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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Adventure Stories > Crime & Mystery
Another page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-12 set
between 1900s and present-day London. The long-awaited sequel to
the international best-seller The Secret Lake. Almost a year has
passed since Stella and Tom discovered a time tunnel and travelled
to early 1900s London, where they befriended Emma, Lucy and Jack.
The magical moles that made the tunnel and secret lake appear have
since vanished, but the children are longing to meet again. Then an
illness, which leaves Emma's life in danger, changes everything.
The moles reappear, and Lucy realises the only hope of finding a
cure lies in the future. So unfolds a thrilling tale of time
travel, rekindled friendships and new threats that no one could
have foreseen... The original Secret Lake mystery adventure has now
been enjoyed by almost half a million young readers and is in
translation around the world. This sequel does not disappoint!
Kwaaikofski is al ’n privaatspeurder vandat hy kan onthou. Selfs as ’n baba het
hy elke boublokkie weer gekry, en ook elke lekker wat iewers in die sandput
verdwyn het. Hy het nou eenmaal ’n talent daarvoor. Gee hom ’n glas melk,
Carpenters kougom en sy spesiale kep – wat sorg dat sy brein altyd teen die
optimale temperatuur funksioneer – en hy is gereed vir enigiets! Hierdie omnibusuitgawe
bevat drie van Speurder Kwaaikofski se gewildste avonture vir
beginnerlesers. Kwaaikofski moet uitvind waarom sy gunsteling-kougom uit Olga
se winkel verdwyn, die geheim van ’n vlieënde blou rubberkoei ontrafel en 'n
vreemde pienk spook op die skoolgronde vastrek.
Some people think that museums are boring places full of glass
cases, dust and stuff no one cares about: wrong! In a hidden
headquarters below the exhibits there's a gang ready to handle
dangerous, spooky or just plain weird problems: the Museum Mystery
Squad. Techie-genius Nabster, mile-a-minute Kennedy and sharp-eyed
Laurie (along with Colin the hamster!) tackle the surprising
conundrums happening at the museum. From pre-historic creatures
that move and secret Egyptian codes to missing treasure and strange
messages from the past, there's no brain-twisting, totally
improbable puzzle the Squad can't solve. --------------- Strange
lights, eerie sounds -- something spooky is happening at the
museum. The ghostly goings-on centre on a dented Roman helmet.
Could it be haunted? The Squad aren't convinced but what better
place is there for a ghost to hide than in a museum full of
seriously old and rather dead things? -------------------- In the
Case of the Roman Riddle, the Squad investigate ancient treasure,
mystery mosaics and suspicious centurions to try to solve their
latest mystery. Young readers will love the riddles, red herrings
and big reveals jam-packed into this fun-filled series of mystery
stories by Mike Nicholson. The enjoyable extras like wacky facts
and activities, as well as zany illustrations by Mike Phillips,
will keep amateur detectives entertained for hours.
Waldo is seker Connie is in groot gevaar. Wat anders beteken die vreemde gedagteflits wat hy gesien het? En wie is die meisie met die geel reënjas wat Waldo ’n ruk lank agtervolg het? Gaan sy weer haar opwagting maak? En wat wil sy he? Die antwoorde op hierdie vrae gaan Waldo se lewe vir ewig verander …
Die vierde en laaste boek in die reeks.
Ingrid can't sleep. She can't remember, either. A competitive
diver, seventeen-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the
pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking
up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before
her dive is locking eyes with Van - her neighbor, former best
friend, and forever crush - kissing his girlfriend on the
sidelines. But that can't be all. Then one sleepless night, she
sees Van out her window looking right back at her. They begin not
sleeping together by night, still ignoring each other at school by
day. Ingrid tells herself this is just temporary, but soon, she and
Van are up every night piecing her memory back together. As Van
works through his own reasons for not being able to sleep, they're
both pulled into a mystery that threatens to turn their quiet
neighborhood into a darker place than they realized.
Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman.
After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. So when his Uncle Nat invites him aboard the California Comet, the iconic three-day train journey from Chicago to San Francisco, he leaps at the chance to travel. But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. Can he uncover the kidnapper before the journey's end?
An adrenaline-fuelled journey across America from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman in the second mystery adventure in the major Adventures on Trains series.
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