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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Girl Next Door
Marcia Brett tells her friend Janet that the old, broken-down house next door, which they always thought was empty and abandoned, is apparently not so. An old, veiled woman lives there, and so does a pretty, blond girl of about their age. They discover that this girl, Cicely Marlowe, came to live with old Mrs. Benedict after her mother’s death, but she doesn’t know why, or she is. All she does know is that she must remains mostly unseen, not look out the windows, or talk to anyone. Augusta Huiell...
Engels | 4 uur 12 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Anna Hamlin Weikel Betty Baird's Ventures
"'Oh, this indigent family of ours! I certainly must bestir myself and do something to support it,' said Betty Baird, airily, to her mother, yet looking determined, and straightening herself up among the cushions piled high on the broad window-seat in her room." Betty is back home with her parents on Long Islands, when she discovers her father is struggling to pay back the mortgage. She decides to help. But can a young girl in 1907 earn enough money to make a difference? And does Betty have the...
Engels | 6 uur 34 minuten (290 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Dragon's Secret
Sixteen-year-old Leslie has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to her ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. But one day, her dog digs up a metal box with an engraved dragon on it. This will lead Leslie not only to a mystery but also to a new friend. Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of...
Engels | 3 uur 25 minuten (154 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy Giles Alles is nu
Amy Giles deelt een emotionele klap uit met ‘Alles is nu’. Het gezin waarin Hadley opgroeit lijkt perfect. Maar niets is wat het lijkt. Hadley is de oudste dochter en wordt mishandeld door haar vader. Ze doet er alles aan om haar zusje ditzelfde lot te besparen. Maar als Hadleys verboden relatie aan het licht komt, wordt het huiselijk geweld nog erger. Totdat er een ongeval gebeurt waardoor alles verandert. En na die dag praat Hadley niet meer over wat is geweest. Het kost haar al genoeg moeite om...
Nederlands | 9 uur 17 minuten (802 MB) | Zomer & Keuning, Utrecht | 2019
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Susan Coolidge What Katy Did
"To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy." Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cousin comes to visit, Katy‘s resolution to change only lasts a few hours. But soon she will have much more in common with her cousin than she wished and it will confine her to her room perhaps forever. Will it make her finally able to uphold her promise?...
Engels | 4 uur 35 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Ozma of Oz
Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (189 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...
Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..." Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside, and when she walks out the front door again, she finds that she is not in Kansas anymore. She is in the mysterious lands of Oz. Along with her new friends, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion, she sets out to find the Wizard, who is said to know how to get her home. But the Wicked Witch of the West has other plans for her....
Engels | 4 uur 4 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Amy Giles De scherven
De buurt waar Jessica en Lucas wonen wordt in 'De scherven' van Amy Giles opgeschrikt door een tragedie. In het jaar na de schietpartij, waarbij ze allebei hun broer verloren, begint Lucas met kickboksen en probeert hij de wereld mooier te maken met random acts of kindness. Jess zorgt voor haar depressieve moeder en doet haar best om rond te komen. Als Jess en Lucas elkaar ontmoeten, herkennen ze iets in elkaar. Ze ontdekken dat twee scherven elkaar misschien wel geluk kunnen brengen. Zolang ze elkaar...
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Nederlands | ePub2, 5,9 MB | Uitgeverij Zomer & Keuning, Utrecht | 2020
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Lis Lucassen Gestrand
Julie lift na autopech mee met de spelersbus van de Las Vegas Bees, om toch op tijd in Las Vegas te komen. Ze raakt aan de praat met Ren en ze valt voor hem. Maar hoeveel kans heeft een relatie als je maar een nacht samen hebt? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 51 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2019
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Amy Giles Alles is nu
Hadley (17, ik-persoon) wordt door haar vader lichamelijk en emotioneel mishandeld. Ze wil koste wat kost haar jongere zusje tegen hem beschermen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 5,9 MB | Z&K, Utrecht | 2019
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