Pierdomenico Baccalario

Murray, Mina, and young Captain Connor embark on their third voyage across the Imaginary Seas. This time they find waiting for them at Kilmore Cove the worst pirates of the seven seas, and a Long John Silver increasingly determined to fight the Imaginary Seas Company and its mad superintendent Larry Huxley. First, however, they must find out where Ulysses Moore is hiding and free the other rebels, and the only way they can do that is to tie themselves up with ropes and carabiners and start descending to the center of the Earth ...

After moving from London to an old mansion on the English coast, eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia discover that their new home has twisting tunnels, strange artifacts from around the world, and a mysterious, locked door.

Immediately after returning from their first adventure in Kilmore Cove, the land of Ulysses Moore, Murray, Mina, Shane, and Connor receive a postcard with an unexpected plea for help: the last rebel ship has been captured by the Imaginary India Company, which has taken control of the Routes of Imagination. To rescue it, you must find the Company's headquarters, a Dark Harbor that is not shown on any map. How to get there? The answer awaits Murray and his friends at Argo Manor, beyond the Door of Time...

Century begins with the nightmare visions of a young woman named Jane Seymour, catching the reader up in a chronicle of the Seymour family that moves from Austria, America, and Africa to Edinburgh and Venice -- back through Paris of the Belle Epoque and forward to Germany of 1923.

A special meeting of the Enchanted Emporium's shopkeeper families is actually a deadly trap set by the evil Semueld Askell, but before he can come to the rescue Finley McPhee needs to figure out where the meeting is being held--a task made more difficult because his older brother refuses to return the magic key that rightly belongs to Finley as the defender of the Emporium.

No one must suspect she was heartbroken. Jo had loved Blair most of her life and his sudden engagement to someone else shattered her. "Find a man of your own, " Marsh McConnell challenged. He had stood by Jo throughout the engagement party, but she could not follow his advice. The memory of her lost love was too recent. Marsh's invitation to accompany his young niece and nephew to his Outback cattle station came as a relief. Restored by the wild beauty of the country and Marsh's abrasive, overpowering personality, Jo was surprised to find herself jealous -- of the woman who'd already staked a claim on Marsh!

In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years earlier.

The children are about to discover the true identity of Ulysses Moore. Rick learns that the owner lives in Villa Argo. They are still looking for the first key, capable of opening the gates of Time in Kilmore Cove. The twins, Olivia and Manfred, go to the Middle Ages to look for it but never come back. Last volume of the series.

Have you heard of Cinderella’s glass slipper? What about Sinbad the Sailor’s Flying Carpet? In this world, there are many magical items—but only one place where they’re safe: the Enchanted Emporium. For centuries, seven families have competed for ownership of the Emporium—and some of them are willing to do whatever it takes to get their hands on the powerful items housed within. Only Aiby Lily and her friend Finley have what it takes to stop the Emporium from falling into the wrong hands.

Rick, Jason, and Anna set off on a secret mission to save the village of Arcadia, facing a daring fight against time.

The next in the action-packed series full of mysteries, puzzles, and codes that will keep kids turning the pages. The books' striking cover art and fast pace is sure to appeal to boys and girls alike. Jason, Julia, and Rick are convinced that Kilmore Cove's long-lost inventor, Peter Dedalus, isn't lost in the present day. He's lost behind one of the Doors to Time, and it's up to the kids to find him! One riddle after another leads them to 18th century Venice, where Peter Dedalus's eccentric inventions are scattered around the city. The kids are convinced that each step brings them closer and closer to the discovery of a lifetime. But Oblivia Newton is hot on their trail, and, from what they can tell, Dedalus is nowhere to be found. . .

In their continuing adventures, Elettra, Sheng, and Minstral meet Harvey and Ermite in New York City and follow the clues to find the mysterious Star of Stone.

At Kilmore Cove it is dawn of the longest day. The quiet of the cove is shattered by thunder, lightning and crashing. But it is not a thunderstorm: it is the broadsides spewed from the firemouths of the Mary Grey, Captain Spencer's legendary ship. It is the showdown, and the Covenant twins find themselves facing the most terrible of foes without the help of Ulysses Moore, the only one who has ever been able to defeat him...

