Eine kraftvolle, herzzerreißende und unvergessliche Geschichte
Wien, 1936. Die drei Freunde Leo, Elsa und Max verbringen einen perfekten Tag im Prater. Vom Riesenrad aus betrachtet scheint die ganze Welt ihnen zu gehören. Doch bald darauf versinkt diese Welt um sie herum in Dunkelheit und der Krieg reißt sie grausam auseinander. In dieser Zeit der Angst und Verfolgung ist nicht sicher, wer von ihnen überleben wird.
Inspiriert durch die Geschichte ihres Großvaters, erzählt Bestsellerautorin Liz Kessler in ihrem bisher persönlichsten Buch, wie Freundschaft, Familie und Liebe auch im Angesicht von Flucht und Tod den Glauben an das Gute im Menschen aufrecht erhalten.
A powerful and heart-breaking novel about three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses. For readers of Private Peaceful, The Book Thief and Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl.
Three friends. Two sides. One memory.
Vienna. 1936.
Three young friends - Leo, Elsa and Max - spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness, and that events soon mean that they will be cruelly ripped apart from each other. With their lives taking them across Europe - to Germany, England, Prague and Poland - will they ever find their way back to each other? Will they want to?
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Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE WORLD WAS OURS is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking, and shows how the bonds of love, family and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times.
'When The World Was Ours is Liz's masterpiece . . . an instant classic' Anthony McGowan, winner of the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal
Eine liebevolle Familien- und Freundschaftsgeschichte, die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart auf magische Weise miteinander verbindet. Liz Kessler wie Mädchen sie lieben!
Mia hatte sich auf Kino-und-Shopping-Ferien mit ihren Freundinnen gefreut, aber daraus wird nichts. Mias Großvater ist spurlos verschwunden, und so muss sie mit ihrer Mutter nach Porthaven fahren um ihre Großmutter zu unterstützen. Doch der kleine Fischerort ist gar nicht so langweilig wie erwartet - Mia findet unverhofft zwei neue Freunde. Nach und nach findet sie heraus, dass sie mit ihnen mehr gemeinsam hat, als sie jemals für möglich gehalten hätte ...
Philippa is excited to spend the winter break with her friend Robyn, but when a magic spell carved on a mysterious circle of rocks suddenly transports Philippa to fairy godmother headquarters, she learns that her own mother is in danger. To protect her mother from a serious accident, Philippa's fairy godsister, Daisy, has to pretend to be Philippa "Š- "Šmeanwhile Philippa is stuck pretending to be a fairy! And that's just the beginning of their adventure: after passing a harrowing test of their loyalty to each other, Philippa and Daisy undergo a fantastic journey to find a lost fairy whose job was to maintain a portal"Š -"Š one of the few openings left between the human and fairy worlds. With time running out, and all remaining links between humans and fairies at risk of being severed, Daisy finds herself facing an extraordinary choice that has the power to change her life forever.
The fourth audiobook in the best-selling series about half-mermaid, half-girl Emily Windsnap!
Emily Windsnap's life on Allpoints Island seems perfect-her family is all together again, and she has both her best friend, Shona, and her new friend Aaron with her there. Somehow, though, it still feels like something-or somewhere-is missing. So when Neptune gives the Windsnaps a mission that sends them all back to Brightport, their hometown, what could be better?
But as construction in Brightport threatens to destroy the nearby mer-town of Shiprock, Neptune's desire to have humans and mermaids come together seems impossible. Between trying to help humans and merfolk get along, sorting out her growing feelings toward Aaron, finding some missing sirens with Shona, and dealing with her old enemies Mandy and Mr. Beeston, Emily certainly has her fins full!
Philippa Fisher is feeling lonely. She misses her fairy godsister, Daisy. But while on vacation with her parents, she befriends a local girl named Robyn. Though she's excited to have a friend again, Philippa can't help but feel that there's something strange about Robyn and her father. Meanwhile, Daisy, who is hard at work on a new mission, misses Philippa as well, so she decides to break the rules to visit her friend. Though the girls are happy to be reunited, things soon begin to go horribly wrong with Daisy's assignment. And when all three of the girls find themselves in danger, Philippa must work quickly to save herself and her friends. Fairies, magic, and friendships old and new are all woven together in this intriguing adventure from Liz Kessler.
Philippa Fisher is just your average eleven-and-a-half-year-old girl - she's a bit shy and not the most popular girl at school. But all that changes one day when a new girl named Daisy arrives at school and reluctantly confesses that she is Philippa's very own fairy godsister. Unfortunately for Philippa, Daisy is one fairy who is not too fond of humans, and so she isn't pleased about having to help Philippa. In fact, she wants nothing more than to grant Philippa her three wishes quickly so that she can move on to a new assignment. However, things aren't that simple. Philippa and Daisy just can't seem to get along, and Philippa's wishes keep making her life worse rather than better. Will Philippa and Daisy be able to come together to solve the mess they've created before it's too late?
Everybody has a secret. Mine's a little different, though. I didn't even know about it until the first day of swim class in seventh grade. You see, I'd never been allowed to go in the water before. As it turns out, swimming comes naturally to me. Very naturally. In fact, so naturally that you might even say . . . well, it's true.
Here's my secret: I figured out that I'm a mermaid.
All I wanted was to impress my best friend, Shona, and the other mermaids who live in the sea around Allpoints Island. But what did I do instead? I woke up the kraken, a terrifying octopus-like monster the size of an apartment building. Now he's coming after everything and everyone I love. And who can stop him? You guessed it. Me. Well, me and Shona, and another person too–someone I'd hoped never, ever to see again.
