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[German] - Zauberhaft und Rebellisch: Märchen über heldenhafte Mädchen und Frauen aus aller Welt

"'Zauberhaft und rebellisch': Eine hawaiianische Frau geht ihren eigenen Weg - zum Mond. Der wunderbare Regenbogen dient ihr als Brücke. Voller Mut und Tatendrang gelangt Hina so zur langersehnten Freiheit und Ruhe... Die keltische Amazonenkönigin Scaya ist eine berühmte Kriegerin, überall gefürchtet und bewundert. Kein Mensch kommt ihr zu Nahe, kein Krieger ist ihr überlegen - nur die Liebe ist es... Als Kieselstein in ihrem Ohr bringt die mongolische Schamanin Nishan den jungen Heregdei aus der Unterwelt zurück ins Leben. Dabei erfährt sie, woher die Seele des Menschen kommt und wohin sie geht... Acht Märchen und Mythen sagenhafter Frauen und Mädchen aus Hawaii, Indien, Australien, China, Schweden und der Mongolei, von den nordamerikanischen Pawnee und von den Kelten."

Tobias Koch (Author), Eggolf Von Lerchenfeld, Stefanie Schulze, Susi Müller, Thomas Gazheli-Holzapfel (Narrator)

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[German] - Rund um die Sonne: Märchen rund um die Sonne aus aller Welt

"Von überall auf der Erde sehen wir die gleiche Sonne und doch scheint jeder etwas anderes in ihr zu erkennen. Während die Hopi-Indianer in ihren Erzählungen mit der sengenden Hitze ringen, taucht die brasilianische Sonne der Legende nach die Welt in die allerschönsten Farben und bietet als kostbares Gut in der nordischen Mythologie allerhand Anlass für Listen und raue Kämpfe. Diese elf ausgewählten Märchen versammeln die schönsten Mythen, die sich in unterschiedlichen Kulturen der Welt aus der gemeinsamen Faszination durch die Sonne herausgebildet haben."

Tobias Koch (Author), Eggolf Von Lerchenfeld, Stefanie Schulze, Susi Müller, Thomas Gazheli-Holzapfel (Narrator)

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[German] - Kleine Helden - Grosse Kerle: Weltmärchen über heldenhafte Jungs und Männer

"Japans Männer gelten als Söhne der Kirschblüte, ausgezeichnet durch Mut, Tapferkeit und Edelsinn. Poetische Naturbetrachtung begründet dort Disziplin und Kampfgeist. Aber warum müssen Männer eigentlich immer kämpfen? Ist Kämpfen, Feiern und Trauern mehr als nur Freud und Leid? Die Cheyenne gewähren hier Einblick in die Kampfkultur ihrer Männer. Und stets vereint kommt keiner gegen die geballte Kraft der legendären Hawaiianer an. Hawaii mal ganz anders, nicht mit Blumenkränzen und Surfbrettern, sondern mit List und Speer... Zehn außergewöhnliche Märchen kleiner Helden und großer Kerle werden hier wunderbar erzählt - aus Hawaii, China, Schweden, Kurdistan, Mesopotamien, Indonesien, Böhmen, Japan, aus der Nordischen Mythologie und von den Cheyenne."

Tobias Koch (Author), Eggolf Von Lerchenfeld, Stefanie Schulze, Susi Müller, Thomas Gazheli-Holzapfel (Narrator)

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Farmer Giles of Ham

"Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth. He did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a slow, comfortable life. Then one day a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blundered on to his land. More by luck than skill, Farmer Giles managed to scare him away. The people of the village cheered: Farmer Giles was a hero. His reputation spread far and wide across the kingdom. So it was natural that when the dragon Chrysophylax visited the area it was Farmer Giles who was expected to do battle with it! Two further stories in this collections are Smith of Wooton Major which tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children, and the strange events which follow, and Leaf by Niggle, which recounts the strange adventures of the painter, Niggle."

J.R.R. Tolkien (Author), Derek Jacobi (Narrator)

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Best Foot Forward

"I’m a real ace at arguing with myself. Take a subject like Tanner Cobb. On the one hand, he stole. On the other, he helped his little brother read and count. Then again, he stole shoes in front of his little brother. But, he brought the shoes back and offered to make up for what he’d done. My mind said, Don’t trust him. My instincts said, He might not be all bad. Inconsistencies are a royal pain; the older you get, the more they multiply. After a life-altering summer on the road, Jenna Boller is dripping with newfound maturity. She has a job she loves at Gladstone Shoes, a best friend who makes her laugh, and a dysfunctional family she’s learning how to handle. Jenna feels ready for anything–until Tanner Cobb, a guy with a past, a police record, and dangerously good looks, walks into her life. And that’s just the beginning. Jenna likes to be in control, but that’s not easy when she’s suddenly surrounded by crises, including a shoe empire on the verge of crumbling. Tanner’s street smarts seem to be what Jenna needs, but can she trust him when the going gets tough? Newbery Honor author Joan Bauer has written a sure-footed, funny, and poignant novel about a teenage girl facing the challenges–and betrayals–of the adult business world head-on, a struggle that links her to the resilience of her past and helps her to eagerly plan the course for her future. Praise for Joan Bauer: Rules of the Road “Jubilant, strong, and funny, this is a road trip to remember.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review Hope Was Here “When it comes to creating strong, independent and funny teenage characters, Bauer is in a class by herself.” –School Library Journal, starred review"

Joan Bauer (Author), Kathe Mazur (Narrator)

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Birdland

"Swirling riffs of language and a propulsive beat set this gritty, transcendent novel in motion. Amid the sparkle and hum of a New York City winter, Jed and his best friend, Flyer, are filming a documentary of their neighborhood. All around them are images that Jed's older brother Zeke wrote about: drummers, drunks, dog walkers, and the beautiful water towers that dot the city's skyline. But what Jed is really in search of is Zeke, a poet who loved jazzman Charlie "Bird" Parker and who left behind his CDs, a notebook, and a lot of unanswered questions. When Jed encounters a mysterious homeless girl he thinks holds the key to connecting him to Zeke, it could be his only way to unlock his deepest sorrow and discover how to be-who to be-on his own."