Dans le premier tome de la série, quatre adolescents d'origines différentes s'étaient retrouvés à Rome, avec pour mission de sauver l'humanité. La suite de leurs aventures se poursuit à New York. Sheng, Mistral, Elettra et Harvey se retrouvent impliqués dans une affaire de toupies. Ils doivent affronter Egon Nose, patron de la boîte de nuit Le Lucifer, aussi méchant que laid, et ses filles aussi dangereuses que séduisantes. Egon compte dérober l'ancienne carte des Chaldéens et les quatre toupies que possèdent les quatre amis. Harvey est sur la piste d'une cinquième toupie, censée se trouver chez un vieil antiquaire. Mais elle est volée avant qu'Harvey puisse la récupérer. Alors tout s'enclenche, et ce sera le début d'une aventure échevelée, pleine de rebondissements et d'évènements étranges. Antiquités, appartements mystérieux, cartes postales codées, dangers de toutes sortes. Au fil d'une enquête haletante, ils se retrouveront dans les souterrains de New York et dans les tunnels d'un ancien métro abandonné. Là, Harvey sera attiré - tout comme Elettra le fut à Rome pour l'anneau de feu - par un objet étrange, une pierre ovoïde, rouge et brillante: l'étoile de pierre. [SDM]. Deuxième volet d'une nouvelle série fantastique, où quatre adolescents doivent sauver le monde. Chaque tome se déroule dans une ville différente, Paris, New York, Shanghaï, et Rome. Habilement ficelé, fluide et efficace, le roman sert de prétexte à une ballade curieuse et documentée à travers la Grosse Pomme. Les quatre jeunes sont sympathiques et on s'attache très vite à eux. L'ensemble forme un tout très cohérent et très agréable à lire. Mais il reste bien des mystères à découvrir sur les adolescents et leurs ennemis, ce qui suscite l'envie de lire la suite. Dans l'encart central, un beau carnet avec de nombreux indices (photos, plans de New York, tickets de bus) illustre l'enquête quasi-policière menée par les quatre amis et donne un côté authentique à l'histoire. [SDM].

Four kids. A wooden top. And four postcards with secret instructions. New York City, March 15 Another mysterious artifact reunites Harvey from New York, Elettra from Rome, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai in their attempt to save the world. When they meet people who knew Alfred Van Der Berger, the murdered professor who sent them on their quest in Rome, they realize that the challenge is far from over. And when they discover a series of four postcards written in code years ago by the professor himself, their destiny becomes even clearer. The cards send the kids all over New York City, through old libraries and abandoned tunnels, in search of the Star of Stone, an ancient object fundamentally connected to the earth. But a new set of villains, predators of Manhattan nightlife, will do anything to stop them. In the second installment of the Century Quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario continues the mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.

Every hundred years, four kids from four cities must save the world. Rome, December 29. A mix-up with their reservations forces Harvey from New York, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai to share a room with the hotel owner's daughter, Elettra. The four kids discover an amazing coincidence—they all have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day. That night, a strange man gives them a briefcase and asks them to take care of it until he returns. Soon afterward, the man is murdered. The kids open the briefcase. In it they find a series of clues that take them all over Rome, through dusty libraries and dark catacombs, in search of the elusive Ring of Fire, an ancient object so powerful that legend says even a Roman emperor couldn't control it. In the first book of the Century quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario begins a mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.

SHANGHAI, SEPTEMBER 19. As the equinox approaches, Sheng, Elettra, Harvey, and Mistral know they must come together one last time. Armed with only a map and a top that seem to be broken, a collection of old coins, and a tile with four knives painted on it, the four kids meet in Shanghai to try to make sense of clues that their predecessors couldn't decipher. Meanwhile Sheng is haunted by a dream and by visions of a young boy who seems to understand their quest. The visions send the kids all over Shanghai, through abandoned water ducts and ancient tea houses, in search of the Pearl of the Sea Dragon, an ancient stone that they're sure is the last piece of the puzzle. But a germophobic supercriminal who never leaves his sterile Shanghai skyscraper will do anything to learn their secrets. Fans of Blue Balliet, Trenton Lee Stewart, and Michael Scott will be drawn to this "Da Vinci Code"-like adventure for kids.

PARIS, JUNE 20 When new information turns up about the Star of Stone, the object they found in New York, Mistral, Elettra, Harvey, and Sheng meet again in Paris. Harvey brings the stone to show to his dad's archaeologist friend. And it turns out that the friend knows much more about the kids' quest than they could have imagined. She gives them a clock that once belonged to Napoléon, and she tells them that if they can figure out how it works, it will lead them to another object of power. The clock sends the kids all over Paris, through old churches and forgotten museum exhibits, in search of an artifact linked to the Egyptian goddess Isis. But a woman with a penchant for venomous snakes and carnivorous plants—and her vast network of spies—is watching their every move. . . . Fans of Blue Balliet, Trenton Lee Stewart, and Michael Scott will be drawn to this Da Vinci Code-like adventure for kids.