La Baignoire du Géant

Compelling drama in which 17-year-old Ellis comes to terms with the meaning of death.

 Ellis is an ordinary 17-year-old; someone who's planning to finish school and go to university like any other teenager. The difference is that four months ago, his best friend Simon killed himself. Still - that was four months ago. Ellis has now 'got over it'.

 Except, of course, he hasn't. Returning to his home town, he gets drawn into a situation in which the 'old' Ellis would never have become embrangled. He gatecrashes a party and persuaded to 'rescue' two sisters - Ursa and Leo, driving them back to the Land of Smiles - the ex-motel where they live.

 From that moment on, nothing is the same again. The story is narrated hour-by-hour, as Ellis packs a life-time of experiences into the next twenty-four hours. Giving in to high spirits and booze, Ellis wakes next morning in a strange bed, with a stonking hangover and a shaven head! He learns that a child has been kidnapped, and is persuaded to help in her rescue.

 This is a bizarre, surreal and powerful novel in which the reader is taken on the same roller-coaster ride as Ellis.

Twenty-Four Hours

Another hilarious rhyming romp from the team who brought us the popular DOWN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR. When little Mabel's bubble gets away from her, it's her baby brother who gets into trouble. Soon he's floating out of the house, above the fence, and all over town! And it's up to Mabel, Mother, and the rest of the townspeople to get him safely back down. Who knew that so much trouble could come from one little bubble?

Bubble Trouble

En kidnappant Mlle Labourdette, la ravissante bibliothécaire, le chef des brigands et ses quatre complices croient pouvoir obtenir de la municipalité une rançon rondelette. Mais c'est compter sans le courage de la jeune fille, son bon coeur et ses talents de... bibliothécaire !

L'enlèvement de la bibliothécaire

While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers and by New Year nothing is the same again. (Source)

Les Ensorceleurs

Three short zany stories, all featuring weird and wonderful animals with illustrations by Tony Ross.

 The Gargling Gorilla, The Runaway Reptiles and The Dog Magician - three hilarious stories in one volume from an award-winning author with a wicked sense of humour. The Gargling Gorilla is a perfext text for confident young readers, with its accumulative storyline, use of repetition and alliteration and humour. Tim is animal-sitting for a neighbour who tells him which animal has which food and where it is kept. So, for example, 'The cat likes cat snacks and the cat-snack pack is in the tall cupboard. The tall cupboard is beside the fridge, and the fridge is over there on the other side of the sink. However, when the vulture sees the cat being fed, he will get a little peckish. SO the vulture chunks are inside the fridge.' etc. After a long list of instructions Tim finally hears 'and the gorilla is in the cupboard under the sink.' Tim is hugely inventive and manages to feed all the animals successfully without disturbing the gorilla. When the animal-owner comes home, he discovers that there is no gorilla under the sink - just a griller to toast his sarnies with. The real gorilla was out for the evening! This, and the other two stories, will have young readers chortling with laughter and Tony Ross's illustrations enhance the text perfectly.

The Gargling Gorilla

Mindblowing novel from multi-awardwinning author, Margaret Mahy.

 Roland has everything a young man could wish for - good looks, enough money, a cool relationship with his mother, ready wit, intelligence, a sexy girlfriend, a perfect school record. So the fact that he committed a petty crime and that, somehow, one of his teachers knows about it is something he can hardly explain to himself, let alone anyone else. The teacher, Mr Hudson, uses this knowledge to blackmail Roland into befriending the school misfit - Jess Ferret. The reason he gives is concern for her wellbeing, but even Roland finds this rather far-fetched. And when Jess doesn't respond to his confident advances, he becomes intrigued with the girl for his own reasons. Roland discovers Jess's dark secret and also finds that he has one of his own.

Alchemy

Dans ce village, au fond d'une caverne sombre et humide, vit un monstre. A vrai dire, il ne dérange personne : il ne sort jamais, on ne l'entend jamais, sauf quand il éternue, ce qui arrive rarement... Mais c'est tout de même un monstre ! Et comme disent les villageois : " Un monstre, on n'en veut pas ! " Il n'en faut pas plus pour qu'ils décident de le chasser. Mais attention ! Le monstre n'est pas forcément celui qu'on croit. Et puis le chasser n'est pas si facile que ça...

La Baignoire du Géant

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