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Kanak Shashi | Bindu Gupta Just the Way I Am
Matko is too wide to fit through the yard-gate. Her friends suggest different exercises to help her slim down, but nothing works. Finally, Matko comes up with her own way to fit in. 'Just the Way I Am' is translated by Alisha Berger. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Based on Original story: 'मैं ऐसी ही हूँ!', by Bindu Gupta . © Room to Read , 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. This story 'Just...
Engels | 3 minuten (2,6 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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George Supreeth | Aditi Ghosh Fire! Fire!
Ana misses Goa. But she finds her new home fascinating. Everything seems so different in noisy Mumbai. In some tall buildings, she sees speakers and showers. Strange! They don’t ever come on until... 'Fire! Fire!' is written by Aditi Ghosh. © Pratham Books , 2018. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. 'Fire! Fire!' has been published on StoryWeaver by Pratham Books. The development of this story has been supported by CISCO. www.prathambooks.org Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 7 minuten (5,3 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Samuel Pollen The Year I Didn't Eat
What if the one person you could talk to was also the one person that you were battling against? In this unforgettable and uplifting story, 14-year-old Max is consumed by Ana - also known as anorexia, his eating disorder. And as Max writes to Ana every day, Ana feeds on his fears, encouraging him to lose more and more weight. But when Max’s brother gifts him a geocache for Christmas, Max soon discovers a new world and way of conversation. Can he break free from his one and only ‘friend’? Weaving...
Engels | 6 uur 33 minuten (287 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 19 - Are You in Love?
Kara is going to a waterpark with her best friends. It will be the best vacation ever. In the waterpark, she meets Karl...Karl with a K. He is cute and Kara can feel she is falling in love, but is Karl in love with her too? Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971. She debuted in 2003 and since then, she has written over 50 books for children and young adults. She often writes stories about friendships between girls. She has been nominated for several awards, and in 2007 she received Gyldendal's...
Engels | 45 minuten (33 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 20 - Who is the Most Popular?
A new girl is starting in Kara’s class: Gabriella. She is sweet and popular. Everyone thinks so, except for Kara. She actually thinks Gabriella is annoying and mean. Kara avoids Gabriella, but it is not fun, because suddenly Kara feels like an outsider. What can she do? Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971. She debuted in 2003 and since then, she has written over 50 books for children and young adults. She often writes stories about friendships between girls. She has been nominated for...
Engels | 44 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars
Joe Matson has recently moved to Riverside with his family. The wide-awake country boy, who loves baseball, joins the Riverside's local nine and gets the position he wanted — that of pitcher. When not on the diamond, Joe is assisting his father against the foes who are trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the first volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was an American author, who wrote many books for the Stratemeyer Syndicate under various...
Engels | 4 uur 34 minuten (199 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Lester Chadwick Baseball Joe on the School Nine
"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who loves playing baseball above all. He and his hometown chum Tom Davis enrol in Excelsior Hall and join the school nine. When not on the diamond, Joe is saving lives and assisting his father against the foes who are once trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents. This is the second volume volume in the "Baseball Joe" series. Howard Roger Garis (1873-1962) was...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Booth Tarkington Penrod
Eleven-year-old Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke go on a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis. "Penrod" (1914) chronicles his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. His adventures in pre-World War I Midwest have been likened to those of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain), and this first collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington was followed by two further episodes: "Penrod and Sam" (1916) and "Penrod Jashber" (1929). Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American...
Engels | 5 uur 58 minuten (264 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 le Feuvre Probable Sons
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and she is sent to live with her bachelor uncle, Sir Edward Wentworth. The latter has no use for children, especially of the female variety, but as the days go by he is warmed by his niece’s bright and endearing personality. She loves to tell him stories from her daily life and of her friends the Maxwells, who live in the forest. Milly is also a fierce believer and this makes her uncle realise just how much he has lost touch with his own...
Engels | 2 uur 7 minuten (94 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy le Feuvre Teddy's Button
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield. He wants to become a soldier just like him. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Nancy is just as selfishly proud as he is and from the beginning, they are enemies. Yet as time passes, they learn to put their prejudices to the side, allowing a new friendship to bloom. Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) war born in Lee, Kent, the daughter of an H. M. Customs surveyor and granddaughter...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (109 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Laura Lee Hope The Moving Picture Girls
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly hoarse and he loses the role. Despite voice rest and medical treatment, Mr. DeVere's voice fails to improve, and it is impossible to find theatre work. A friend and neighbour in their apartment building suggests that Mr. DeVere tries acting in the moving...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling Captain Courageous
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author, journalist, poet, and novelist. His most famous work is "The Jungle Book" (1894), inspiring two Disney adaptations; the 1967 animated feature and the 2016 live-action...
Engels | 5 uur 55 minuten (272 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Line Kyed Knudsen K for Kara 23 - I Was Born Here!
This is a true tale about a great friendship between two very different people. But are they really that different in the end? When Nadia starts in Kara's class, she's a little shy but Kara happily shows her around. That makes Nadia feel right at home. When Kara meets Nadia in the local park, Nadia is surrounded by her entire family. They all speak in a different language and some of them are wearing scarfs around their head. Suddenly, Kara is the one who's feeling shy and almost doesn't want to...
Engels | 42 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Roy J. Snell The Secret Mark
The third in a series of books revolving around cousins Marian and Lucile by author Roy J. Snell, in ‘The Secret Mark’ we are reunited with Lucile, now working part-time at the library at her Chicago University. While at the library one night Lucile witnesses the theft of a valuable book from the library’s collection. Together with her friend and roommate Florence, Lucile vows to track down the thief and solve the mystery, as danger and adventure inevitably ensue. A gripping tale from the popular...
Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (181 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Roy J. Snell The Purple Flame
Published two years after the conclusion of Roy J. Snell’s earlier novel ‘The Blue Envelope’ we re-join the plucky Marian in ‘The Purple Flame’ as she and her cousin Patsy work together to care for the family reindeer herd after Marian’s father was taken ill. The girls are faced with a range of challenges – from blizzards to poachers, and hungry wolves to treacherous mountain passes, and must overcome them all in order to survive. How will the girls cope with so many odds stacked against them? A...
Engels | 4 uur 22 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Roy J. Snell The Blue Envelope
First published in 1922, ‘The Blue Envelope’ is a mysterious adventure from popular children’s author Roy J. Snell. Set in Alaska, young cousins Lucille and Marian are spending the winter here working as a schoolteacher and an artist respectively. However, when a mysterious and important letter arrives, the girls have an adventure ahead of them as they must ensure it gets to the right person and doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Full of danger and adventure, this is a thrilling tale which will charm...
Engels | 4 uur 32 minuten (201 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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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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