In hierdie omnibus, wat nog drie gewilde Trompie-stories bevat, word die sproetgesig Grootkaptein en die Boksombende se avonture voortgesit. Trompie wil 'n seun se krieketkolf leen, maar hy moet mooi met die suinige ryk seun onderhandel om sy kolf vir hom te leen sodat Kwaggaberg se seuns kan gaan krieket speel.

'n Alien land in 'n swembad, kinders verdwyn in 'n biblioteek, 'n monsterhond word 'n woefie-woef en 'n vampier-jagter-ouma bestorm 'n skool met 'n knoffel-bazooka . . . Maar dis nog lank nie al nie!

Hierdie versameling van tonekrul-lekker stories deur Jaco Jacobs is al meer as 'n dekade lank gewild. Die nuwe uitgawe met fassinerende illustrasies deur Iain Rennie sal lesers laat gril en ril van plesier. En die beste van alles? Een splinternuwe storie is bygevoeg!

Every two minutes, evil strips innocence from a child and sells her into slavery for sex. Not in a third-world country, but in the United States of America. Before you take another breath, the next victim will be tricked or taken from her family by a profit-hungry criminal.
She could be a neighbor. A friend.Your sister. Your daughter. You.
At fourteen, Hope Ellis is the all-American girl with a good life--until the day she tries to help her mom with their cross-town move by supervising the movers. When they finish, one of the men returns to the house and rapes her. Held silent by his threats, darkness begins to engulf her. But the rape proves to be the least of Hope's troubles. In a gasping attempt at normalcy, she succumbs to the attention of a smooth-talking man on the subway. He promises acceptance. He declares his love. He lures her out from under the shelter of her suburban life.
Hope's disappearance sets a community in motion. She's one of their own. They determine to find Hope, whatever the cost, before she's lost forever.
Will you?

Daniël-hulle kan dit amper nie glo nie: Hulle word genooi vir 'n naweek in Johannesburg deur Antonie se ma. Maar 'n cool video wat hulle neem van motorfietse wat agterin 'n meubelwa inry, veroorsaak dat hulle met die verkeerde mense deurmekaar raak. Die Rietrotte weet te veel en dinge raak vinnig gevaarlik vir hulle …

Meet Clementine Florentine - a talented poet with a strong passion for Custard Creams! In an ingenious reverse 'Parent Trap', Clementine and her school nemesis Callum, have to work together to break Clem's dad and Callum's mum up, before they fall 'in lurrrvee' and the two poetry rivals end up step brother and sister! However, an unlikely friendship with ageing punk icon Lyn Ferno and her chatty pet parrot Viv, helps Clem to start seeing things differently. But by then, is it too late to undo the damage she's caused? Imagine a female Tom Gates with a touch of a young Adrian Mole and the warmth of Jacqueline Wilson, and you've got Clementine Florentine rolled up in one.

Michael's dream is to go from being an unknown pup to a Hollywoof sensation and global su-paw-star. But becoming famous is no walkies in the park... How long will it take Michael's fellow inhabitants of Snuffles-by-Sea to recognise his amazing talent? And with the help of his trusty sidekick, Stanley Big Dog, what can possibly go wrong?

The danger rises and the deception grows in the heart-stopping fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series! It's time to come out of hiding... Frey has spent her life in a family of deceivers, a stand-in for her sister, manipulated at her father's command. Free from them at last, she is finding her own voice - and using it to question everything her family stood for. Tally was once the most famous rebel in the world. But for over a decade, she's kept to the shadows, allowing her myth to grow even as she receded. Now she sees that the revolution she led has not created a stable world. Freedom, she observes, has a way of destroying things. As the world is propelled further into conflict and conspiracy, Frey and Tally join forces to put a check on the people in power, while still trying to understand their own power and where it belongs. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent Fans of The Uglies will delight in seeing main character Tally make her big return to the page. The Uglies series has been optioned as a blockbuster movie.

This is the story about a toad called Mrs Shufflebottom. As you follow Mrs Shufflebottom on her journey to find a new home, you can share her adventures and the wonders she encounters. This book will delight young children. The book follows a Jasper the Pigeona and a Stay with me while I go to sleepa also written by Tamsyn Chambers.a

An unputdownable gothic contemporary fantasy with the feuding families of Romeo and Juliet, the dark magic of Krystal Sutherland and a love triangle to rival The Inheritance Games.

The locals of Idlewood whisper of a tragic love story that began a decades long blood feud.

For as long as anyone can remember, the De Luca witches and the wealthy Barrion family have been sworn enemies. Ever since the curse that changed their fates forever. Now, if a Barrion falls in love with you, you’ll die.

But when Penny Emberly’s mother becomes the curse’s latest victim, she must bring together two bitter rivals, Alonso and Corey, in order to save her mum’s life and stop the feud for good.

But as the trio navigates unpredictable magic, the tangled web of their family histories, and complicated attractions, it becomes clear that there’s more than dark secrets at play.

Can Penny find a way to break the curse . . . without losing her heart in the process?

Mnr. Vos steel kos by die gemene boere Ben, Bart en Boon – een vet, een kort, een net vel en been. Hierdie drie skurke maak ’n plan om mnr. Vos by sy huis uit te grawe, maar hulle besef nie hoe fantasties mnr. Vos is en wat hy alles sal doen om sy gesin te red nie . . . Hierdie klassieke verhaal is nou vir die eerste keer in Afrikaans beskikbaar, met briljante vertaling deur Kobus Geldenhuys.

Mnr. Twak is ’n stink en mislike man met stukkies graanvlokkies en sardientjies in sy baard. Mev. Twak is ’n aaklige ou heks met ’n glasoog. Hulle hou die apie Moggelwomp en sy gesin al gans te lank gevange in ’n hok in die tuin en nou wil die apies WRAAK neem . . . Hierdie klassieke verhaal is nou vir die eerste keer in Afrikaans beskikbaar, met briljante vertaling deur Kobus Geldenhuys.

Pulled by a thread through a fog, Mowzl arrives in the human world from a future time. In his home world Mowzl is a real mouse; here in the human world he is a toy - but alive, with a heart and feelings. He is found by Pip and LuLu, who are grown-ups, and LuLu makes him a woolen pouch in which he can fly. He talks with wild creatures and is upset to learn that the world is being badly damaged by what humans are doing. In his home world there are no humans to be seen and the world, or "wild web", is healthy. Mowzl needs Pip to write his story to help him remember where he came from and how to get back, and Pip writes everything that happens. When Mowzl meets two children called Billy and Larky, they find that they can understand the wild talk too, but only when they are with the mouse, because of his magic. They are excited to learn from creatures about the wild web, and they want to do something to help. Billy and Larky soon get their friends involved, and they all listen to the stories that Mowzl tells. Gradually, the mystery of what happened to Mowzl before the fog is revealed. The Adventures of Horatio Mowlz is an illustrated children's story that reflects on the impacts human activity is having on the environment, whilst taking readers on an adventure they will not forget.