Alosha

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[traduction, Valérie Ménard

Chaque titre de cette collection propose une adaptation d'un long métrage d'animation de la filiale Disney. Celui-ci est consacré à la Fée Clochette, qui transporte ses lecteurs dans la Vallée des Fées. Sis au coeur du pays imaginaire, cet endroit merveilleux, gouverné par la reine Clarion, abrite une multitude de créatures ailées qui mettent à profit leurs différents talents pour rythmer la succession des saisons. Or, rien ne va plus lorsque la pierre de Lune qui doit permettre au Grand Arbre, source de tous les pouvoirs des fées, de se régénérer est accidentellement détruite. Secondée par une luciole et son ami Terence, Clochette se met en quête d'une nouvelle pierre, qu'elle doit ramener à temps pour les festivités automnales. Des illustrations de synthèse animent le texte dense de cette première lecture de facture commerciale. [SDM].

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Tim Champlin

"When gold was discovered in California in 1849, the news spread like wildfire. There were three ways to get to those gold fields: by ship around Cape Horn; stern-wheeler through the Gulf of Mexico and overland to the Pacific; or overland by wagon train, horse and on foot. Those who survive their arduous journeys meet in California with unexpected results."--Publisher.

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James Riley

Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. Owen knows that better than anyone, what with the real world's homework and chores. But everything changes the day Owen sees the impossible happen -- his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library. It turns out Bethany's half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character. Bethany can't let anyone else learn her secret, so Owen makes her a deal: All she has to do is take him into a book in Owen's favorite Kiel Gnomenfoot series, and he'll never say a word. Besides, visiting the book might help Bethany find her father. Or it might just destroy the Kiel Gnomenfoot series, reveal Bethany's secret to the entire world, and force Owen to live out Kiel Gnomenfoot's final (very final) adventure.

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Alicia Rivoli

"When a newly formed group of friends finds themselves fighting for survival, little did they know that was just the beginning. When Chloe, Megan, Jason and Zach are forced to take cover in a nearby cave from a violent storm, they find their new friend, Preston, there as well. Zach guides the group through the cave but as they go deeper strange things begin to happen and they find themselves separated in a magical kingdom surrounded by unusual people and wizards. Things get even more dangerous as they travel the kingdom in search of the city of Mere and each other. As their journey unfolds, Preston discovers that the bedtime stories he was told as a child are true and that his rightful place in time must be realized. The kingdom itself has gone under attack as Jacan, a traitor to the crown, forces his armies through the magical borders. Looking back, Preston should have recognized that it was all real. He should have seen the signs. But how could he have known?"--Publisher description.