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Grab your javelin and your discus - it's time to race in the ancient Greek Olympics!As a young boy in the city-state of Athens, the time has come to prove yourself in ancient Greek society.

Framed for a murder she did not commit and sentenced to hang, Esmerelda's only hope for survival is the bell-ringer, Quasimodo, and an unlikely friendship is formed. This engaging story is presented as an exciting and fast-paced graphic novel which remains faithful to Victor Hugo's original text. Specially commissioned full-colour artwork brings excitement and atmosphere to this classic tale. Speech bubbles work with the main text to emphasise and enhance the retelling. A running glossary at the foot of each page helps young readers with any challenging vocabulary without disrupting their reading experience. The highly visual nature of comic book storytelling, small amounts of text and easy-to-follow sequential ordering of the picture strips are a brilliant way for young readers who re challenged or intimidated by reading to improve their literacy skills.

Fifteen-year-old Jeff wakes up on New Year’s Day to find himself in the hospital. Make that the psychiatric ward. With the nutjobs. Never mind the bandages on his wrists, clearly this is all a huge mistake. Jeff is perfectly fine, perfectly normal—not like the other kids in the hospital with him. They’ve got problems. But a funny thing happens as Jeff’s forty-five-day sentence drags on: the crazies start to seem less crazy. . . . Compelling, witty, and refreshingly real, Suicide Notes is a darkly comic novel that examines that fuzzy line between “normal” and the rest of us.

Seit die 13-jährige Julia im Wald eine alte Tiermaske entdeckt hat, wird sie von heftigen Träumen geplagt, in denen sie die Welt mit den Augen eines Tieres sieht. Immer wieder begegnet sie in ihren Träumen anderen Tieren: einem Hirsch, einer Eule und einem Wolf. Mit der Zeit findet sie heraus, dass es sich dabei um andere Jugendliche handelt, die ebenfalls seltsame hölzerne Tiermasken gefunden haben. Als ihr dann auch noch zwei mysteriöse Fremde im Wald auflauern, muss Julia erkennen, dass ihr Leben in Gefahr ist. Mithilfe der Maske flieht sie und macht sich zusammen mit ihrer neuen Freundin Abena auf den Weg nach Schottland, um die anderen Maskenträgern zu suchen. Dort wird sie bereits von dem dritten Maskenträger, den gutaussehenden Ehsan, erwartet. Gemeinsam mit ihm und den anderen, muss sie lernen, die Magie ihrer Masken zu nutzen, um den Shadow King zu besiegen. Ihnen bleiben nur noch wenige Tage, bis er erwacht und die Welt ins Verderben stürzt.

"I'm pretty sure I'm the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also create the perfect smoky eye." The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations--if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. Sam doesn't plan to fall for anyone in the weeks before his birthday. He'll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad; cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands); and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club. But when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that. As Sam's birthday approaches and he still hasn't quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he's only seen in a dream might have the answers he's been looking for--but time is running out to save the people he cares about.

"It's no secret that we are living in the Digital Age. Technology companies make up seven of the world's ten largest firms by market capitalization. And the key to their success is the key to all modern organizations. Jonathan Smart, business agility practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals the patterns and antipatterns that will help organizations from every industry deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment. Through his decades of experience in the technology world, Smart provides business leaders with a blueprint for creating a world-class organization of the future. Through Agile and Lean ways of working, business leaders can empower teams to improve production, grow together, and create better services for their customers. These better ways of working have overflowed from the IT department to every corner of successful organizations, taking root in every industry from aerospace to accounting, insurance to shipping. This book is not about software development. It is not a book about the computer industry. This book is about applying agility across the entire organization. It's a book that will put you at the front of change and ahead of the competition"-- Provided by publisher

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this thrilling middle grade adventure follows young protagonists as they navigate a harsh landscape filled with danger and challenges. With survival at stake, they encounter fierce adversaries and form unexpected alliances, highlighting themes of resilience and friendship. Packed with action and excitement, the story invites readers to explore the limits of courage and ingenuity in a Mad Max-inspired setting tailored for a younger audience.

Kobi's blood may be the key to curing the Waste, and that means he and his Waste-infected friends must travel to an abandoned lab in Old Seattle if they want to end the Waste and bring justice to those responsible

Abigail is a maidservant in Greave Hall, an elegant London household governed by the tyrannical housekeeper, Mrs Cotton. Whilst the widowed master slips slowly into madness, Mrs Cotton gradually usurps the position of gentlewoman of the house. She wears his dead wife's jewellery and clothes, entertains guests as though the house is her own and reserves her most despotic treatment for Abi. In the dead of night, Abi makes a desperate bid for freedom, but is soon captured and returned to Greave Hall. As Mrs Cotton's malice intensifies, a ghostly presence distracts Abi with clues to a deadly secret. And Abi now realises that she can trust no one in the house.