Résultats pour "Twist" dans Adolescents et jeunes adultes

Oliver, a kind-hearted orphan, navigates the tough streets of London, meeting both danger and kindness as he searches for a better life.

Viktor - blandt venner kaldet Twist - begynder i 1. real i starten af 1960’erne. Twist er optaget af to ting: fodbold og piger. Desværre går det ikke særlig godt med noget af det, og samtidig forsøger Twist at balancere mellem andres forventninger til ham og den, han egentlig selv har lyst til at være. Per Riis Ebbesen (f. 1948) er en dansk forfatter, der har skrevet en lang række populære børne- og ungdomsbøger. Han er både uddannet kontorassistent, massør og skadesterapeut samt cand.phil. i dansk.

The power of Excalibur is changing Ariane in scary ways. As she and Rex Major race for the second shard, Wally’s no longer sure whose side he should be on . . . When Ariane seriously hurts Wally’s sister, Flish, his belief in her is shaken. Meanwhile, the second shard is in France, and Rex Major already knows it’s there. Ariane powers from the Lady of the Lake enable her to travel magically through freshwater, but now there’s a saltwater ocean in the way . . .

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte des Waisenjungen Oliver, der sich im London des 19. Jahrhunderts gegen Armut, Gewalt und Ausbeutung behaupten muss – und dabei auf eine Welt voller Kriminalität, Mitgefühl und überraschender Wendungen trifft. Dickens verbindet bewegendes Einzelschicksal mit scharfer Gesellschaftskritik und zeichnet ein packendes Bild des viktorianischen Englands – von düsteren Armenhäusern bis zu den glänzenden Salons der Reichen.

With the help of her friends Quince, Cam, and Maggie, Evelyn “Eevee” Acker was finally ready to meet her birth parents, who, she’s recently discovered, are fae. That should be the end of the story. But Eevee doesn't find what she’s looking for. Instead, she has a choice to make: save her birth parents, who she’s never met, and put herself and her loved ones in danger? Or leave her birth parents to their fate, accepting she'll never have the answers she’s been searching for her whole life? There are some in Elfaeme who may force her to choose.

Foundlings are disappearing from the workhouse where Oliver Twist once begged for a second bowl of gruel. He sets out to save them, with help from tinkerer, Nell Trent, and a slew of fantastical contraptions - including a mysterious pocket watch that allows its bearer to bend the rules of time. With Oliver's childhood nemesis, the Artful Dodger and her lethal bag of tricks dogging their steps, he discovers that there is more at stake than his own life and the missing orphans.

Seventeen-year-old Ava Tanner doesn't want to move to a new state and high school for her senior year. But when her dad gets a new job in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she doesn't have a choice. Ava becomes swept up in the confusion of hearing voices in her head, dreaming visions, and uncovering the truth behind alien abductions of young women just like her. To make her more confused, she learns that the only way she'll uncover the mysteries surrounding her is to join a family history club at her school called FH.

It’s been almost two years since Christmas elf, Tinsel, joined the Minor Flight Team and started dating Niklas Kringle, Santa’s grandson. But during a practice flight, she unintentionally endangers the reindeer and gets suspended from the job she loves. So when Santa’s age-old enemy, Krampus, threatens a Christmas takeover, Tinsel seizes the opportunity to win back everyone’s trust and her position. For the key to Krampus’ downfall lies halfway around the world in a legendary Silver Reindeer, and Tinsel alone has the talent for reindeer speech.

Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the “proper” life she has built for herself while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn’t like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future.

The Cratchit family has come a long way since Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation many Christmases past, none more so than Lucy Anne 'Raven' Cratchit. Inspired by Tiny Tim's illness and recovery, Raven is working to become London's first female physician. Brit Crane grew up fighting for his life in the slums of London, protecting his gang of orphan thieves until Olivia 'Twist' Brownlow and Jack 'The Artful Dodger' MacCarron rescued them and Brit became a teacher.

Oliver Twist wächst im Armenhaus einer Kleinstadt auf. Als der Waisenjunge Hunger, Armut und Prügel nicht mehr ertragen will, flieht er ohne einen Penny in der Tasche nach London...

Der Waisenjunge Oliver Twist wächst in einem Armenhaus auf, in dem der Vorsteher Mr. Bumble ein hartes Regime führt. Oliver flieht vor ihm nach London, wo er in eine Bande von Taschendieben gerät und ständig gegen die Versuchungen des Bösen ankämpfen muss.

The subject of countless adaptations, Oliver Twist is an essential read or listen, and this version is both exciting and accessible for children ages 8 to 13. Roy McMillan uses Dickens’ original words in the main text, simplifying and clarifying them at certain points. Oliver’s journey to London is narrated with ceaseless energy by Jonathan Keeble; his reading is infused with a delicious knack for storytelling.

Have you ever gone on auto-pilot while driving and ended up somewhere you didn’t expect? That is exactly what happens to Amelia as she finds herself sitting on a park bench in the Cotswolds with no memory of how she got there. Then, along comes Toby, a gorgeous Californian surfer, and sparks fly between them.

Abandoned on a remote highway after bandits murder his parents, young Olifur finds safety with Fritjof. The gruff woodsman teaches him and other orphans to live off the land. When Fritjof falls ill, Olifur will risk everything to save his mentor—even travel to far-off Melar seeking a doctor. However, the city of Melar is more perilous than Olifur imagined, and doctors aren't cheap. His quest leads him first to a hazardous job working on the elevated trains high above the city.

Life on the streets of turn-of-the-century London hurls the orphan Oliver Twist into a danger-filled adventure! With him we meet the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and learn the ways of the hard world...

Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities, maximize their abilities, and roll with the punches -- all with his trademark optimism, warmth, and humor.

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