Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Action & Adventure - General

A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie. What would they do if their house were robbed? Pete is confident that he can protect his family, but that doesn't stop the burglars from trying Luckily, the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.

The action moves from San Francisco to Argon Falls, where Hana learns that the enemy wants to steal the Spirit Sword from her to completely enslave the citizens. In preparing for battle, she will learn that, even after one's training is complete, there are still lessons to be learned.

Fifteen-year-old Karina expects hardships and surprises during her five-month school term at sea aboard the "Star Fin, " a research vessel designed to turn troubled adolescents into responsible adults. Classes in...

Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise and... dead For her latest cosmic adventure, it's back to the future... New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth

Past perfect, future tense...

Even angels need to chill out and Melanie's been looking forward to Lola's birthday beach party for weeks. So she's not impressed when Michael volunteers her and her angel mates for a medieval field trip. But when they get there, they stumble upon a time scam which could have serious repercussions for the Agency. They track the culprits back to their school in...

Australian secrets and Jack the Ripper's London keep Mel the time-travelling angel on her toes in her fifth adventure New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth

Rather to Mel's horror, she is teamed up for her new assignment in the nineteenth century with her best mate Lola - and her worst enemy Brice But tensions are put aside as they all witness a scene in the Australian outback, where an old convict lies dying, burdened with a terrible secret. Then suddenly they are transported to Victorian London - and Jack the Ripper is on the prowl. Foggy streets, phoney mediums, gin shops...

Mel's latest challenge is in Ancient Rome, keeping an eye on a young girl gladiator New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth

After a hush-hush trip to Ancient Rome, Orlando is clearly disturbed by what he's seen, so when he decides to go back, with a team of volunteers, Mel loyally signs up. It looks as if this will be the mission of her dreams, but in the cruel, decadent world of Nero's Roman Empire, her fantasies crumble. Who is the mysterious girl gladiator Orlando seems to be trying so hard to protect? How did he come to meet her? Is his concern purely professional, or is...

Mel is swashbuckling off to the seventeenth century Caribbean - watch out, there are pirates about New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth

Lately Brice seems to be behaving, so when Michael asks Mel to join him on a mission to the 17th Century Caribbean, she happily zooms off to pack her bikini.

But the lush paradise of the New World has a dark side - piracy, slave ships, cruel plantation owners. Then Brice bumps into an evil ancestor, and without warning he abandons his mates, running off to Port Royal, the wicked Jamaican city where pirates rule like kings. Can Mel...

In this world they are made to be the saviors of a northern tribe under threat of annihilation from a ruthless invader.

While everyday is a fight for survival, they must rely on each other and themselves to rise to the occasion and realize what they are expected to be.

In the rich tradition of Coast Salish legend, mother and son Diane and Joe Silvey write and illustrate a classic quest story. Teenage twins Kaya and Tala journey into the perilous British Columbia wilderness confronting fish and fowl, beast and phantom, and the wolf spirit destined to be Tala's protective guardian. Imaginative black-and-white illustrations complement this unique story of adventure.

With only one week to find a captured Mr. Benedict, the gifted foursome faces their greatest challenge of all--a challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought...

And the other was the tense man with steel in eye and jaw -- the Joe of the prize-fighting ring. And it was this part of him -- the one created with his own sweat and blood -- he was offering to lay down, for love of Genevieve.

But only after one more chance -- one last fight! Then he would never enter the ring again!

The fourth book in this series for younger readers sparkles like its star, Lilac Peabody. As small, quick and shimmery as a dragonfly, Lilac is a friend indeed to all children in need - empowering them to solve their own problems and then disappearing as soon as she is no longer required.

Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery little alien being who flits around helping children and tackles any challenge presented. Sometimes she's an intergalactic party-planner, at others a cosmic beachcomber - but always a friend to any child that needs her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve...

"The rushing of a horse across the heath -- with an odd tinkling, as of one loose shoe . . ."

"Tell me that was not what you heard!" says his nurse, when Duncan tells her. The youth is just making his way into the world -- heading to London to become a gentleman -- when this ill portent comes to his ears.

"The Portent" is one of seven tales of mystery, imagination and the Scottish "second sense," by the northern master of the magical, George MacDonald.

Come with me and learn about the greatest warrior of the southwest plains-the Comanche!