juvenile fiction

In the old villa it smells strange - after a thousand things at the same time. It's the first thing Luzie notices about her new home. But the smells lead nowhere and the key Luzie finds under a floorboard does not fit into any lock. Is there a hidden room in the villa? Together with her little brother Benno and the neighbor boy Mats, Luzie goes on a search. As they enter the hidden part of the villa, the children can hardly believe their eyes: on floor-to-ceiling shelves, countless scent bottles line up in which it shimmers and bubbles! But in the bottles there are not only nice surprises, but also a lot of dangers. Especially a bottle would have been better kept closed forever...

The story of two rainforest creatures who embark on an unlikely adventure - running The Great Rainforest Race. The pair proves that with hard work they can do what seemed impossible, and learn the true meaning of courage along the way.

"Nibbles, the book-eating monster, has chomped his way into this book of dinosaurs! Has he bitten off more than he can chew?"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is a retelling of the folktale Stone Soup, about a community that comes together to make a meal" --Back cover.

After being caught up in the savage Battle of Bull Run, Julie changes her romantic ideas of war and learns to respect the more realistic attitude of her sister.

After his master dies, a champion greyhound chooses the freedom of the desert where his ready intellect is continually challenged in the battle against thirst, hunger, and natural enemies.

While visiting the site of sacred cave paintings in the middle of the Australian outback, John Midas slips back thousands of years and finds himself among a prehistoric aboriginal tribe.

A small dog helps a young girl with cerebral palsy overcome her problems when she leaves the school for handicapped children to attend a regular school.

When his horse wins a race, Peter uses his winnings to buy another horse, Salute, a grandson of the great Man o' War.

As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral-for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn't just want to make it-she has to.