Jonathan Auxier

Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.

a scary story

The Night Gardener

A brand-new novel by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heart-rending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope. For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys"--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together--saving one another in the process.

The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

Sweep

Fantasy. It has been two years since Peter Nimble and Sir Tode rescued the kingdom of HazelPort. Now they have been summoned by Professor Cake for a new mission: to find a twelve-year-old bookmender named Sophie Quire

A Peter Nimble Adventure

Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a blind 10-year-old orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher--a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island, where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick--a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat--and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny. Praise for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes I absolutely loved this book...As soon as I read the opening lines of the book, I was hooked. - WIRED's Geed Dad blog Auxier has a juggler's dexterity with prose that makes this fantastical tale quicken the senses. - Kirkus The fast-paced, episodic story, accompanied by Auxier's occasional pen-and-ink drawings, is inventive, unpredictable, and--like its hero--nimble. - Publishers Weekly Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is as delightful a magical story as readers ages 9-14 will hope to find. Wholly captivating. - The Wall Street Journal's Bookshelf In his debut novel, Auxier writes a charmingly well written story with a dark edge and entertaining twists in language and plot to capture and keep the attention of even the most reluctant reader. - Library Media Connection Awards and Honors: 2011 ABC New Voices Project Choice 2011 BookPage Best Book of 2011, Middle Grade

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

A new, fully illustrated chapter book series from New York Times-bestselling author Jonathan Auxier! Welcome to the Fabled Stables, a magical building filled with one-of-a-kind creatures. Creatures including the Gargantula, the Yawning Abyss, the Hippopotamouse . . . and Auggie. Auggie is the only human boy at the Stables, and he takes care of all the other animals. The Fabled Stables have a mind of their own, and every so often, the building SHAKES and SHUDDERS, TWITCHES and SPUTTERS--it's making room for a new arrival! It's Auggie's job to venture out and rescue a new creature from mortal danger. But will he be able to complete his mission before it's too late? With some help from Fen (a literal stick-in-the-mud) and his animal companions, Auggie saves the day and makes a new friend in the process.

Willa the Wisp (the Fabled Stables Book #1)

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble Adventure)

Olga Demidova

Trouble with Tattle-Tails

Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.

A Story

The first book in a magical chapter-book adventure series by the Governor General Award-winning author of Sweep. Auggie Pound is eight years old and has the greatest job of all time: he cares for all the animals in the Fabled Stables. The Fabled Stables house the rarest creatures in existence--all of them one-of-a-kind. Auggie's job is to care for these creatures, as well as track down and safely capture endangered magical beasts in the wild. Some mornings, he arrives to find an empty stall with the name of a new creature to rescue. One day, the Stables rearrange themselves out of the blue, creating a new stall. The sign over the gate says, "Wisp." But what is a wisp and where is it? All Auggie can see is a moonlit swamp stretching out before him. Then a hungry HOWLLLLLLL rings out in the darkness. It's up to Auggie to go into the swamp to find the wisp before it's too late.

The Fabled Stables: Willa the Wisp

The Burning Tide (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts, Book 4)

Roman

Peter Nimble und seine magischen Augen

From the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier comes an enchanting standalone novel about the power of friendship and the beauty of finding home Nan Sparrow is one of London's countless "climbers"--children who spend their days cleaning chimneys. The work is brutal and dangerous. Thanks to her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when she gets stuck in a chimney fire, it seems the end has come. Instead, she awakens to find herself unharmed in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from soot and ash. Together, these two outcasts carve out a new life--saving each other in the process. Lyrically told by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and wonder.

Book 2 in The Fabled Stables series from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier introduces a new one-of-a-kind creature: the Tattle-Tail! Auggie and his magical companions are tending to the Fabled Stables when the building shakes and shudders to make room for a new arrival: the Tattle-Tail. Auggie and friends travel through the portal to a town called Rainbow’s End in search of this mysterious creature. Auggie assumes that the Tattle-Tail is in danger, but he learns that it’s actually the town that needs rescuing . . . from an infestation of Tattle-Tails! These talking tails have taken over, attaching themselves to every backside in town (including Auggie’s!). The Tails tattle on whomever they’re attached to: She picked her nose! He just double-dipped! The constant stress of being tattled on has thrown all of Rainbow’s End into chaos! Soon, Auggie and friends hatch a plan to collect the Tattle-Tails and bring them safely to the Stables—foiling a pair of evil bank robbers along the way.

