Child Law

Una original, divertida y entrañable novela que nos habla de la soledad de las personas y de los refugiados. "Me llamo Omar y soy una nuez. Mi padre era jardinero y mi madre olía a canela. A los dos se los comió el mar poco antes de llegar a la playa. Los vi desaparecer mientras flotaba en aquella cáscara de nuez junto a otros desconocidos. De los tres, solo yo llevaba un pequeño salvavidas con mi nombre. Lo había escrito mi madre para que no lo olvidara nunca."

Hans store drøm er et almindeligt liv. Med job, kone, børn og bil. Det er lidt derfor, han forelsker sig i den kønne pige med de indtrængende blå øjne. Hun kommer fra alt det. Hun er ikke særlig gammel og den stille type, men hun fascinerer ham. Han er selv 24 år og allerede en af politiets gamle kendinge. Han handler med hash og hårde stoffer og bruger selv af varerne. Pigen og han kan godt lide at ryge en pibe hash sammen. Det er sådan, de bliver kærester.

Hajer og småsten ... det er en besynderlig blanding. Og en besynderlig fangst, som fiskekutteren Moby Dick bringer ind på stranden. For slet ikke at tale om de mystiske ting, der ved nattetid foregår i den tilsandede bunker! Og den blinde mand! Peter og Rasmus møder Janus fra Samsø, og på Rasmus‘ gamle knallert forfølger de manden i den hvide BMW, den eneste, som rockergruppen West Angels har respekt for.

Ibland händer det riktigt mystiska saker i Stockholms skärgård - fråga bara Tonya. När hon är ute på segeltur med lillebror Stefan och mammas pojkvän PeO så dyker det upp en ö från tomma intet. På den lilla ön står det två män och plötsligt drar den ena upp en pistol och skjuter den andre! Har Tonya och Stefan precis blivit vittnen till ett mord? Innan de hinner förstå vad som hänt så försvinner ön lika snabbt som den dykt upp. Men en ö kan väl inte bara sluta existera? Vad är det egentligen som händer i skärgården?

Det er næsten et år siden, at Makani Young flyttede ind hos sin bedstemor langt ude på landet i Nebraska, og hun er stadig ved at finde sig til rette i sit nye liv. Og hun er stadig jaget af sin fortid i Hawaii. En efter en bliver hendes medstuderende på byens lille high school myrdet i en række brutale drab, og imens politiet jagter morderen, breder uhyggen og usikkerheden sig, og Makani bliver tvunget til at forholde sig til sine egne mørke hemmeligheder. Forfatteren Stephanie Perkins er tilbage med et forfriskende bud på den klassiske slasher-genre. Fyldt med blod.

Meet Daisy Bauer and her sometimes best friend, Graham, who are determined to break Daisy's dad out of prison in this hilarious middle-grade debut. No one believes her, but Daisy Bauer knows her dad has been wrongfully imprisoned and that it's up to her to break him out of jail (aka Club Fed). She has a plan that she's calling the Graham Cracker Plot because it was all Graham's idea. She just needs a miniature horse, a getaway truck, and a penny from 1919 - the idea coin.

Nadat Thomas laat een aand ’n geheimsinnige gesprek afluister, is hy doodseker sy pa is bang vir iets of iemand. Wie is die geheimsinnige Rus van wie hulle gepraat het? En waarom het Thomas en sy gesin skielik ekstra beskerming nodig?

'n Skooltoer na Namibie saam met al sy pelle. Thomas kan skaars aan iets cooler dink. Boonop gaan hulle die geheimsinnige Kolmanskop besoek - 'n ou spookdorp wat byna onder die woestynsand begrawe le. Maar as Thomas in die omtrek is, loop dinge dikwels skeef. Dit lyk sowaar of hy hierdie keer by die huis sal moet bly terwyl Hannes, Alex, Lukas en Lilian sonder hom pret het. En boonop hoor Thomas 'n geheimsinnige telefoongesprek - 'n gesprek wat groot moeilikheid vir die toer voorspel.

A little boy turns the perfect crime into a work of art.

Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage - and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log.

When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children's home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for a life of excitement just like the characters in her favourite detective novels. A real life adventure is on hand as she is deposited at her uncle's spooky house... Why does her uncle, Calvin Redfern, forbid her to go to Dead Man's Cove? What's thetruth about Tariq, the silent Indian boy who lives with the flamboyant Mukthars? Who is J? Who has left the message in a bottle for Laura to discover?

