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The Stuff of Dreams
Three friends. One dream bigger than themselves: to create their own destiny, one stitch at a time. Thirteen-year-old Nina has finally left the orphanage behind to begin what seems like the opportunity of a lifetime: an apprenticeship at one of Milan’s most prestigious fashion ateliers. She dreams of beautiful fabrics, elegant dresses and, one day, becoming a seamstress herself. Reality…
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The Rosewood Sisters: Ginger and Cinnamon. An Unexpected Love for Phoebe
Three sisters. Three love stories. One forgotten book of teas meant to heal the heart. In the heart of an idyllic English village, three sisters inherit far more than their family’s beloved tearoom. Hidden among their late mother’s belongings lies a forgotten notebook of “soul infusions”—extraordinary tea blends created to soothe heartbreak, heal old wounds and gently guide people towards…
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Nothing Else Mattes
A boy nobody can reach. A horse nobody can tame. One last chance to trust. Fourteen-year-old Milo has spent his whole life being told he’s the problem. Then he meets Max, a runaway colt no one else can handle — and, for the first time, finds someone as angry, frightened and impossible to reach as he is. For three years,…
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Mia & Bau. Little Inventors at the Park
A ball run gone wildly out of control, a ruined tennis court, and a windy afternoon on Blue Lake — Mia and Bau’s park has never been this eventful. At the Great Beech Park, Mia and Bau’s next round of trouble starts with too many bouncy balls and one very steep hill. Across three short comic adventures, the two friends and…
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Mia & Bau. A Mountain of Inventions
A blocked door, a tree full of squirrels, a flock of nervous birds — and two best friends who don’t speak the same language, but always find a way to fix things together. High in the forest of the White Mountain, Mia — a bold, English-speaking cat — and Bau, her sweet, scatterbrained Italian pug best friend, set out with…
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Osvaldo’s Ark. The Circle of Life
A flu outbreak has swept through the wildlife park. But when Filippo learns his favourite panda is running out of time, nothing will keep him away. At the wildlife park, every day usually brings a new adventure. This time, however, it brings something nobody can fix. While Filippo is stuck at home with a fever, his favourite panda, Gu-Li, is…
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Osvaldo’s Ark. A Shelter for Animals
A rescued Sumatran rhino has survived poachers — but can she learn to trust again? The arrival of a rescued Sumatran rhino should be a day of celebration for the wildlife park where Osvaldo lives and works with his twin children, Camilla and Filippo. Instead, Natuna refuses to eat, won’t leave her enclosure and trusts no one. As the mayor…
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Peter Setter Detective
When Mr Petulson’s precious multi-purpose snapper is stolen, Peter Setter and Perry, his feathered assistant, rush to the scene of the crime. There they find footprints that are… gigantic! Who could have left those pawprints behind? A story by Book on a Tree
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Three Friends, One Last Year
The final exams are getting closer, teachers keep asking about high school choices, and the experimental smartphone ban is still in place. So Lola, Zoe and Isi continue sharing their secret Friends’ Diary, filling its pages with fears, crushes, disasters and dreams for the future. Between theatre rehearsals, karate lessons, broken hearts and difficult family expectations, the three girls will…
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Three Friends On Holiday
One summer. Three best friends. One travelling diary that keeps them together. Lola, Isi and Zoe are inseparable—but this summer, each will be far from the others: one at a theatre camp in the mountains, one in a fancy resort by the sea, and one on a family trip to Scotland. To bridge the distance, they invent the “Friends’ Diary”—a travelling journal…
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Three Friends, One Diary
If you can’t use your phone, how do you survive at school? With a diary for you and your friends! There’s a new rule at Locatelli middle school: students won’t be allowed to use their mobile phones for a whole school year, neither in class nor at home. How will Zoe, Isi and Lola cope with life at school without texting each…
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My Life After Juno Sparks
A girl with a blue walkman, a legendary monster, and the summer that changed everything. Sagramoso, summer 1994. Twelve-year-old Enea lives trapped inside his fears — and behind a closed door he cannot bring himself to open. Everything changes when Juno Sparks arrives: rebellious, magnetic, armed with a blue walkman and grunge music blasting in her ears. Together with a…
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72 Minutes to the End of the World
Seventy-two minutes: the exact amount of time between the launch of a nuclear missile and the end of the world. Sixteen-year-old Little Boy learns this when he joins B-72, a secret group of teenage preppers, led by the magnetic and dangerous Jip. Hidden in the mountains, the group builds a bunker, studies nuclear survival protocols, modifies Apocalypse Watches programmed to…
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Enid Enigma 4. Beyond the Last Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. This time the grave in Enid’s dream is her own. When Cicuta leads Enid to her own grave, the rules of the game change completely. With the crows closing in and the magical medallion still missing, Enid and Julio must uncover the truth beneath Midway before…
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Enid Enigma 3. The Dance of Shadows
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. When Enid dreams of Amanda Almond’s grave in a cemetery whose paths slide like conveyor belts, she knows another murder is coming. As Midway’s mayoral race heats up, Enid and Julio must decode a trail of misleading clues before a hidden enemy turns a library archive…
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Enid Enigma 2. The Flower of Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid’s dreams keep dragging her back to Midway’s cemetery — but this time it’s a swamp, and another death is coming. Guided by a magpie and haunted by cryptic visions, Enid tries to save Lucrezia Dubois, the town’s beloved cake baker, from a mysterious fate. Between…
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Enid Enigma 1. Thirteen Magpies for a Murder
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid lives in Midaway, a seaside town where everything feels half-finished – and nothing ever truly ends. When she dreams of thirteen magpies, someone is about to die. To stop the crime, she relies on a special pocket watch that once belonged to her grandfather, marked…
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Igor, a Total Disaster
I’m Igor, at your service! I’m a whizz with a broom and a mop, and I’m not afraid of bats, rats or anything else (spiders aside). I’m the perfect assistant, and I’m sure Lord Malsifer will hire me: someone’s got to polish his collection of blades and knives… What an eccentric fellow, that Malsifer, so full of interests! A story…
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Journey Through Time
What inspired Virginia Woolf to write her novels? Paola Zannoner explores this question, drawing inspiration from the young writer’s teenage years. Journey Through Time is a story that weaves its way through Virginia Woolf’s introspective explorations to discover, through writing exercises and analysis, the narrative genre that brought the writer to fame: the psychological novel. In the Footsteps of the…
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Madame K’s Cabinet of Poisons
The boutique of Madame does not sell ink. It sells destinies. Edinburgh, 1905. Oliver works as an apprentice in Madame’s ink shop, the largest and most refined establishment in all of Scotland, frequented by Europe’s wealthiest gentlemen. Madame’s customers seek inks with evocative names such as Silver Dawn, Breath of the Night, and Fire Vermilion—unique creations made with special ingredients,…
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