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Dream Hunters
(Paperback)
Nazima Pathan; Illustrated by Federica Frenna
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Set in a fantasy, reimagined India where dreams can be captured and
bottled, young Mimi Malou must go on a quest to save the king and
rescue her parents. A gorgeous adventure dripping in magic from debut
author Nazima Pathan, perfect for fans of Starfell, The Hatmakers and
The Kingdom Over the Sea.
In the Citadel, we hunt. Dreams are our prey. If we catch them before
they melt into moonlight, they can be recycled and sold for great
profit. My family has been hunting dreams for generations. Capturing
them as they slip away, and storing them in a soaring, magnificent
library.
Twelve-year-old Mimi lives with her Aunt Moyna in a centuries-old
Citadel where she studies the ancient practice of making, capturing and
recycling dreams. The Citadel was once run by Mimi’s parents who have
been imprisoned by the king, accused of treason.
When Mimi spies a royal visitor, she uncovers a plot to transform the
Citadel from a place of gentle, healing dream craft to one of creating
nightmares in order to poison the king.
With only her dream creature, Lalu, and her best friend Rafi by her
side, Mimi must escape the Citadel and begin a perilous journey across
India. There are few people she can trust, but saving the life of the
king is in Mimi’s hands alone...
Meer as ’n honderd jaar nadat die boek Peter and Wendy deur J.M. Barrie in Engeland gepubliseer is, verskyn Marié Heese se opvolgstorie Peter Pan en Laurie by Protea Boekhuis in Suid-Afrika. Dit word gelyktydig in Engels en Afrikaans vrygestel, met sjarmante illustrasies deur Marjorie van Heerden. Marié Heese het reeds verskeie kinderstories gepubliseer en vertaal. In hierdie storie hou sy redelik naby aan die atmosfeer en verteltrant van die oorspronklike werk. Natuurlik is Peter nog net soos hy was, avontuurlik en vry, maar die meisie wat hy dié keer na die Nimmerland met hom saamneem, is ietwat anders as die moederlike Wendy. Sy nuwe feetjie-maat heet Klokkelokkies. Daar is ander Verlore Seuns, en ander vyande om te trotseer, veral die groteske reus, Half-gevreet, leier van die Grillergaaie, wat net ’n halwe kop het en die ore van sy oorwonne vyande pekel, aan ’n tou om sy nek hang en kou. Hy soek Peter se ore vir sy versameling. En daar is dinosaurusse wat die eiland wil oorneem …
Karl Kielblock het verskeie boeke geskryf, waaronder die Lafras
Cuyper-reeks baie bekend is en wyd versamel word. Dit handel oor
seeavonture in diens van twee oorlogvoerende moondhede vroeg in die
19de eeu. Hierdie is die sesde boek in die reeks, propvol
opwinding, spanning en avontuur! ’n Besoek aan Venesie – dit is ’n
droom wat waar word vir die beroemde kaperkaptein Lafras Cuyper.
Die droom word egter ru onderbreek toe Lafras een aand in die
donker stegies aangeval word. Voor hy die raaisel oor die aanval
kan oplos, roep Napoleon hom terug na Parys. Lafras moet Venesie
verlaat – en ook die aanvallige Justina, wat sy hart so gou verower
het. Hy moet met die Turkse goewerneur gaan onderhandel oor drie
Franse offisiere wat as gyselaars aangehou word. Tussendeur al die
lewensgevaarlike avonture, verskyn die beeld van Justina kort-kort
voor Lafras. Hy moet haar weer sien. Hy moet weer terugkeer na
Venesie … en sy aanvallers. Die verhaal van Lafras Cuyper is op
feite gebaseer.
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world…
Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross!
It is 2120 and London is in ruins.
The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters.
And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her, himself… and the entire city.
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