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Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts because she was a sensible young girl, and sensible young girls tend not to believe in ghosts. That was until the day she was knocked over by a car and died, when everything changed. As she recovers, Greta finds she can not only see the spirits that haunt her ancestral home she can talk to them - from Grandpa Woebegone and Percy the poo-pushing plague victim, to the sinister poltergeist in the cellar.

Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. Unfortunately, when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other. With zero experience of heroism, Alex is thrust into an epic quest to defeat the evil Felonius Gloam, who has stolen the Book of Lifetales and is using it to unravel the very fabric of the world of Aërth. Meanwhile, Axel is faced with double maths, a gran who's six months behind on the rent, and a crucial chess tournament he's got to win.

"Gregs Tagebuch" meets "Animox" und "Miles & Niles". Oh nein! Müssen Charlie und seine Familie ihr Haus verkaufen und bei der schrecklichen Tante Brenda mit ihren siebzehn Katzen einziehen? Kein Wunder, dass Charlie vor lauter Panik wieder anfängt, sich in Tiere zu verwandeln. Doch was noch viel schlimmer ist: Er hat Schwierigkeiten, sich wieder zurückzuverwandeln! Charlie wird ständig zum Tier - doch wird er auch wieder ein ganz normaler Mensch? Ohne seine drei besten Freunde Flora, Wogan und Mohsen wäre Charlie ganz schön aufgeschmissen!

Uma Gnuderson has a world full of questions: how can I save my home from being sold? Will my dad ever start talking again? And how do alpacas get drunk? But since her mum died, Uma's life has been short on answers. Until one day she finds a mysterious Bluetooth earpiece and starts to ask it questions. And it answers them. All of them. It knows everything, from the capital of Mongolia to the colour of her headteacher's underpants.

Hier kommt der ulkigste Tierwandler aller Zeiten Aaaaaah! Charlie verwandelt sich plötzlich in alle möglichen Tiere!! Mal in eine Spinne, mal in eine Taube, mal in ein Nashorn... Von jetzt auf gleich! Egal, wo! Und er hat nicht die leiseste Ahnung, warum und wieso. Ob es daran liegt, dass Charlie es gerade nicht ganz leicht hat im Leben? Ständig muss er sich Sorgen machen: mal um seinen großen Bruder (der liegt im Krankenhaus), mal um seine Eltern (die machen sich Sorgen um seinen großen Bruder), mal um den Klassen-Oberfiesling (der hat Charlie eindeutig auf dem Kieker).

Something bad is happening at Little Strangehaven Primary. What are the peculiar SHIVERS that keep striking the school, bringing Strangeness in their wake—from uncontrollable ballroom dancing to an attack by military chickens? Spy-detective Agatha Topps is determined to find out. She's the only person who doesn't forget the Strangeness as soon as it's over. At least, until new boy Lenny Tuchus turns up and remembers, too. Their spy-detectoring leads them to the Book of Chaos, an ancient text which has been hidden away in the Room of Forbidden and Dangerous Books.