New Releases by Sally Gardner

La famosa agencia de detectives mágicos Hadas, S. A. tiene un gran problema. Bueno, unos cuantos, en realidad. Por un lado está el gigante desaparecido, Billy Bucle, que se esfumó sin dejar rastro. Después se produjo la inesperada visita a la costa, acompañada de un asesinato y un diamante robado. Y por último está ese peliagudo asunto del concurso de talentos de la tele. ¡Calamares con calambres! Este es el caso más complicado al que Emily, Buster y Fidel se han enfrentado hasta la fecha.

Podgy Bottom está en apuros. Por todo el pueblo, alguien está encogiendo coches hasta reducirlos al tamaño de una caja de cerillas, un conejito morado gigante anda suelto, y una extraña escoba está sembrando el caos y el desconcierto… ¿Qué piensan Emily, Buster y Fidel el gato? Sin duda, podría ser un nuevo caso para Hadas, S. A., la famosa agencia de detectives mágicos.

Jag undrar vad som hade hänt om inte. Om inte fotbollen hade flugit över muren. Om inte Hector hade letat efter den. Om han inte hade hållit den mörka hemligheten för sig själv. Om inte ... Standish Treadwell bor tillsammans med sin farfar och resten av de oönskade i Zon 7. De lever alla i skräck för Möderneslandets brutala regim, dygnet runt. När Standish bästa vän Hector plötsligt försvinner bestämmer sig Standish för att htta honom, även om det innebär att han måste konfrontera Möderneslandets mäktiga armé. En planet i mitt huvud är en oförglömlig berättelse om mod, revolt och vänskap. Sally Gardner föddes i Birmingham och lärde sig läsa först vid 14 års ålder. Precis som Standish Treadwell i En planet i mitt huvud är hon gravt dyslektisk. I dag är Sally Gardner prisbelönt författare översatt till över 22 språk. En planet i mitt huvud tilldelades Costa Children’s Book Award och Carnegie Medal för Årets bästa bok, samt nominerades till Michael L. Printz Award.

Uma história original e contundente sobre amizade e revolta. Standish Treadwell é um jovem disléxico que vê o mundo de maneira diferente da maioria. Graças a essa visão, ele percebe que o mundo lá de fora não tem que ser necessariamente cinzento e opressor. Quando seu melhor amigo, Hector, é de repente levado embora, Standish percebe que cabe a ele, a seu avô e a um pequeno grupo de rebeldes enfrentar e derrotar a opressão permanente das forças da Terra Mãe. Com o pano de fundo de um regime implacável, disposto a tudo para vencer seus rivais na corrida para chegar à Lua. Este impressionante Lua de larvas é o novo livro da premiada autora Sally Gardner. "A publicação mais original dos últimos anos." (The Times) "Deslumbrante, arrepiante, de tirar o fôlego. Um livro perfeito". (Meg Rosoff)

Nine-year-old Emily and her friends at the fairy detective agency, Wings & Co, face their most complicated case yet when a giant leaves his six-year-old, six-foot-tall daughter with them before disappearing, then a surprise visit to the seaside uncovers a murder and a stolen diamond.

¿Qué tienen en común una niña huérfana, un gato parlanchín y un detective gruñón? Que juntos forman Hadas S. A., la famosa agencia de detectives mágicos. Cuando un hombre sale disparado repentinamente por los aires y muere al caer al suelo, los detectives sospechan de una intromisión mágica. No tardan en surgir nuevos casos que implican desastres y mala suerte, de forma que Emily, Buster y Fidel se encuentran no con uno, sino con tres misterios por resolver. ¿Descubrirán quién le está robando la suerte a la gente antes de que la intromisión mágica llegue demasiado lejos?

Cuando Emily Vole hereda una tienda abandonada, descubre un mundo mágico cuya existencia desconocía. Una bruja que odia a las hadas, un manojo de traviesas llaves doradas y un tren repleto de conejitos de brillantes colores son solo algunas de las sorpresas que este mundo le tiene reservadas. Con la ayuda de un gato parlanchín llamado Fidel y de un detective mágico y gruñón llamado Buster, dependerá de Emily llegar hasta el fondo de la Operación Conejito.

It''s Hallowe''en and Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange-looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity... Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Budget and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it''s too late? Another fantastic story for younger readers from Sally Gardner, winner of the COSTA BOOK AWARD 2013, and acclaimed artist, David Roberts. If you loved David Walliams''s GANGSTA GRANNY, you''ll love these hilarious tales of mischief, mayhem, magic and mystery.

