Jean-Michel Chanourdi n'aurait jamais dû aller promener son chien, jamais dû s'approcher de ce buisson... Car Randalf le Sage, apprenti magicien l'a piégé. Désormais, Jean-Michel sera Jean-Mi le Barbare, un super-guerrier. Sa mission : terrasser Engelbert le Gigantesque, l'ogre le plus terrible de tout le Marais qui pue. Ça va faire mal. Très mal...
Chroniques du Marais qui Pue
Jean-Michel Chanourdi espérait bien ne plus jamais remettre les pieds au Marais qui pue. Le voilà pourtant de retour dans ce monde fou. Pire encore, il ne revient pas seul. Ella, sa grande soeur, une vraie peste, est aussi du voyage. Gare aux catastrophes !
Fergus, 10 ans, est un petit garçon rêveur. Tous les jours, il se rend sur le navire-école Betty-Jeanne, une école un peu bizarre. Un jour, une étrange boîte métallique volante pénètre par la fenêtre de sa chambre, contenant le message d'un certain oncle Théo qui l'informe qu'il court un grand danger. Puis un cheval volant mécanique vient le chercher pour l'emporter vers des contrées lointaines.
As-tu envie de découvrir le pays de l'âne enrhumé, de la chèvre rieuse et du cochon dansant? Parviendras-tu à déjouer les terribles complots de la confrérie des clowns? Et surtout, perceras-tu le mystère de la créature enfermée dans la cale du navire? Oui? Alors si tu ne souffres pas du mal de mer, tu es prêt pour la plus extraordinaire des traversées ... [payot.ch]
Auras-tu le courage de parcourir le monde à bord d'un traîneau volant? Oseras-tu affronter l'ignoble scélérat qui terrorise les habitants de Port-du-Haut? Et surtout, perceras-tu le mystère des drolatiques, énigmatiques et fantomatiques géants des neiges? Oui? Alors accroche-toi aux manettes, et décolle pour un voyage inoubliable !
Twig Verginix has gained a formidable reputation as the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge. But far out in open sky a storm is brewing. In its path lies Sanctaphrax – the great floating city tethered to the land by a massive chain. Twig has learned of the approaching danger, but a perilous voyage destroys his sky ship, hurling his crew into and beyond the Deepwoods and robbing Twig of his memories. The race against the storm begins, as Twig struggles to reach Sanctaphrax and save its inhabitants before it is too late . . . Midnight Over Sanctaphrax is the third book of the Twig Saga – second trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.
A fantastic hardcover edition of the Twig trilogy of THE EDGE CHRONICLES, bringing together Beyond the Deepwoods; Stormchaser; and Midnight Over Sanctaphrax.Beyond the Deepwoods is the first title in the Twig trilogy and tells the story of young Twig’s quest to discover his roots, not among the trees in Deepwoods, but high in the skies.Stormchaser is the second title in the Twig trilogy and follows Twig who is now a crew-member on his father’s sky pirate ship, Stormchaser. Initially, Twig’s dreams of exploration seem fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits him.In Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, the third title in the trilogy, Twig, now a sky pirate captain, is the only one who can save the Edgelands from disaster. But the task is daunting: his crew lost and his memory shattered. Can he make the journey back into the Deepwoods to recover his memory and take action?
Paul Stewart is a former England and Tottenham footballer who found himself at the heart of the soccer child abuse scandal which made national newspaper front page headlines in 2016. This is his searingly honest, heartfelt and moving tale of surviving abuse and overcoming the personal problems and drug addiction it caused.
When young librarian knight Rook Barkwater is taken captive and forced to work for Vox Verlix – nominally the Most High Academe, but no more than a prisoner in reality – he stumbles across a terrible truth. Vox is brewing a plot to destroy the goblins and the shrykes at a stroke, so that he can seize control of the Edgeworld for himself. Can Rook foil Vox's plan and save the lives of his librarian friends and colleagues? Vox is the second book of the Rook Saga – third trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.
