Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to the Second World War. Alone and afraid, he makes friends with May, who has been rescued from a bombed-out house. She tries to persuade him to stay at the farm, but Tam is afraid of being trapped in the past forever.
After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home. He is a new man-an honest man, much to Artemis's horror. He makes his son promise to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it. But not until he has completed one last scheme. Artemis has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. Called the "C Cube," it will render all existing human technology obsolete. He arranges a meeting with a powerful Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to broker a deal for the C Cube. But Spiro springs a trap-he steals the C Cube and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out.
La familia de George es un tanto peculiar: son vegetarianos y evitan cualquier tipo de tecnologia: por eso viven sin television, sin telefono, sin radio y sin ordenador!, por lo que George se ha ganado la fama de 'raro'. Un dia, su cerdito entra en la casa del vecino y George tiene que ir a rescatarlo. Alli conoce a Annie, una nina de su edad un tanto pretenciosa y muy mentirosa y a su padre, Eric. La casa donde viven es un pequeno 'museo de la ciencia', y lo que mas llama la atencion de George es Cosmos, el ordenador, que se presenta a si mismo como 'el mas potente del mundo'. Despues de jurar que usara la ciencia solo para buenos fines, George, de la mano de Cosmos, descubre como se crearon las estrellas.
Ten millennia ago, the fairy people were defeated in a great battle with mankind, forcing them to move underground. Only the 8th family of fairies remained undefeated: the demons. But now one demon has discovered the secrets of the fairy world, and if humans get hold of this information, the fairies are in big trouble.
She's as magical as the desert sky. As mysterious as her own name. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from. But everyone loves her for being different. And she captures Leo's heart with just one smile. STARGIRL is a classic of our time that celebrates being true to ourselves and the thrill of first love. A life-changing read that touches souls of all ages.
Meg Finn is in trouble, unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg and her partner in crime, Belch, end up in a very sticky situation. schovat popis
PRONTO EN CINES ¿Quién es Artemis Fowl? De momento, sabed que no es un niño cualquiera y que, aunque solo tiene doce años, está a punto de arrebatar el poder al mundo subterráneo. «Quieto, humano. No sabes con quién te las vas a tener.» Artemis Fowl tiene doce años, una mente privilegiada y un plan perfecto: robar el oro de las criaturas mágicas para financiar su pequeño imperio criminal. Lo que todavía no sabe es que los duendes, elfos y hadas del mundo subterráneo poco se parecen a los de los cuentos infantiles... Equipados con la tecnología más puntera y armados hasta los dientes, están más que preparados para la lucha. Pero Artemis también. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS The adventures of Artemis Fowl, criminal mastermind, begin. Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?
That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they don't believe it). But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the carpet. The story of power hungry mouls and of two Munrung brothers, who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened. It's a story that will come to a terrible end if someone doesn't do something about it. If everyone doesn't do something about it.
Las vacaciones de verano de Henry empiezan con un sorprendente descubrimiento: en el jardín del señor Fogarty aparece Pyrgus Malvae, el Príncipe Heredero del Reino de los Elfos, que ha huido de su tierra para escapar de un serio peligro. Con la ayuda del viejo y excéntrico señor Fogarty, los dos muchachos se enfrentarán a un difícil reto: crear un portal que permita a Pyrgus volver a su reino, amenazado por los terribles elfos de la noche y los demonios del príncipe Beleth.
Cosmo Hill 14, named for where orphan found, has heart stop during escape from Frayne Institute where companies test products' bad effects. Moody Stefan ~16 revives Cosmo with electric shock. His gang, dwarf medic Ditto 28 and pretty mechanic Mona ~15, bring Cosmo along to zap creatures. After near death, Supernaturalists see blue monsters suck energy from dying humans.