Standish Treadwell (15) lebt mit seinem Grossvater in Zone 7 und sie sind tagtäglich den Schikanen eines allmächtigen Geheimdienstes ausgeliefert. Als auch noch sein bester Freund verschwindet, hat Standish nichts mehr zu verlieren ...

Prisvindende og anmelderrost ungdomsroman, der giver et unikt bud på en fornyelse af den dystopiske genre. En mørk fortælling om magt og kontrol. Om et brutalt regimes rejse til et mål så vigtigt, at al modstand knuses på vejen dertil. Men også en varm historie om venskab og oprør. Om om drengen Standish, der overrasker alle. Ikke mindst sig selv. Det hensynsløse regime, Moderlandet, vil gøre hvad som helst for at slå sine fjender i kampen om at komme først til månen. Individualitet og selvstændighed er forhindringer, der nådesløst elimineres på vejen. Mission Måne fortælles af Standish. En ordblind teenager med forskelligfarvede øjne, som ser tingene ganske anderledes end alle andre. Og da hans bedste ven Hector pludselig en dag "forsvinder", indser Standish, at det er op til ham at konfrontere og overvinde den undertrykkende overmagt. Priser til Sally Gardners Mission Måne: Costa Children’s Book Award 2012 The Carnegie Medal 2013 Michael L. Printz Honor Award 2014

In the wasteland it is eternal day, no clocks mark the passing hours. In 1937 clouds of war gather over Britain. Fifteen-year-old Ezra meets the rich, beautiful and undeniably spoiled Amaryllis Ruben, recently expelled from boarding school. Amaryllis has been playing the rebel since she was nine years old and Ezra is both disturbed and enchanted by her. But Amaryllis is hiding a secret even she does not understand. On the grounds of her father Arnold''s decadent mansion a memory machine take shape. Despite Arnold''s brash playboy exterior Arnold Ruben is seeking to master time. But time is running out for him. And then, on her 17th birthday, Amaryllis vanishes. The years that follow reverberate with the events of that summer''s day. As Britain is shaken by war Ezra pieces together the fragments of his shattered memory in the name of love, loss and hope.

In een fictief Engeland dat wordt onderdrukt door het totalitaire Moederland, woont de zachtaardige Standish (15) in Zone 7. Als zijn vriend ontdekt wat er achter de muur rond Zone 7 is, verdwijnt hij. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

A young soldier, a captive princess, witches, wolves and Death walk hand in hand in COSTA AWARD winner Sally Gardner''s gothic retelling of Hans Christian Andersen''s THE TINDERBOX. Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half-beast half-man gives him shoes and dice, which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He meets the beautiful Safire - pure of heart and spirit, the scheming Mistress Jabber and the terrifying Lady of the Nail. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him the thing he most desires? Fairy tales are often the cruellest stories of all; this spellbinding book tells of both great love and great loss. Beautifully illustrated by David Roberts. Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 and the Kate Greenaway Medal 2015.

Le récit coup de poing d''un jeune garçon atypique face au totalitarisme. Un héros inoubliable, un roman bouleversant. Carnegie Medal 2013. Prix Costa 2012.

The story of a little girl so tiny that she fits into a handbag.

Thomas''s ability to fly brings heartbreak and happiness

Standish Treadwell es un héroe poco común. Es joven y disléxico. Y, sin embargo, es el único capaz de desenmascarar la gran mentira que prepara el gobierno... En Patria no se canta En Patria todo es sombra En Patria se premia a los delatores y desaparece sin dejar rastro cualquier enemigo. Sus habitantes viven bajo el yugo del opresivo y despiadado régimen dictatorial que controla y dirige cada uno de sus pasos, están acostumbrados a hablar entre susurros, a recelar de los vecinos, a los continuos cortes de luz, y ya ni se asustan cuando oyen el toque de queda. En Patria, la fantasía es la única vía de escape. Pero Standish no se rinde, sabe que más allá de las infranqueables y herméticas fronteras de su país, tiene que existir otro mundo, un mundo donde la libertad y la verdad no sean solo sueños imposibles sino una maravillosa realidad. «Por un lado están los que piensan linealmente, y por otro lado estás tú, que eres como un golpe de brisa en el parque de la imaginación.» Reseñas: «Hermoso, sobrecogedor, deslumbrante. Un libro perfecto.» Meg Rosoff « Las tres caras de la luna es una novela de otro planeta.» The Sunday Times «Esta novela es un canto al rechazo del ser humano a vivir cualquier tipo de represión.» Books for Keeps «Una novela destinada a convertirse en un clásico moderno.» Booktrust

A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book In Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn’t want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell — who has different-colored eyes, who can’t read, can’t write, Standish Treadwell isn’t bright — sees things differently than the rest of the “train-track thinkers.” So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And it’s big...One hundred very short chapters, told in an utterly original first-person voice, propel readers through a narrative that is by turns gripping and darkly humorous, bleak and chilling, tender and transporting.