Tracy Mack (Author), Dion Graham (Narrator)

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The Legend of the Wandering King

"The most dangerous magical object in the history of the world waits quietly in the treasury of a decaying Arabian palace. It knows your name and home and history and fate: it knows the past and future of the entire human race. It is a carpet, an impossible, dazzling carpet, and though a glance at it can drive a man mad, many will risk their lives to look into its pattern and discover their destinies. And when the carpet is stolen, it is up to young King Walid to recover it. Walid bears the scars of a terrible secret, a crime of pride and hatred, and the memory of it drives him on the quest. The search for the carpet will take him across the brilliant deserts of the Middle East, from a tribe of fierce bandits to the riches of Damascus to the love of a beautiful woman. And it will lead him finally to his own surprising destiny, one that even the carpet might never have predicted. Inspired by the true story of a real prince of pre-Islamic Arabia, The Legend of the Wandering King is a novel like no other, an original historical fantasy, a thoughtful exploration of our fates and choices, and an utterly thrilling adventure."

Laura Gallego García (Author), Patrick Fraley (Narrator)

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The Cloud Chamber

"The minute the school bus carrying Nate Chance and his little sister, Junie, pulls up in front of his family’s farmhouse, Nate can tell something’s terribly wrong: Somehow his father has been wounded by a gunshot. Nate sees him stagger across the yard, then watches as the police take him away. Then, nothing. Nobody in the family will say what happened, or where Nate’s dad has gone. At school, his best friend, Larry, won’t talk to him, and kids whisper that his dad’s a “psycho.” Back home, police keep showing up with questions for his mom; and then there’s Junie, worried that Mom will sell her beloved pony and counting on her big brother to figure out a way to reach their dad. But the science fair is coming up, and Nate has a plan. If he can just win first prize with his amazing cloud chamber project, he’ll get to go to the state finals, near the hospital where his dad’s been locked away. And since it was his dad who taught him to love science–and the stars–it seems like maybe the magic of the cloud chamber can bring the family together again, too. Too bad he has to work on it with the weirdest, most unpopular girl in school, Naomi, with her goofy hair and nutty idea that the two of them should be best friends. The craziest part is, she just might be right."

Joyce Maynard (Author), Joel Johnstone (Narrator)

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Handbook for Boys

"In the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a highly readable, powerful novel about the rules for success for young men, especially those navigating coming of age while Black. Share this book in the classroom, in a father-son reading group, or as a summer reading (or anytime) choice that's likely to spark conversation and be a favorite. ''When the proprietor of a Harlem barbershop takes over as the court-appointed mentor for two troubled teenagers, he conveys the message that the future is built not only on hard work but on sustaining dreams as well.'' (Smithsonian magazine). In his introduction to Handbook for Boys, Walter Dean Myers wrote: ''I know as a troubled teenager I would have loved to have a neighborhood barbershop to sit in and a group of worldly and knowledgeable men to counsel me. Thinking about this was my motivation in writing this book, hoping it will be, in the least, a jumping-off point for many interesting conversations about success.''"

Walter Dean Myers (Author), Peter Francis James (Narrator)

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The Dream Bearer

"Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers deftly draws a compassionate portrait of a boy's odyssey of self-discovery and the acceptance and empathy for others he learns along the way. David doesn't know what to make of his father, Reuben. His older brother, Tyrone, says Reuben is crazy. But Tyrone is acting like someone David doesn't know anymore. Then David meets Mr. Moses, a mysterious man who tells him that dreams might be the only things we have that are real. And it is Mr. Moses' gift of dreams that gives David a new way to see inside his father's heart. I wonder what kind of dreams Reuben has. When I thought about him dreaming, I thought of him having a storm in his head, with lightning and far-off thunder and the wind blowing big raindrops and a bigger storm coming just down the street, just around the corner, like a monster waiting for you. I thought Reuben dreamed of monsters that scared him. They scared me too."

Walter Dean Myers (Author), Peter Francis James (Narrator)

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Shooter

"The groundbreaking and widely praised novel about a school shooting, from the acclaimed author of Monster. Multiple narratives, a personal journal, and newspaper and police reports add perspective and pull readers into the story. ''Questions of guilt and innocence drive the plot and stay with the reader,'' said Hazel Rochman in a starred Booklist review. ''Highly readable.'' ''A haunting story that uncovers the pain of several high school students,'' according to Teenreads.com. ''It explores the tragedies of school violence and how the result of bullying can go to the most dramatic extreme. Myers has a gift for expressing the voices of his characters. Shooter is not a light read, but it will leave you reeling.''"

Walter Dean Myers (Author), Bernie Mcinerney, Chad Coleman, Michelle Santopietro (Narrator)

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Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier: A Novel in Stories

"NORMAN TUTTLE IS, in a word, awkward. He falls off his father’s fishing boat into icy Alaskan waters. He quietly sweats on gorgeous Laura Magruder at the school dance. He gets himself on the bad side of Leonard Kopinski, an overgrown eighth-grader who shaves. As Norman contemplates a long and lonely adolescence on the Last Frontier, he’s sure there’s more to life than being the klutziest kid in Alaska. In 15 closely linked stories that follow Norman from age 13 to going-on 16, Tom Bodett combines rugged Alaskan adventure with a warm and funny story of a boy who may not be as lonely as he thinks."

Tom Bodett (Author), Tom Bodett (Narrator)

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