Cornelia Funke
1) Pirate girl
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ferocious Captain Firebeard and his band of pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly, who refuses to tell who her parents are while secretly sending messages in bottles.
When Molly is kidnapped by the ferocious pirate Captain Firebrand, she sends secret messages in bottles to her rescuers.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Hetty Hyssop and her assistant ghosthunters travel to a seaside hotel to investigate the appearance of one of the most dangerous ghosts in the world.
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Dragons, myth, and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke's bestselling Dragon Rider series. Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean -- a creature who can bring either light or darkness to whoever it first meets.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando sus padres de mago pierden sus poderes tal como el castillo de Bibernel está a punto de ser atacado por el mal Gilgalad, Ingraín, quien sería muy más bien un caballero que un mago, sale al rescate.
When her wizard parents lose their powers just as the castle of Bibernel is about to be attacked by the evil Gilgalad, Ingraín, who would much rather be a knight than a wizard, sets off to the rescue.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Worm and Gloomsburg castle are taken over by ghosts.
Gloomsburg Castle has a lot of ghosts and horrible things are happening and Tom and Hetty are trying to get rid of them.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 4
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Ghosthunter-in-training, Tom is taking his final exam to earn his diploma, but he runs into a mud-dripping minotaur trying to take over the world. This is one test Tom can't fail.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Spanish Civil War. Ofelia and her pregnant mother, Carmen, have come to live with her mother's new husband in a forest north of Spain. Ofelia is afraid of her new stepfather, whom she has nicknamed "The Wolf," and worries that he will hurt her mother. In the forest she encounters a small twiglike creature that she knows immediately is actually a fairy. She follows it through the forest, where she meets a half-man, half-goat creature, the Faun. He...
12) The thief lord
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After their mother dies, two boys travel for Venice, where they meet Scipio, the Thief Lord. Along with a small band of abandoned kids, the boys join Scipio's world of robbing the rich. Soon, they win the heart of the detective hired to track them.
13) Inkheart
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long lost book that...