt meget om den, for det var der, hendes moster forsvandt som 17-årig. Og for blot fem år siden blev byen landskendt, da årets homecoming queen blev myrdet. Nu skal Ellery bo der sammen med sin tvillingebror hos sin bedstemor, som hun knap nok kender. Byen er fuld af hemmeligheder, og nogen truer med at gøre årets homecoming lige så farlig, som den var for fem år siden. Efterhånden som Ellery lærer mere om Echo Ridge, står det klart: alle skjuler noget.

Det er næsten et år siden, at Makani Young flyttede ind hos sin bedstemor langt ude på landet i Nebraska, og hun er stadig ved at finde sig til rette i sit nye liv. Og hun er stadig jaget af sin fortid i Hawaii. En efter en bliver hendes medstuderende på byens lille high school myrdet i en række brutale drab, og imens politiet jagter morderen, breder uhyggen og usikkerheden sig, og Makani bliver tvunget til at forholde sig til sine egne mørke hemmeligheder. Forfatteren Stephanie Perkins er tilbage med et forfriskende bud på den klassiske slasher-genre. Fyldt med blod.

Elizabeth Webster is happy to stay under the radar (and under her bangs) until middle school is dead and gone. But when star swimmer Henry Harrison asks her to tutor him in math, it's not linear equations Henry really needs help with - it's a flower-scented, poodle-skirt-wearing, head-tossing ghost who's calling out Elizabeth's name.