A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion A COSTA 2012 BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy, a friendship, a lie and some hard choices. The Motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but Standish Treadwell won''t be subdued. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON''s powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish.

Standish ha quindici anni ma parla con l''ingenuità e la purezza di un bambino di dieci. Standish e il suo unico amico, Hector, vivono nella Zona Sette, dove la Madrepatria tiene segregati i dissidenti, gli avversari politici e gli impuri. La zona è popolata di informatori, mancano i generi di prima necessità ed è bandito l''uso di radio e televisione. L''unica eccezione a questo isolamento sarà la grande diretta sull''evento che cambierà il corso della storia: giovedì 19 luglio 1956 verrà lanciato il vettore diretto sulla Luna e per la Madrepatria inizierà una nuova era. Ma i due ragazzi scoprono, per caso, che l''allunaggio è solo una farsa organizzata dal regime e si uniscono a un piccolo gruppo di ribelli. Quando Hector scompare, rapito dal regime, Standish decide di affrontare da solo un''eroica missione di boicottaggio, per ritrovare l''amico e realizzare il proprio sogno di libertà. Un romanzo forte e struggente, in cui la voce limpida del giovane protagonista ci attira nel suo mondo, fatto di angoscia e buio, ma anche degli infiniti spazi del sogno e dell''immaginazione, e come una luce ci guida sino al finale, abbagliante e liberatorio.“Un romanzo fuori dall''ordinario. Sorprendentemente originale, raffinato e commovente, Il pianeta di Standish è un''opera che non pare di questo mondo.” The Sunday Times

On his birthday, Thomas is granted a special wish by the Fat Fairy, the ability to fly. Thomas''s gift for flying brings him both joy and heartache, but with the help of the Fat Fairy he discovers that things can get better.

A gift book bind-up edition of four much-loved Early Reader Magical Princess stories: CINDERELLA, SNOW WHITE, SLEEPING BEAUTY and THE FROG PRINCE. These universally loved fairy tales are re-told with wit and charm in this beautiful book that makes the perfect Christmas gift. Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books.

Nella Londra del XVII secolo, le vicende di una fata bambina si fondono con la Storia, in un romanzo che è insieme avventuroso e magico, doloroso e vero, ricco di figure indimenticabili. L''infanzia di Coriander Hobie trascorre serena, protetta dal padre Thomas, un mercante di seta, e dalla madre Eleanor. Niente sembra poter turbare quella pace, ma all''improvviso, quasi inspiegabilmente, la madre muore e la ragazza si trova a dover affrontare da sola un''amara realtà: la monarchia inglese è caduta, i repubblicani di Cromwell hanno preso il potere, suo padre è considerato un traditore e rischia la condanna a morte. Catturata da due criminali, Coriander rischia di morire; invece le si apre davanti una nuova vita, in un luogo dove i mortali non possono arrivare e dove viene incaricata di una missione che cambierà per sempre il suo futuro. Un viaggio avventuroso e magico in una Londra sconvolta dalla rivoluzione e popolata di personaggi strabilianti.

Enter the boy Yann Margoza, destined to be a hero; Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor; Sido, unloved daughter of a foolish Marquis; and Count Kalliovski, Grand Master of a secret society, who has half the aristocracy in thrall to him. Written with Sally Gardner''s characteristic vividness and passion, these are two thrilling tales of secrets, murder, revenge and romance, set against the vivid historical background of the French Revolution.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. With skin as white as snow, lips as red as roses, and hair as black as ebony, Snow White soon arouses the jealousy of her wicked stepmother. Hidden away in the forest, can she escape the evil queen with the help of her new friends?

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Deep in a forest of thorns lies a beautiful princess, cast into an enchanted sleep by the wicked seventh fairy. Can the spell ever be broken?