Friedel and Gina, twins and best friends, live happy enough lives. Their world is cycling trips, visits to their father's shops, and first-day-of school excitement. But this is a world that is about to fall apart. It is the 1930s, and the Nazis are on the rise across Germany. They hate anyone who is different -- anyone who is Jewish. Friedel and Gina and their family are Jewish, and before long they are forced to journey to Poland, where terrible hardships await in a prison-like ghetto. Soon separated from loved ones, as the Second World War rages around them Friedel and Gina are eventually taken to a Nazi prison camp - a place of danger and fear, where they must do everything they can to survive. From daring recues to incredible acts of kindness, this is the story of the sisters' love for each other, and of friendships found in the darkest of places.
Willow and Luna have been on their own since they were kittens. After their mother's death, they settled into a scrappy life in the heart of the city. But when a mysterious fire rips through their makeshift shelter, they're left searching for a new home. Luna is immediately drawn in by the strange, secretive animals they meet in the park - animals who unlock her ability to perform magic. Willow is less sure about these so-called 'attuned' animals and has no interest in joining their world - or their fight against the human witches who seek to 'bind' the animals to them. As Luna and Willow come to realise their own unique magic, they find themselves at odds, separated by destiny, with the fate of the whole city in their paws...
Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
Dan is a kid. But he is a bit of a fox too. Yap! He gets his fox kit on to get rid of the Mud Men. Is he a tip-top Fox Kid?
Detective Stanley may have retired from the Narlybone Criminal Investigation Department, but when he receives a mysterious letter, he cannot refuse to investigate one last case. Something is afoot at the Narlybone Museum, and this mystery could be tricky enough to stump the renowned detective.
Fuzzy Feelings follows the story of Little Cat who is experiencing lots of emotions as they navigate their way through the day. Cat wonders, am I happy? Am I sad? Am I confused? It's hard to express how they are feeling. As you turn the pages of the book with your own little one, discover together how to understand the big feelings that children have and how it can be hard to describe these different emotions. Cat learns that it's okay to have mixed or in-between thoughts that are hard to talk about.
It's a dog's life in the big city, and one dog does not fit in. This busy dog sets out on a journey to find her place in the world.
Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world. Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the First Cat in Space ever eat some pizza?
