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The story continues in the 10th volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs read by David Tennant. When we last left Hiccup things were getting very dark indeed. The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has been banished and given the Slavemark. And Alvin the Treacherous has eight of the King's Lost Things, and has been proclaimed the new King of the Wilderwest ... But what can Hiccup do, now all alone and in exile, hunted by both humans and dragons? Can he find the Dragon Jewel, mankind's last and only hope?

The Dragon Rebellion has begun, bringing the Vikings' darkest hour upon them. Hiccup has become an outcast, but that won't stop him from going on the most harrowing and important quest of his life. He must find the Dragon's Jewel in order to save his people...but where should he begin?

Shy, eleven-year-old Bashir Boutros dreads going back to America after an amazing summer in Lebanon. He’s always felt invisible back home, where he doesn’t have any real friends. Then, Bashir makes a lucky discovery—a long-lost ring containing a jinn whose magical aura brings power to those who wield it.

Twelve-year old Lia Park just wants to fit in. Her parents work with a mysterious organization that makes them ridiculously overprotective. Lia’s every move has been scrutinized since she was born, and she’d love to have the option of doing something exciting for once. So when she gets invited to the biggest birthday party of the year—and her parents say she can’t go—Lia sneaks out. But her first act of rebellion not only breaks her parents’ rules, but also an ancient protection spell, allowing an evil diviner spirit to kidnap and ransom her parents for a powerful jewel.

Emma’s family has moved again! This time, they are living in Oman, and she has to start all over to make friends at the Oman International School. Luckily for Emma, she has her older brother Tigo and her cute neighbor Logan to hang out and explore the neighborhood with. Their adventures really begin when Emma buys an antique turquoise ring that has fantastical powers, leading to her befriending the Princess of Oman!

Thanks to his Uncle Patrick's mysterious map, Freddie is about to embark on another incredible adventure through time - except now he's not alone. Join Freddie and his best friend, Connor, as a feisty new neighbour, Ruby, threatens to disrupt the boys plans. Clive Mantle brings all the drama of his TV, film and stage career to the second in a thrilling series of incredible time-travel adventures.

Three children get transported by witches to a ship, Racer, taking part in a race for recovering crown jewels of many countries stolen by hi-tech thieves. During this race with a prize of hundred billion dollars, the children read the clues given by an albatross, kill a Scareman, calm a white elephant, win a battle with flying pigs, tame a Trojan horse with the help of a bridge to nowhere, get the assistance of a man from Mars, recover the loot from the tallest tree using ship’s cannons and finally get the better of the robbers, the pink panther, a queen bee and the man from Mars.

When Felix Robbins gets a crush on Lily Goldstein, a classmate who is adopted from China, he decides to try to take her back in time so that she can see the country where she was born. Maisie discovers his plot, and foils it. But the twins end up in a small village on the Yangtze River, where they meet a girl named Pearl Buck in the days just before the Boxer Rebellion. With bandits chasing them, will they ever find safety . . . and return home?

Was zählt mehr: Freundschaft oder Liebe? Und: Wie weit darf ein Zauber gehen? Schmuckmagierin Julie hat ihrer besten Freundin Merle einen Liebesring versprochen. Doch ein Zauber darf niemals gegen den Willen eines Menschen eingesetzt werden - und Merles Schwarm Ben steht... ausgerechnet auf Julie. Als Merle sich den verbotenen Ring auf andere Weise besorgt, ist das Chaos komplett. Ben ist in größter Gefahr und Julie muss all ihr magisches Geschick einsetzen, um den richtigen Schmuck zu schmieden – und ein Happy End zu zaubern, das alle glücklich macht.

A world is in trouble, who can save it? Certainly not Eric Scott, a 12-year-old boy coming to grips with his own personal tragedy. But that's exactly what Stig, an owl from another world, asks him to do. Together, they are sent to deliver Calendria, a small fishing village, from Sharky, an immortal pirate captain that has enslaved them. But defeating Sharky and his band of bloodthirsty pirates will be no easy task.

Hamelin finally makes it across the footbridge only to learn that his quest to find his parents and learn his true identity will not be quickly done or easy to fulfill. The Great Eagle leads him through the dangerous waters of death and life and into the land of gloaming, where Hamelin is thrown into the midst of a war already being waged between the evil Chimera and the mysterious ancient one.

Meet Ash Mistry: eighth grader, pretty good video gamer, guy with a massive crush on the beautiful Gemma... Oh, and the Eternal Warrior of the death goddess Kali. Just when Ash has settled back into his everyday London life, his friend Parvati arrives with a mission: The evil Lord Alexander Savage is plotting to steal the Koh-I-Noor diamond from England's crown jewels. Ash and Parvati manage to intercept it, but at a terrible price - Gemma's death.