Een excentriek avontuur in een gammel kasteelVoor fans van Het huis met de schuine vloeren, De maan-zaak en Hotel de grote LBrian kan genoeg andere plaatsen bedenken waar hij liever zijn zomervakantie doorbrengt dan bij zijn oom en tante in het dorpje Saai. In een gevangenis bijvoorbeeld. Of een oordopjesfabriek. Alles is beter dan de zomerschool bij zijn oom.Saai doet zijn naam eer aan, totdat Brian en zijn nicht Nora een groot, houte...

Spannend mysterie voor fans van Het huis met de schuine vloeren en Het luciferkasteelNa de dood van hun vader verhuist de identieke tweeling Mal en Colm met hun moeder naar een luxueus appartement in een oude torenflat in de stad. Wat ze niet weten, is dat er een vloek op de torenflat rust. De jongens ontmoeten hun bejaarde buren, die waarschuwen dat je tijdens het middaguur beter niet in het gebouw kunt rondlopen, horen vreemde geluiden, ontdekken een lift zond...

De 12-jarige Dagmar moet het opeens een zomerlang uit zien te houden met haar familie in een piepklein huisje op wielen. Deze ‘quarantaine’ is verre van zelfgekozen: haar vader blijkt te weinig geld te hebben overgehouden voor de huur van hun huis en nu wonen ze allemaal in dat huisje: Dagmar, haar irritante halfbroertje van 5, haar vader en stiefmoeder. Nota bene in een bos! In dat uitgestrekte woud ontdekt Dagmar een gigantisch, excentriek gebouw. Dat blijkt van een miljonair te zijn, di...

A wild and whimsical adventure story, perfect for fans of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s LibraryBrian can think of a few places he'd rather spend his summer than with his aunt and uncle in Boring, Illinois. Jail, for example. Or an earplug factory. Anything would be better than doing summer school on a computer while his scientist dad is stationed at the South Pole.Boring lives up to its name until Brian and his cousin Nora have a fight, get lost, an...

In this pitch-perfect middle grade adventure, twelve-year-old Dagmar must endure a summer living off-the-grid with her family in a tiny home.The last thing Dagmar wants is to spend her summer vacation squished into a tiny house with her dad, her stepmom, and her annoying five-year-old half brother. But after a sudden financial setback, her family is evicted from their Oakland apartment, and that's just where they end up, parked among the towering redwoods of Northe...

Twin brothers discover their new home is also a portal--for an hour a day--to a parallel dimension in this spine-chilling middle-grade adventure, perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict SocietyTwelve-year-old twins Colm and Mal might look identical, but they’re different in just about every other way. The one thing they can agree on is that neither brother wants to move to Chicago for a fresh start with their mom two years after their dad’s death....

In this pitch-perfect middle grade adventure, twelve-year-old Dagmar must endure a summer living off-the-grid with her family in a tiny home.The last thing Dagmar wants is to spend her summer vacation squished into a tiny house with her dad, her stepmom, and her annoying five-year-old half brother. But after a sudden financial setback, her family is evicted from their Oakland apartment, and that's just where they end up, parked among the towering redwoods of Northe...

Twin brothers discover their new home is also a portal--for an hour a day--to a parallel dimension in this spine-chilling middle-grade adventure, perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict SocietyTwelve-year-old twins Colm and Mal might look identical, but they’re different in just about every other way. The one thing they can agree on is that neither brother wants to move to Chicago for a fresh start with their mom two years after their dad’s death....

A wild and whimsical adventure story, perfect for fans of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s LibraryBrian can think of a few places he'd rather spend his summer than with his aunt and uncle in Boring, Illinois. Jail, for example. Or an earplug factory. Anything would be better than doing summer school on a computer while his scientist dad is stationed at the South Pole.Boring lives up to its name until Brian and his cousin Nora have a fight, get lost, an...

Living in the luxurious Arcanum building - with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbours behind every apartment door - has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen . . . until her neighbours start getting poisoned. Anyone could be next, and everyone is a suspect, including Minerva herself.To clear her name and help the police crack the case, Minerva starts her own detective club. So what if it only ha...

UNISCITI ANCHE TU AL DETECTIVE CLUB!FALSE PISTE, INDIZI CRIPTICI,QUALCHE GUAIO DI TROPPO E UNA COMPAGNIA ECCEZIONALE: UNISCITI ANCHE TU AL DETECTIVE CLUB!Minerva Keen (Segni particolari: dodici anni, intelligenza fuori dal comune, capacità di trovarsi sempre nel posto giusto al momento sbagliato) è abituata alle stranezze. Dopotutto vive all’Arcanum, un lussuoso condominio in cui abitano eccentrici vicini. Minerva non potrebbe desiderare una casa migliore… ...

"Thoroughly entertaining . . . from desperate writing students in Missoula to a van of itinerant strippers working the Hi-Line paralleling the Canadian border." — Publishers WeeklyA Parade Magazine "Books We Love" PickThe Big Sky State may seem to lack the shadowy urban mazes traditional to the noir genre. But in Montana, darkness is found in the regions of the heart, driving the desperate and deadly to commit the most hei...