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In the weeks leading up to Gilbreth, New York's annual AutumnFest, 12-year-old woodcraft legacy Minna Treat is struggling with looming deadlines, an uncle trying to hide very bad news, and a secret personal quest. When she discovers mysterious bottle messages under one of the village's 300-year-old bridges, she can't help but wonder who's leaving them, what they mean, and, most importantly...could the messages be for her?

Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke™ Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.

It's always been just Ryder and his mom. But on the way home from Ryder's baseball practice, everything comes to a halt. An accident sends his mom to the hospital, and now she is fighting for her life. So Ryder goes on a search to find his father, determined to help pay for the expensive operation to save his mother's life. But with only a signed baseball and a letter as his clues, and the help of his next-door neighbor and a New York City firefighter, will everything fall into place in time, or will Ryder become a lost boy forever?

Die Freaks sind zurück! Nach ihrem mega-erfolgreichen Konzert am Ende des Schuljahres ist die Band von Martin und Karli tatsächlich zur Schulband gewählt worden, und ihr Opa stellt ihnen sogar seine Garage als Proberaum zur Verfügung! Alles könnte perfekt sein, wenn Martin nur wüsste, wie er Luna seine Gefühle gestehen soll. Und Shirin gibt es ja auch noch... Da rettet eine willkommene Ablenkung Martin aus seinem Gefühlschaos: Martin und Karli lernen einen echten Rockstar kennen. Und der nimmt sie mit auf eine aufregende Reise.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass Martin und Karli, die früheren Loser, nach ihren Erlebnissen im Feriencamp noch cooler werden können? Jetzt wollen sie auch noch eine richtige Rockband gründen. Doch das ist gar nicht so leicht. Um nicht zu sagen: teilweise ziemlich uncool. Denn zunächst Mal begleiten jede Menge Pleiten, Pannen und Peinlichkeiten den Weg ins Rockstar-Rampenlicht. Der zweite Teil der supercoolen Hörbuchreihe von Juma Kliebenstein. Gelesen von Jens Wawrzceck (Die drei ???).

Magnolia Grace never wanted to leave Georgia. She never wanted to move with her mama to the farm her daddy owned before he died. But now here she is - in a tiny Vermont town where everybody sings the praises of the father she never knew. Then Maggie meets the Parker family - two moms, six kids, plus a pony. The Parkers are loud and wild, ask lots of questions, and don't follow any of the rules Maggie grew up with in Georgia.

The only friend Emmie Hatton has ever had at the Craven Home for Orphaned Children is Lucy, the little black kitten that visits her on the fire escape every day. But when the children of Craven Home are evacuated out of London because of the war, heartbroken Emmie is forced to leave sweet Lucy behind. The children are sent to Misselthwaite Manor, a countryside mansion full of countless dusty rooms and a kind, if busy, staff. Emmie even finds a gruff gardener and an inquisitive little robin that just might become new friends.

Hugo reçoit de graves menaces anonymes à l’école secondaire qu’il fréquente. Pourquoi tente-t-on de l’effrayer? Il ne se connaît pourtant pas d’ennemi…. Après avoir été témoin d’un violent combat lors duquel son frère aîné est laissé pour mort, Brandon est résolu à braver sa peur et sa solitude pour découvrir la vérité derrière cette terrible affaire. Nouvellement déménagée à Montréal, Myéline tente de se faire des amis à sa nouvelle école.

Arcade, Zoe, and their new friend, Doug, are traveling from New York to Virginia to stay with their cousins and best friends, Derek and Celeste. It's a chance for Arcade to feel normal again after his latest series of adventures. But nothing is normal as long as the Triple T Token is hanging around his neck. Plus, Derek claims he's stumbled upon some troubling information, and now a suspicious person is following him. Arcade wonders if the trouble is related to the token - after all, someone has already tried to take it from him once.

Arcade is a 12-year-old boy who has a unique gift that allows him to travel into another dimension with the special token he received from a mysterious woman. However, he doesn't have an answer when his teachers ask his class the same simple question every year: What do you want to be when you grow up? Arcade begins to pick up books on everything from entrepreneurship to football to piano to card tricks. As he dives into books, he discovers that the possibilities for his future are endless.

When her adorable baby brother is replaced by an ugly, ill-tempered changeling, Mollie is determined to find the so-called Kinde Folke who took baby Thomas, return the changeling she calls Guest, and make them give Thomas back. Natural and magical obstacles and her own reckless temperament make her journey arduous and full of dangers, and a plot rich in surprises and twists makes this book a must-listen for Mary Downing Hahn’s fans.

Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: Why couldn't she drink from a whites-only fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home - or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But Beals had the heart of a fighter - and the knowledge that her true place was a free one.

Sutton is having robot problems. Her mini-bot is supposed to be able to get through a maze in under a minute, but she must have gotten something wrong in the coding. This is frustrating for a science-minded girl like Sutton - almost as frustrating as the fact that her mother probably won't be home in time for Sutton's 10th birthday. Luis spends his days writing thrilling stories about brave kids, but there's only so much inspiration you can find when you're stuck inside all day.

So - the presidential election of 2016 happened. You cried, you ranted, you marched. But how do you stay engaged for the long term? How do you keep fighting while also continuing your real life? How do you get involved when you feel far from the action? How do you stay vigilant without being furious all. the. time? Needing to take action after the election, Emma Gray, Executive Women's Editor at HuffPost, put on her journalist hat and set out to get answers to these questions from some of the most prominent thought leaders and activists of our time.

Throughout history, girls have often been discussed in terms of what they couldn't or shouldn't do. Not anymore. It's time for herstory‚ a celebration not only of what girls can do but also of the remarkable things women have already accomplished, even when others tried to stop them. This uplifting and inspiring book follows the stories of 50 powerhouse women from around the world and across time who each managed to change the world as they knew it forever.

Karlsson ist einmalig. Er wohnt auf dem Dach und fliegt mithilfe des kleinen Motors auf seinem Rücken durch die Luft...

When Santa's best friend, Peppermint Bark, gets left in a chimney on Christmas Day, it's up to Chris, Holly, and Ivy to return the pup to the North Pole before it's too late.

Zauberhaft und geheimnisvoll ist Astrid Lindgrens Märchenwelt. Petra und Peter, zwei Kinder so groß wie Puppen, tauchen plötzlich in der Schule auf...

Mit den richtigen Freunden kann einfach alles gelingen! Es fing schon mit der Marmelade an: Wildkirsch-Maracuja statt Erdbeere. Wo Yann doch keine Veränderungen mag, schon gar nicht jetzt. Die Grundschule endet nämlich bald und damit beginnt der Ernst des Lebens. Nichts Geringeres als die Freundschaft von Kalle, Bene und Yann steht auf dem Spiel. Die drei sind sich sicher, nur die härteste aller Mutproben kann ihre Freundschaft besiegeln. Also stellt sich jeder seiner allergrößten Angst. Als sie Kiki, die Enkelin des Friedhofsgärtners, treffen, schlägt diese vor, die Jungs sollten ihre eigene Beerdigung besuchen - aber wie?

Non mais, quelle idée d’appeler sa fille BÉRÉNICE ! En veux-tu, des moqueries ? « Bérénice la réglisse, Bérénice la saucisse… » Je suis tannée, tannée, TANNÉE ! C’est décidé : mes parents doivent changer mon prénom. Sinon, je fais la grève de TOUT !