That only happens to other people's kids, right? Wrong. In this compelling book, written by one of Britain's top experts in youth justice, Aika Stephenson reveals the extraordinary cases she deals with daily. From the obviously vulnerable to the A-grade student from a stable upbringing, Just for Kids Law, the campaigning charity co-founded by Stephenson in 2007, has helped thousands of children and young people overcome the

In a future London, Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD. Soon every troubled teen is on it. It makes sense, doesn't it? Keep the undesirable elements in line. Keep people like us safe from people like them. What's good for society is good for everyone. Troy, Femi, Lee, Karen, and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember. They're not exactly a gang, but Blaze is their leader, and Troy has always been his quiet, watchful sidekick - the only one Blaze really trusts.

Maisie is convinced her summer holiday is going to be as boring as ever - until a bungled raid on her family’s car sees her snatched by the Robbersons, a bunch of bandits with an insatiable appetite for sweets! Soon Maisie realises that life on the open road with the Robbersons is the adventure she’s always longed for. They’ve even started to see her as one of the gang! So when she discovers that the police and her parents are hot on their trail, Maisie decides she isn’t quite ready to be rescued.

Kiedy pada gol w wielkim meczu, kibice na stadionie i przed ekranami na całym świecie szaleją z radości! Najwspanialsze zagrania tworzą nowy rozdział w historii futbolu, a opowieści o nich przekazuje się z pokolenia na pokolenie. Sięgnijcie po lekturę o niesamowitych golach i bohaterach stadionów. O golu wielkiej ciszy, o indiańskim dryblingu i o czarodziejskich butach! Przeżyjcie jeszcze raz wspaniałe zagrania Maradony i Messiego, Garrinchy i Pelégo, Ronaldo i Lewandowskiego.

What's that you say? You're off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn't anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household...? Which one will it be this time? And could there be foul play? Crime-busting brothers Horatio and Eustace Bleakley feel certain they smell a rat. Or is that Cook's dinner? More importantly, can they solve the mystery before another Bleakley bites the dust? Go ahead and find out...if you dare!

Meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, once just a girl growing up in The Bronx, New York, with her brother and Puerto Rican-born parents. From a young age, her mother emphasized the value of education. Sonia would eventually graduate summa cum laude from Princeton University, receive a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, and later begin working as an assistant district attorney for New York County. Throughout her decades-long career, Sonia Sotomayor has been driven by her commitment to justice, inspiring young people to follow their dreams and strive to make them reality.

James Bond may be one of the good guys, but the spies in this book definitely aren't - nor are the traitors and assassins! Listen to this audiobook to uncover more secrets about history's most terrible assassins, traitors, and spies.

Городок Гдеугодно – обычный шведский провинциальный городок. В этом городке живёт фрёкен Эмма Сталь. Наверняка ничего особенного, обыкновенная фрёкен, каких в Швеции немало, подумаете вы. А вот и нет! Фрёкен Сталь – самая удивительная фрёкен на свете! Она обладает превосходным чувством юмора, незаурядным аналитическим умом и любит разгадывать детективные загадки. Её не так-то просто обвести вокруг пальца! Не удалось это сделать и банде разбойников, которые с недавних пор обосновались в городке.

Alle gegen einen! Und Juli Zeh und Elisa Hoven gegen Vorurteile. In der 6a ist ein Verbrechen geschehen: Marie, dem beliebtesten Mädchen der Klasse, wurden die Pausenbrote gestohlen. Schnell scheint klar, dass nur einer als Täter in Betracht kommt: Konrad. Der ist neu in der Klasse und hat noch keine Freund*innen gefunden. Statt auf dem Schulhof verbringt er die Pausen im Klassenraum. Wer soll es denn sonst gewesen sein? Konrad jedoch ist sich keiner Schuld bewusst. Und als die Kinder auf die Idee kommen, in einem Gerichtsverfahren über Schuld und Unschuld zu verhandeln, kommt heraus: Es ist alles ganz anders, als sie dachten.

When Hayley Cartwright and Samuel T. Orm start their school term, they notice a few things are looking a bit odd around their hometown of Whitby. But that's normal for Hayle and Storm; they often discover odd things that others miss. However, a morning mushroom hunting results in their "Odd-O-Meter" going off the scale when they find themselves the guardians of a Sun Starter, a creature with rather special abilities. Hayle and Storm's adventure doesn't stop there—the town of Whitby is hiding a much, much bigger secret.