In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," Alice seems destined to lead a princess's life--except for the frightening curse that dreaded Aunt Violette bestowed at her christening: She will die at the age of eighteen. Although she lives, something horrible happens on her eighteenth birthday. And as a result, Alice falls into a trancelike state and refuses to speak to anyone. Will she ever recover?

In a tale that mirrors "Snow White," eighteen-year-old Bella is leading a carefree bohemian lifestyle the summer before college, living and singing with a band in London and Paris. But over the course of a few weeks, she finds herself in danger more than once--and she can't help but suspect the two mysterious women who remind her of her jealous stepmother, Marjorie.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Mina, Daniel, Yasha, and Rachel are just a few of the many people leaving their countries for America. They have great hopes for their new lives, but before they can achieve their dreams, they must survive the long and difficult voyage across the sea.

As passengers in an overcrowded steerage compartment, they must endure hunger, thirst, and even brushes with death. And as they struggle to hold on to their hopes for a better future, they find that even under such harsh conditions, friendship and love can flourish.
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Megan, Bell and Alice share the high Tower Room in their isolated boarding school, Egerton Hall. From there they can survey the everyday drama of school life. Their final exams and the outside world await them. One morning Megan looks down from the Tower Room to meet Simon's inquisitive gaze.

Megan, Bella and Alice shared the Tower Room - theirs alone, a place where they formed a deep friendship, destined to continue long after they left school. But now, in the second of the Egerton Hall trilogy, something is very wrong with Alice. It seems the Ill-wishing placed on her has come true.

Poor Callie feels totally ignored when a new baby arrives in the house. Even David, her special friend, pushes her away, and her carefully chosen gift for the baby (a dead bird) is greeted with horror. When she is banished to the kitchen, Callie decides she has no choice but to run away.

Liebe, Geborgenheit, Vertrauen, Zuversicht und Kraft - sie sollen jedes Kind auf seinem Lebensweg begleiten. Adele Geras und Cliff Wright verleihen diesem Wunsch auf einmalige Weise Ausdruck und lassen dieses Buch zu einem unverzichtbaren Gefhrten fr das ganze Leben werden.

Den ganzen Tag hat der kleine Hase gespielt und getobt. Nun ist es Schlafenszeit. Auf dem Heimweg begegnen ihm viele andere Tiere, die ins Bett gebracht werden oder sich schlafen legen. Der kleine Hase fragt seine Eltern, ob sie alle auch in der Nacht beschützt werden. Die beruhigende Antwort lautet: "Ja, natürlich, so wie du!" Eine wunderschöne Geschichte über das Geheimnis von Liebe und Geborgenheit.