Учебная литература
Различные книги в жанре Учебная литератураPaddington Takes the Test
‘ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS!’Paddington read on the glossy leaflet showing a large, sleek, silver-grey car. It took him a long time to eat fifteen packets of currants in order to enter the competition. And the Rolls-Royce he’d expected to win turned out to be one of ten thousand consolation prizes – a bookmark!Then Paddington finds himself taking a driving test and, much to his amazement, is presented with a license allowing him to drive a rather unusual vehicle.
Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies
From the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author of Barry Loser comes a hilarious new series, perfect for fans of Dennis the Menace, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, and Mr Gum.Move over Spidey, get back in your cave Batman, and keep your glasses on Clark Kent, there's a new superhero in town. FUTURE RATBOY.When a bolt of lightning hits Colin Lampost (and his toy bird, Bird), he is zapped millions of years into the future! Life will never be the same again. Bird has been brought to life as Not Bird and Colin's DNA is fused with a rat giving him superkeel powers. Future Ratboy is born!But the future is not a safe place to be and there are killer robot grannies on the rampage! Will the dynamic duo survive the attack and save the world?Join Future Ratboy and Not Bird on their first adventure to find out! A hilarious read for kids aged 7+.Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the award-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series: I am not a Loser, I am still not a Loser, I am sort of a Loser, I am so over being a Loser, Barry Loser and the Holiday of Doom and Barry Loser and the Case of the Crumpled Carton. He lives in London. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake. Praise for the BARRY LOSER books:'Will make you laugh out loud, cringe and snigger, all at the same time' – LoveReading4Kids'Very funny and cheeky' – Booktictac, Guardian Online Review'Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos' – Guardian'The review of the eight year old boy in our house … «Can I keep it to give to a friend?» Best recommendation you can get' – Observer'I laughed so much, I thought that I was going to burst!' – Finbar, aged 9
Just Like Fate
Romantic drama with a twist, perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver, Dawn O’Porter, Jay Asher and Maureen Johnson.Caroline is seventeen and at a crossroads. Her whole family is on her back, and her grandmother, the only person who really understands her, is sick, maybe dying. All she wants to do is escape. So when her best friend suggests a night out to forget her troubles, Caroline must choose: stay by her grandmother's side, or go to the party and live her life … and maybe meet the boy of her dreams. This decision will split Caroline’s fate into two separate paths – and she’s about to live them both. But there can only be one happy ending …Readers of Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young's previous teen fiction – Forgotten, Revived, The Originals, A Need so Beautiful and The Program – will love this new collaboration.Cat’s previous solo books were the highly acclaimed Forgotten, Revived and The Originals. Cat lives near Seattle with her husband and twin daughters. When she’s not writing, she’s playing dress-up, using wind as her superpower, trying new restaurants or planning for a zombie apocalypse. Connect with Cat at www.catpatrick.com, on Facebook or on Twitter at @seecatwrite. Suzanne currently lives in Tempe, Arizona, where she teaches high school English. When not writing obsessively, Suzanne can be found searching her own tragic memories for inspiration. She is the author of several books for teens, including The Program, A Need So Beautiful, and A Want So Wicked. Friend her on Facebook, follow her on Twitter at @Suzanne_Young, and visit Suzanne-Young.blogspot.com.
Dark of the Moon
We Were Liars meets Lost. The newest guilty pleasure! Fans of E.Lockhart, Holly Smale and Zoe Sugg (Zoella) will love this.This time, there’s no fire in the dream. All I see is a hazy yellow glow. Then a beautiful girl’s face slowly appears. She’s smiling at me, but a tear is trickling down her cheek. She opens her mouth to speak, but before she can say a word a snake slithers out from between her lips, its fangs bared.For Grace, being shipwrecked on a deserted island has brought two good things: new friendships … and Cruz, her soulmate. But as her romance with Cruz intensifies, so do the strange happenings on the island. A girl haunts Grace’s dreams – but what does she want? And will she ever let Grace leave?Love, betrayal and voodoo darkness, beneath a seething sun …BOOK TWO in the SHIPWRECKED saga.Siobhan Curham is the author of the addictive YA romantic thriller series Shipwrecked. She is the editorial consultant and writing coach for Zoe Sugg (Zoella), the You Tube vlogger and author of the bestselling blockbuster Girl Online series. She is an editor for Hothouse fiction, a life-coach, the author of several adult novels and she runs writing workshops for young people. Her award-winning YA novels also include Dear Dylan and Finding Cherokee Brown.
