Skulduggery Pleasant

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Julia Golding

How do you catch an international treasure thief who can TRAVEL IN TIME? That's the fiendish challenge that faces Mel Foster, Eve Frankenstein and their friends when priceless items begin vanishing all over the world. The Mona Lisa ...Queen Victoria's Crown Jewels ...nothing is safe! But the next item on the thief's list is no diamond. It's Mel himself. Before Mel knows it he's been kidnapped and stranded in the past. He's back in time, and back in trouble! On Mel's second monstrously big adventure he encounters famous and unusual heroes, and more than a couple of villains: Quasimodo the Younger, Mowgli and his wolf pack, and a cheery young pickpocket by the name of the Artful Dodger.

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E.D. Baker

Many years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean, ugly witches if they ever touched a flower after turning sixteen. Now, Princess Emma, who is about to turn sixteen herself, is determined to break the spell once and for all. Emma travels back in time to the day the curse was placed on her ancestor in the hope of preventing the curse from being cast. Unfortunately she isn't successful in her efforts, but she does learn how to break it. Armed with this knowledge, Emma returns to her own time full of hope. But disaster ensues and Emma is about to give up completely--until true love shows itself in the most unexpected place of all. With a bit of courage, a pinch of luck, and of course, a healthy dose of magic, Princess Emma charms her way through the third hilarious adventure in this series.

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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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Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder

Winnie and her pet dragon Miss Drake are back to their lessons as they head to the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair and wish-granting souvenirs follow them home.