The magical must-read middle-grade novel from the bestselling author of THE POLAR BEAR EXPLORERS' CLUB and FROZEN CHARLOTTE. Bess has always loved her grandfather's collection of curiosities. So she's delighted when she's handed the keys to his Odditorium. But unless she finds a way to draw in the crowds, she'll have to close its doors for good. When a mysterious train pulls into town, bound for The Land of Halloween Sweets, Bess hatches a plan and sneaks onboard. She is soon discovered by Beau the puppeteer, Louie the violinist and Maria the fire witch. Eager to join their adventure, Bess sets out to search for the rarest sweet of all - the ghostly gobstopper. But the land is ruled by the fearsome Candymaker. And beneath the sugary surface, things are more dangerous than they first appear...
Alex Bell Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Alex Bell crée des récits ancrés dans le macabre, explorant des thèmes tels que le sang, la mort, la folie et le meurtre. S'éloignant d'une carrière juridique qu'elle jugeait insatisfaisante, elle s'immerge dans la création de mondes imaginaires. Son écriture se caractérise par un sens vibrant et puissant du fantastique, entraînant les lecteurs dans des royaumes souvent sombres, mais captivants.







Explorers at Pirate Island
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
In their fifth thrilling adventure, the explorers journey deep into the Bubble Ocean on their quest to stop the evil Collector, but time is running out .
The Ocean Squid Explorers' Club
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
In a distant watery corner of the Explorers Kingdom, a submarine engineer, Ursula, is determined to become an explorer. Unfortunately, she hides an extraordinary secret, which makes her the sworn enemy of the Ocean Squid Explorers' Club were they ever to find out... But when The Collector threatens the Club, Ursula throws caution to the wind and leads an expedition through treacherous waters, filled with gremlins, aboard the Blowfish submarine - and joined by her friends Max, Genie and Jai - and even her idol Stella! Thrilling, heart-pounding adventure with exquisite detail throughout. Alex Bell's world-building is second to none.
The Winter Garden
- 528pages
- 19 heures de lecture
_____________________ Welcome to the Winter Garden. Open only at 13 o'clock. You are invited to enter an unusual competition. I am looking for the most magical, spectacular, remarkable pleasure garden this world has to offer. On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve of her wedding to a man her late father approved of but she does not love, Beatrice makes the decision to throw off the expectations of Victorian English society and search for the garden. But when both she and her closest friend, Rosa, receive invitations to compete to create spectacular pleasure gardens - with the prize being one wish from the last of the Winter Garden's magic - she realises she may be closer to finding it than she ever imagined. Now all she has to do is win.
Le Club de l'Ours Polaire - 3: L'atlas fantôme
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Stella Flocus Pearl rêve de devenir exploratrice comme son père Félix, qui est féologiste. Cependant, il est interdit aux jeunes filles de partir à l'aventure et Stella devra aller dans une école où elle apprendra les bonnes manières. Tel est le destin qui devrait l'attendre, lorsque son père décide de transgresser et de l'inviter sur son navire dans le Club de l'Ours Polaire à la conquête du pôle Nord. Dans ce troisième tome, Stella et son père ont des ennuis, car depuis qu'ils ont été bannis du club, ils ne peuvent plus organiser d'expéditions. Malgré tout, leur ami Shay a besoin d'un remède qui se trouve au-delà du Pont de Glace Noir. [SDM].
La nuit des reines
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Dans une ville pleine de magie noire, Jude est possédée par l'esprit vengeur de la reine vaudou Ivory Monette, tandis qu'elle joue de la trompette de jazz. Pour se débarrasser de cet esprit, elle doit s'aventurer dans les endroits les plus dangereux de Baton Noir. Mais lorsqu'elle réalise le véritable danger, il est presque trop tard.
Le mont des sorcières. Le Club de l'ours Polaire 2
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Une île maudite peuplée de sorcières, de trolls et de loups damnés : la suite tant attendue du Club de l'Ours Polaire. Personne n'est jamais revenu vivant du Mont des Sorcières, or c'est justement là que se dirige le père de Stella... Accompagnée d'Ethan, Shay, Dragigus et de Gideon, un explorateur du Club du Chat de Jungle pas très coopératif, la jeune fille doit à tout prix lui venir en aide.
Stella Flocus Pearl a toujours voulu accompagner sur les terres inconnues de ses voyages. Son rêve se réalise le jour de ses douze ans : partir en exploration avec le Club de l'Ours Polaire ! Aux côtés d'un chuchoteur de loups, d'un magicien snob et arrogant et d'un demi-elfe timide et maladroit, Stella se lance à la conquête des étendues polaires. Mais une catastrophe vient bouleverser l'expédition et d'inombrables dangers se dressent bientôt sur leur chemin.
Red Eye: The Haunting
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Some curses grow stronger with time…People say that all Cornish inns are haunted, but the Waterwitch’s history is particularly chilling. Built from the salvaged timber of a cursed ship, the guest house’s dark secrets go further back than anyone can remember. Emma is permanently confined to a wheelchair after an accident at the Waterwitch which took place when she was ten. Seven years later, she decides to return to the place where the awful event occurred. But the ancient inn still has its ghosts, and one particular spirit is more vengeful than ever… A chilling new title in the Red Eye horror series from the author of Frozen Charlotte.
Frozen Charlotte
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
We're waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers and students are long gone. But they left something behind...Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins. Brooding Cameron with his scarred hand, strange Lilias with a fear of bones and Piper, who seems just a bit too good to be true. And then there's her other cousin. The girl with a room full of antique dolls. The girl that shouldn't be there. The girl that died.
Und vom Himmel fielen schwarze Schwäne. Als ihr Ehemann Liam stirbt, zerbricht für Jasmyn eine Welt. Doch für Trauer bleibt wenig Zeit. Unheimliche Dinge geschehen: Bei der Beerdigung fallen aus den Wolken fünf schwarze Schwäne auf das Grab. Liams Eltern meiden Jasmyn plötzlich, ein Fremder bricht in ihr Haus ein, ohne etwas zu stehlen. Jasmyn beginnt, sich zu fragen, wie gut sie ihren Mann kannte. Und was er vor ihr verborgen hat. Die Suche nach Antworten führt sie in eine Welt dunkler Magie, alter Legenden und mitten in einen erbitterten Kampf zweier Brüder. «Eine bezaubernde Geschichte. Wer märchenhafte Urban Fantasy mag, sollte diesen Roman auf jeden Fall lesen.»
The Ninth Circle
- 266pages
- 10 heures de lecture
A man comes to on the floor of a shabby apartment in the middle of Budapest. His head is glued to the floorboards with his own blood. There's a fortune in cash on the kitchen table. And he has no idea where, or who, he is. He can do extraordinary things—speak any number of languages fluently, go three days without food or sleep, and fight with extraordinary prowess. But without a name, without a past, he's isolated from the rest of the world; a stranger to everyone, including himself—until a chance encounter with a young scholar leads to his first friendship, and his first hint that someone out there knows more about him than he does. Someone is sending him clues about his past. Photographs hidden in books and crates of wine. Cryptic clues pointing towards a murdered woman. And clear warnings against Stephomi, his only friend. But that's not all; Gabriel Antaeus is seeing strange, impossible things: a burning man is stalking his dreams and haunting his mirrors, his dreams are filled with violence from the past, and his pregnant young neighbor is surrounded by an extraordinary golden aura. Something dark and violent in Gabriel's past is trying to resurface. And as he pieces the clues together, everything points towards an astounding war between angels and demons—a battle not just for the future of the world, but for the minds and souls of everyone in it.





