paris (france)

"Every story has a beginning. Discover how Marinette and Adrien, two high school students practically like everyone else, became Ladybug and Cat Noir, and why Hawk Moth is their sworn enemy"--Back cover.

"Follow Ladybug and Cat Noir as they save Paris from Hawk Moth's akumatized citizens such as Roger Cop, whose embodiment of the law ensures a tyrannical justice; the Bubbler, who wants a city of all children; and Mr. Pigeon, whose aim is a city of birds!! Will Paris ever be safe from Hawk Moth and his akuma? There's only one way to find out! Spots on, Claws out!"--Back cover.

Doctor Proctor, an inventor of bizarre things, uses his time-traveling bathtub to go back in time and fix some things, but when he cannot get back, Nilly and Lisa meet him in the past with some of the magical fart powder he invented.

"One day, brave and adventurous Adelaide leaves her kangaroo family behind and flies off to see the world. She visits lots of exciting places but eventually she decides to stay in Paris where she finds fame, fortune and a handsome kangaroo called Leon"--.

Traces the life of Jean Valjean, a peasant who steals a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family and thereby becomes a convict.

In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo.

When Claire is sent to Paris to live at the Rousseau Manor, she enlists the help of Camille to find out why she is really there.

"In a steampunk version of nineteenth-century Paris, magical mana crystals have replaced steam and coal to power the machines and gadgets that make the city tick. On the eve of the Universal Exhibition of 1889, [Paris,] France seeks to demonstrate its power by unveiling a new secret weapon--the imposing Eiffel Tower, built with magic by Gustave Eiffel himself. But then disaster strikes--the mana crystals needed to power the tower are discovered missing! You are a talented student in technomagy, the artful blend of magic and science. You are tasked with the mission of finding enough mana crystals to operate the tower. It's up to you to harness your intelligence, bravery, and skill to fulfill this secret mission"--Provided by publisher.

Beautiful Undine Spragg from Apex, Kansas, is a social climber. Her society career, marriages, divorces, and conquests are all part of her greed.

Discusses the German occupation of Paris from 1940-44, Hitler's vow to destroy the city rather than lose it to the Allies intact, the heroism of the Resistance and General de Gaulle, and the city's liberation.