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When 11-year-old Connie is sent to live with her eccentric aunt by the sea, she’s not expecting anything great - not to make friends with Col, the coolest guy in town, and certainly not to discover that mythical creatures still exist, that an ancient society has protected them for centuries, and that a dark and treacherous force is lurking in their midst. Most of all, she doesn’t expect to learn that she has the rarest of talents, greater even than her secret ability to communicate with animals.

When war breaks out in September 1939, Laura, Andy and Tim Clark are evacuated to the countryside. The Colonel's comfortable home in Dorset is a huge contrast to their cramped terraced house in London, where their loving parents struggle to put the next meal on the table. Though unused to having children around, the Colonel proves to be a kind and generous, if gruff, guardian until a terrible turn of events means the kids must move on.

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...

Driftwood Cove was always a quiet coastal town—until the sleepwalking began. When Mira’s younger brother Jonah starts wandering toward the ocean in the middle of the night, she knows something is wrong. As more townspeople fall under the mysterious spell, walking like puppets toward the cliffs, Mira uncovers a chilling legend: the ghostly curse of The Siren’s Whisper, a sunken ship whose crew betrayed a powerful sea witch named Isolde. Now, generations later, the curse has returned, luring victims into the ocean with a haunting melody.

Emily is delighted when her family returns to Brightport, but their attempts to follow Neptune's orders to bring humans and merfolk together seem doomed. Thrown out of mermaid school and scorned by her old enemy, Mandy Rushton, Emily goes in search of the lost sirens who were banished by Neptune to a top secret undersea cavern. Only when she uncovers the sirens' true story can she put the pieces of her own life back together. A magical adventure, featuring the power of friendship and told with Liz's characteristic warmth and lightness of touch.

Ever since Charlotte Mielswetzski and her cousin, Zee, saved the world, life has been rather ordinary. Ordinary, that is, if you call being ultramegagrounded (in Charlotte's case) or treated as if you might fall to pieces (in Zee's case) ordinary. Either way, heroes deserve better. Of course, no one knows Charlotte and Zee are heroes. It's not like they can simply announce that Greek myths are real or proclaim they have returned from the Underworld, where they rescued all of mankind from Philonecron, a deranged demigod with delusions of grandeur.

Before the Black Pearl, there was a teenage stowaway named Jack Sparrow … Book 1: The Coming Storm Adventure-seeking teenager Jack Sparrow has assembled a motley crew, and they’re on the quest of a lifetime. Their goal: to locate and procure the legendary Sword of Cortés, which will grant...

Can Lotty save her friends in another exciting adventure? When a fierce storm pushes the pirate ship Annie's Revenge into the path of three mythical Sirens, Lotty must use all her courage and skill to overcome her fears and master the challenges ahead. Can Lotty solve the Sirens' riddle and discover what they most desire? Will she rescue her shipmates in time, or will they be stuck on the mysterious island? Follow Lotty and her cheeky little dog, Mr. Jacks, on another inspiring adventure full of discovery, friendship, and pirates!

Don’t Be Afraid of Sirens is a heartwarming story about a little girl who learns about sirens and how they signal the arrival of help from police, firefighters, and ambulances. With her dad's comforting words and playful gestures, Mandy learns the importance of moving out of the way to let the emergency vehicles pass. From then on, whenever she hears a siren, she knows that someone needs help and sends her silent wishes for their safety.

A Azul le gusta el rosa, a Lía el azul. Una brinca y se impacienta, la otra no para de preguntar. ¡SON GRANDES AMIGAS! Juntas son superheroínas y van a rescatar la Isla del Unicornio. Primero deben sortear el encantamiento de una sirena, pues quiere ser reina y se ha puesto fúrica.

Originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, and first published around 1812, The Wolf and the 7 Little Kids resembles other stories, such as Little Red Cap and The Three Little Pigs. The morale of this story is thought to be something along this line: If you are bad to others, bad will happen to you.