Resultado de "Eliot Schrefer" em Todas as categorias

Ambrose Cusk acorda em uma nave sem saber como foi parar lá; as únicas coisas de que Ambrose sabe é que o sistema operacional da espaçonave possui a voz de sua mãe, que ele precisa resgatar a irmã, Minerva, e que a única outra pessoa a bordo é Kodiak Celius―um jovem que é o oposto de Ambrose. Sozinhos nesta missão, Ambrose e Kodiak precisarão colocar as diferenças de lado se quiserem desvendar todos os mistérios que os cercam e permanecerem vivos, enquanto tentam cumprir uma missão onde nada parecer ser o que realmente é.

In a thrilling follow-up to Tasting Light, ten bestselling and award-winning masters of the form use the possible—and the premise of hope—to explore how science and technology can reshape our world and defy assumptions.

Lulu is like many kids you know. She lives in a house with her mom, dad, and sister. She likes soda, hopscotch, and comic books. But there is one way Lulu is different: she’s a bonobo. Being the only bonobo in a human world can be lonesome. And so Lulu and her family take a long boat ride to a jungle Lulu has never seen before. Now, she’s surrounded by creatures with faces that look like hers and who make sounds like she does. But Lulu can’t possibly be like these apes…can she?

Nobody knows anything about Wyatt Hill. He’s the quiet giant of Mrs. Z’s class, sure . . . but his classmates wonder what is he like? What does he like? What does he do? (Does he play the ukulele?) And it often seems like his stepbrother and stepsister don’t get him either. But Wyatt knows who he is. He adores his stuffed lizard, Lizzie, and the lively conversations they share. He notices who’s having a bad day and thinks about why the boys and girls in Mrs. Z’s class don’t play together at recess. He’s starting to put words down on paper to express all the things he feels inside.

When the shadowwalkers were victorious in their battle against the Ant Queen, they hoped their work to save Caldera was done. But the rainforest has begun to rumble. Rumi, a scholarly tree frog who can control the wind, must bring his band of animal friends to face the greatest danger they’ve yet encountered - the giant volcano beneath the jungle itself. While the volcano roars, rumors of a mysterious evil blanket Caldera - the Elemental of Darkness has emerged and is building a legion of followers.

Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling and lost in a reshaped world. Snub may feel orphaned, but she's not alone. There are other creatures stalking through the woods - a new form of predator, walking on two legs.

Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother, never his pet. But when John's parents split up and moved him across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.

When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the mock men living in the trees by their home - chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. When Luc tries to rob him, the man isn't mad. Instead, he offers Luc a job. Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in order to study the elusive chimpanzees.

When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time, she feels responsible for another creature. But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe.

Caldera always existed in harmony between the creatures who walk by day and those who walk by night - until an ancient evil awakened. In the year since the shadowwalkers’ narrow escape from the Ant Queen, the ants’ destruction has only spread. Gogi, a shadowwalker monkey still learning to wield his fire powers, embarks on a quest with his friends - including a healing bat, an invisible panther, and a tree frog who controls the winds - for a powerful object that can harness the magic of the eclipse to defeat the Ant Queen.

Die Ameisenkönigin setzt alles daran, den magischen Dschungel von Caldera endlich in ihre Gewalt zu bringen - nur die Schattenwandler rund um das Kapuzineräffchen Gogi können das verhindern. Gelingt es ihnen bis zur nächsten Sonnenfinsternis ein uraltes Artefakt zu finden, können sie die Ameisenkönigin verbannen und ihr Paradies Caldera retten.

Nina and Joe Popper have just moved to Hillport with their mother. There's a lot to do: unpacking, scrubbing the floors, investigating the basement - wait, what's this? Two penguin eggs are tucked snugly near the furnace! It's up to Nina and Joe to find their newly hatched penguin chicks a home. Setting off on the adventure of a lifetime, they endure perilous storms, a long journey to the Arctic, and of course, penguins. Lots and lots of Popper penguins!

The adventure continues in this sixth book in the New York Times best-selling series.

A new threat faces the world of Erdas in this continuation of the New York Times best-selling series.

Der magische Dschungel von Caldera schwebt in höchster Gefahr: Die böse Ameisenkönigin droht, aus ihrem Gefängnis auszubrechen und Caldera mit ihren Ameisenarmeen zu unterwerfen - nur eine kleine Gruppe von Schattenwandlern mit magischen Fähigkeiten kann das verhindern! Dazu gehört das mutige Panthermädchen Mali. Zusammen mit dem Pfeilgiftfrosch Rumi, der Fledermaus Lima und dem Kapuzineräffchen Gogi macht sie sich auf ins größte und zugleich gefährlichste Abenteuer ihres Lebens! Laura Maire erweckt Caldera zum Leben.