Eve and Adam
Gattaca meets Dark Angel from international best-selling authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant, author of GONE, BZRK and Front Lines. A mystery-thriller that bursts out of the world of genetic science and into the lives of teens. The perfect read for teens who loved Scott Westerfeld's Uglies.Love has never had much of a place in the life of Evening Spiker. But being the daughter of a billionaire genetic scientist has other perks. Like a private hospital where you can recover from near-fatal road accidents. And a hot surfer boy to push your wheelchair. While Eve is healing, her mother sets her an unexpected challenge: to use a cutting-edge virtual reality system to design the perfect boy; everything from the colour of his eyes to the level of his IQ. It’s the chance of a lifetime. The chance to play God … or is it more than just playing?An exceptional page-turner from the creator of the GONE series. Escapism doesn’t get more thrilling than this book for teens.Fans of Ally Condie's 'Matched' series will love this.Praise for the GONE series by Michael Grant:“Exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative … This is great fiction. I love these books” – Stephen King.Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate have always lived life in the fast lane – they moved in together after knowing each other for less than 24 hours. They have co-authored more than 100 books, including the massive hit series Animorphs. Michael went on to write the New York Times and international bestselling series, GONE. Michael, Katherine and their two children live in the San Francisco Bay Area, not far from Silicon Valley. Michael can be contacted via Twitter @thefayz, Facebook (authormichaelgrant) and via email at [email protected]
Finding Cherokee Brown
Powerful, romantic and real. Perfect for fans of Cathy Cassidy, Zoella's Girl Online and Sarah Dessen. The much-anticipated sequel to award-winning debut novel, Dear Dylan.His lips touched mine and for one split second the whole world stopped. Then every cell in my body fizzed into life …When I decided to write a book about my life I thought I’d have to make loads of stuff up. I mean, who wants to read about someone like me? But as soon as I started writing, the weirdest thing happened. I found out I wasn’t who I thought I was. And I stopped being scared. Then everything went crazy! Best of all, I discovered that when you finally decide to be brave it’s like waving a wand over your life – the most magical things can happen …Praise for Dear Dylan:‘Tender, quirky, cool. Siobhan Curham is a name to watch’ – Cathy Cassidy‘Funny, full of heart … I couldn’t get enough’ – Lauren’s Bookshelf‘Touching, emotional, special’ – So Many Books, So Little TimeSiobhan Curham is the award-winning author of Dear Dylan. Finding Cherokee Brown is the heart-wrenching sequel. She is the editorial consultant and writing coach for Zoe Sugg (Zoella), the You Tube vlogger and author of the bestselling blockbuster Girl Online series. She is an editor for Hothouse fiction, a life-coach, the author of several adult novels and she runs writing workshops for young people. Her brilliant YA novels also include the addictive YA romantic thriller series, Shipwrecked.
Bzrk Apocalypse
The explosive conclusion to the BZRK trilogy, from the author of GONE.Noah and Sadie have seen death, and it holds no fear for them. Madness does, though. And losing each other. But they will not sit back, helpless witnesses to an invisible apocalypse. The world is being destroyed from the inside out. It’s time to take up the fight once more, in the streets and in the nano. And they’ll give everything they have to stop the Armstrong Twins. But are the Twins the ultimate enemy? Nobody has ever known the identity of Lear, the shadowy leader of BZRK. Just who have they been fighting for? As madness spreads like a plague, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: this was Lear’s game all along. And Lear hasn’t been playing fair.
BZRK: RELOADED
It’s The Matrix meets Inner Space in a futuristic battle for survival.The breathtaking ride continues in BZRK: Reloaded. The second instalment of the incredible new action thriller series from Michael Grant, author of GONE.The first battle is over, but the war rages on. Sanity or madness? Truth or happiness? Love or survival? In the nano, you don’t get to decide.Noah and Sadie are now trained twitchers. They know how to wire a person’s brain from the inside, and how to get out alive. But they’re still reeling from their first encounter with the Armstrong Twins, and there’s no time for grief. As long as Bug Man has control of the US President’s mind, the future is on a knife edge.The pulse-pounding follow up to BZRK, from the coolest author of books for teens.Warning: BZRK contains some scenes of violence.Praise for Gone: ‘… exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up. This is great fiction. I love these books.’ Stephen King, bestselling author.
BZRK
The most breathtaking and exhilarating ride you can’t imagine. It’s The Matrix meets Inner Space in a futuristic battle for survival and the first in an incredible new action thriller series from Michael Grant, author of GONE.These are no ordinary soldiers. This is no ordinary war. Welcome to the nano, where the only battle is for sanity. Losing is not an option when a world of madness is at stake. Time is running out for the good guys. But what happens when you don’t know who the good guys really are?It’s BZRK. Noah and Sadie: newly initiated to an underground cell so covert that they don’t even know each other’s names. Here they will learn what it means to fight on a nano level. Soon they will become the deadliest warriors the world has ever seen. Vincent: feels nothing, cares for no one; fighting his own personal battle with Bug Man, the greatest nano warrior alive. The Armstrong Twins: wealthy, privileged, fanatical.Are they the saviours of mankind or authors of the darkest conspiracy the world has ever seen? The nano is uncharted territory. A terrifying world of discovery. And everything is to play for …The coolest author of books for teens writing today is back with yet another mind-blowing Young Adult series.Warning: BZRK contains some scenes of violence.Praise for Gone: … exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up. This is great fiction. I love these books.’ Stephen King, bestselling author.
Code Name Verity
This enhanced edition features exclusive material and bonus content. In addition to the novel, this ebook includes:– ‘Something Worth Doing’: the short story that inspired Code Name Verity, never before published in the UK- A filmed interview with Elizabeth- Exclusive footage of Elizabeth Wein at The Shuttleworth Collection, home to some of the oldest operational aircraft in the world- The Verity Collection: a fascinating documentary of Elizabeth’s personal collection of WW2 memorabiliaTwo young women become unlikely best friends during World War II, until one is captured by the Gestapo.Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in “Verity”’s own words, as she writes her account for her captors.Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they've ever believed in is put to the test …A gripping thriller, Code Name Verity blends a work of fiction into 20th century history with spine-tingling results. A book for young adults like no other.“This is a remarkable book” Daily Mail