Trouble with Tattle-Tails (The Fabled Stables Book #2)

Book 3 in the one-of-a-kind adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier explores the real magic behind simple acts of kindness. Auggie loves his job at the Fabled Stables, but he fears the day when it will come to an end. Fen keeps dropping hints that caretakers don't stay forever, and it's giving Auggie the grumps. Thankfully, there always seems to be a new stall to fill. This time, the stables set Auggie on a quest to rescue a beast called the Shibboleth--but the portal leads Auggie and Fen to the lair of the evil Rooks! In the dark, damp dungeon, they meet one mysterious girl and one very hungry monster. It's already gobbled up all of the Rooks, and Auggie and Fen are next unless they figure out the one way to calm the creature. Will they be able to work together to complete the mission before it's too late?

Belly of the Beast (the Fabled Stables Book #3)

Нічний садівник

Così comincia la storia di Peter Nimble: «Qualcuno di voi avrà sentito dire che al mondo non ci sono ladri migliori dei bambini ciechi. Come potete immaginare, infatti, un bambino che non vede possiede un olfatto straordinario e sarà in grado di dirvi che cosa c’è dietro una porta chiusa da cinquanta passi di distanza: sia stoffa di broccato, sia oro, o croccante di arachidi. Le sue dita, poi, sono tanto sottili da infilarsi in una toppa, le sue orecchie tanto sensibili da captare anche lo scatto più leggero di ogni minimo ingranaggio delle serrature più complicate. L’epoca dei grandi ladri è finita da tempo, questo è vero; oggi, ciechi o non ciechi, i ladri bambini sono pochi. Ma un tempo il mondo ne era pieno. Questa è la storia del più grande ladro che sia mai esistito. Si chiamava Peter Nimble». Un protagonista che nasce sfortunato e scopre di essere magico. Un’avventura senza confini in un regno fiabesco e pieno di personaggi incredibili. Una storia mai narrata prima, imbevuta di atmosfere dickensiane, con lo stile del grande classico.

Peter Nimble e i suoi fantastici occhi

Overflowing with wit and invention, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery by his brutal master, Mr. Seamus. One fateful afternoon, as he's picking the pockets of townspeople enraptured by a travelling haberdasher, he "discovers" (steals) a box of magical eyes. When he tries on the first pair, he is instantly transported to the island at the top of the world, where he meets the maker of the eyes, Professor Cake. The Professor gives Peter a choice: travel to the mysterious Vanished Kingdom and try to rescue a people in need ... or return back to his master and a life of crime. Peter chooses wisely, and together with Sir Tode, a knight errant who has been turned into a rather unfortunate combination of human, horse and cat by a grumpy witch, he embarks on an unforgettable adventure in a book destined to become a classic.

UM PEQUENO ÓRFÃO CEGO QUE ROUBA PARA SOBREVIVER NAS RUAS DE LONDRES PODE SE TORNAR UM HERÓI? [...] para vocês que não conhecem nada sobre crianças cegas, saibam que dão os melhores ladrões. O que o destino reserva a uma criança cega e órfã, que usa seus dotes para roubar todo tipo de objeto de qualquer tipo de pessoa? Uma criança que dorme em um porão escuro e frio durante o dia e é obrigada a sair furtivamente à noite para cometer seus delitos e, assim, sobreviver? O que o destino reserva a um garoto de dez anos que já é considerado o maior ladrão que já nasceu? O destino, caro leitor, reserva a essa pobre criatura três olhos mágicos, que irão levá-lo a uma viagem inesquecível, na qual inimigos e estranhas criaturas estarão à espreita em lugares completamente deslumbrantes e magníficos! O destino lhe reserva um amigo que estará por perto sempre que precisar e aventuras que farão de Peter Nimble, o órfão, o cego, o pobre coitado, um dos maiores heróis que já existiu!

As aventuras de Peter Nimble

Ladrão de olhos

The third book in a chapter-book adventure series featuring magical animals, perfect for fans of Princess in Black. On an island at the top of the world are the Fabled Stables, a one-of-a-kind place for one-of-a-kind creatures. Auggie is their caretaker, and it's his job to strike out into the Wide World and save creatures from danger. This time, he and his friends are tasked with saving a new creature, the Shibboleth. They hop through the portal and find themselves in the evil Rooks' lair! There, they meet a young girl named Veena and a monster . . . with a belly full of Rooks! It turns out, whenever anyone speaks to the Shibboleth, it gobbles them whole. Auggie puts on his gentlest voice to try to calm the beast, but he's swallowed in one gulp. Soon, with some help from Veena and a magic book, Auggie discovers that the Shibboleth eats anyone who doesn't call it by name. They save themselves and the creature with this simple act of kindness.

The Fabled Stables: Belly of the Beast

The jaw-dropping conclusion to the "New York Times" bestselling series is here, written by acclaimed author Jonathan Auxier. Confidential until September 2016!

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