Teen Classics

Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily tale every day for more than 52 years. Uncle Wiggily has been around now for over 100 years delighting children, gently educating, and enchanting generations of faithful fans. That he is still as popular today as he was over a century ago is testament to the wit and character instilled in these tall tales by the author and the kind old rabbit gentleman he created so long ago!

Here are the great stories of the Heroic Age, from the myths of the making of the universe to the death of Heracles. Set against the colorful background of Greece and the Aegean, the adventures of heroes such as Perseus the Gorgon-slayer, Dionysus, Theseus, and Jason and the Argonauts once again come to life.

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It began in the graveyard.... Ever since her boyfriend Nathan had died in a tragic accident, Emma had been coming to the graveyard at night. During the day she went through the motions at her prep school, in class, with her friends, but that’s all it was. For Emma, life had stopped with Nathan’s death. But tonight was different. Tonight Emma and her dog were not alone in the cemetery. There were two others there - Eric, who had just started at her school, and an ancient woman who looked as though she were made of rags.

After last year's scary adventure, Gabe's a little nervous about being back in Egypt. Back near the ancient pyramids. Back where he saw all those creepy mummies. Then he learns about an Egyptian superstition. A secret chant that is supposed to bring mummies back to life. Gabe's uncle says it's just a hoax. But now it sounds like something's moving in the mummy's tomb. No way can a couple of dumb words wake the dead. Can they?

27 Aesop's Short Stories for Kids. Classic Fairy Tales Collection for Toddlers....

Publié sous forme de feuilleton en 1852, "La case de l'oncle Tom" est le récit du destin de deux esclaves noirs vendus par leur propriétaire dans le Kentucky. Les trajectoires de Tom et d'Eliza sont opposées : tandis que Tom accepte sa condition, Eliza, pour éviter d'être éloignée de son fils Henry, va chercher à se frayer un chemin vers la liberté. Ce roman a connu un vif succès dès sa sortie aux États-Unis et a marqué la cause anti-esclavagiste.

Much like Lin-Manuel Miranda did in Hamilton, the New York Times best-selling author David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur for a new generation. A rough, rowdy, and darkly comedic young adult retelling in verse, Bull will have listeners reevaluating one of mythology's most infamous monsters.

This once-celebrated sequel of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn picks up right where Tom, Huck, and Jim's travels along the Mississippi ended. Tom enjoys his status as "Tom Sawyer the Traveler" and hopes to further his reputation. Little does he know how far his desire to stay ahead of his biggest rival will take them this time - overseas in an eccentric inventor's balloon!

Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen year old orphan, faces an uncertain future in the charity home where she has lived all her life. On reaching adulthood, the orphanage can no longer offer shelter to its inmates. Her anxiety leads her into wild speculation when she is summoned to the matron's office. But a surprise awaits her. One of the visitors, a wealthy Trustee of the orphanage, has offered to fund Jerusha's college education and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer. The only condition he makes is that he remain anonymous and that she write to him regularly about her progress.

Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel.

Um Amad el Gandur, den Sohn des Scheik Mohammed Emin, aus der türkischen Bergfestung Amadije zu befreien, begeben sich Kara Ben Nemsi und seine Gefährten auf die gefahrvolle Reise in die kurdischen Berge. Kurdistan birgt viele Geheimnisse und Überraschungen. Was verbirgt die greise Marah Durimeh? Können die Gefährten den Bluträchern entkommen? Was sind die Ziele der christlichen Nestorianer?

Fünf Hörbücher mit mehr als 33 Stunden Spieldauer: Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Lederstrumpf, Onkel Toms Hütte, Die Schatzinsel...

This is the story of the celebrated Pickwick Club. The members are to report to the club on their journeys, adventures, and observations of characters and manners. Dickens creates a vivid picture of England in taking his characters along the nostalgic highways and byways of this majestic isle. This remarkable first novel made Dickens famous and has remained one of the world's best-known works.

Anne är mamma till fem barn och har aldrig en tråkig stund i sitt livliga hem. En ny bebis är på väg och den odrägliga moster Maria är på besök. Trots det kan Anne inte tänka sig att vara någon annanstans än på sitt eget älskade Ingleside. Fram tills dagen då hon börjar oroa sig för att hennes älskade Gilbert inte älskar henne längre. Är det möjligt? Hon kanske är lite äldre, men hon är fortfarande samma okuvliga, rödhåriga och underbara Anne på Grönkulla.

Wer kennt nicht Long John Silver, Jim Hawkins und die berüchtigte Schatzinsel? Jo-ho-ho, und ne Buddel, Buddel Rum! Eine Gruppe von Abenteurern - unter ihnen zahlreiche Piraten - machen sich auf, den Schatz des berüchtigten Käptn Flint zu finden. Doch schon auf der Reise geschehen viele ominöse Dinge... Stevensons Klassiker der Jugendliteratur gehört zu den wohl beliebtesten Abenteuerromanen.

Karl Mays Jugenderzählung "Der Geist des Llano Estacado" mit den Helden des Westens - Old Shatterhand, Winnetou und Hobbel-Frank - wurde in der Knaben-Zeitung "Der Gute Kamerad" von Februar bis September 1888 veröffentlicht. Sie erzählt die Geschichte des jungen Bloody Fox, der als Waisenkind am Rande des Llano Estacado aufwuchs. Seine ganze Familie fiel den Stakemen, den Räubern der texanischen Wüste, zum Opfer.

Mens Emilys venner drager ud i det store verden - Ilse og Perry til Montreal for at videreuddanne sig, og Teddy til en kunstskole - bliver Emily hjemme på sin elskede Månegård. Langt om laenge har familien accepteret hendes skriverier, men ensomheden traenger sig alligevel på, og selv ikke Emily kan stoppe de forandringer, der sker på Månegården. Dean Priest, der igennem hele Emilys ungdom har vaeret en trofast ven, begynder pludseligt at opføre sig helt anderledes, og Emilys kaere onkel Jimmy er ved at blive gammel.

Den nu 16-årige Emily Byrd Starr laenges efter at få lov til at gå på Queens Academy for at få sin skolelaereruddannelse, men hendes traditionsbundne slaegtninge på Månegården naegter. I stedet bliver hun tilbudt at gå på Shrewsbury High School sammen med sine venner - dog på to betingelser. Den første betingelse er, at hun skal bo hos den skrappe tante Ruth. Men det er den anden betingelse, der forårsager Emilys hjertekvaler.

Die Schatzinsel, der große Abenteuerroman der frühen Moderne, hat die Leser vom ersten Augenblick an gefesselt und Generationen von Schriftstellern inspiriert - von Mark Twain bis Marcel Proust, von Bertolt Brecht bis Alex Capus.

Liebevoll zeichnet Stevenson in seinem frühen Werk die Figuren: den mutigen Jungen Jim Hawkins und den gerissenen Seeräuber Silver, und all die dubiosen und skurrilen Gestalten.