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Josh Walker is an ordinary teenage nerd. But when he puts his costume on, he is transformed into an ordinary teenage nerd in a costume. After years of watching superhero movies and reading comics, Josh decides to become a real-life crime fighter. His diary chronicles his valiant attempts to make the world a better place with just a home-made utility belt and some tight-fitting Lycra. Will he rise to the challenge and become a genuine hero? Or will...
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"Meet Clara[,] a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she[']s right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry for a big-shot producer named Mr. Cheeseman, she[']s determined to make it to the top in showbiz as a renowned director, no matter what." -- Amazon.com.
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Ahmed is an apprentice photographer in Egypt who becomes involved in Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's hunt for the final resting place of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun and his treasures. Will Ahmed help the team to uncover Tutankhamun's tomb? And will he fall victim to the tomb's supposed curse?
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If you can't make friends, make followers! This is the hilarious story of a teenage girl's journey from geeky nobody to online superstar -- sort of. Fourteen-year-old Olivia Warren hasn't made one friend since she started her new school. She's tried, but it's tough having just come out of a year of homeschooling. She doesn't have any of the essential skills trying to choose her favourite coffee just gave her the shakes and rank breath, no-make-up...
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This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Alexander is a 14-year-old boy living in Athens in the 5th century BC. He wants to be a great warrior like his father, but he can barely lift a spear. When he's tasked with accompanying a great Greek warrior, Dracon, to the Olympic Games in Oympia, he might just get his chance to prove himself in the sporting arena instead of...
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Suki is a 14-year-old girl in 16th century Japan who wants to become a samurai warrior like her father and brother. Despite her disastrous training, when a party of bandits threaten her village whilst the men are away at war, Suki has to defeat them. Will she prove herself a legendary samurai, or will it all end in disaster?
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"Me llamo Lerdus Maximus. Algún día me convertiré en el héroe más apabullante de la historia de Roma, pero por el momento suerte tengo de seguir con vida. Mis padres me llevaron a Pompeya a pasar el verano. Yo me temía que sería un rollo macabeo, que la gente estaría como una cabra y todo el sitio olería a pescado podrido. Pero no es que el sitio fuera aburrido, es que fue MORTAL. La cosa es que descubrí un secreto de los gordos. ¡Toda...