Most Popular Books by LINDA SUE PARK

The end is near! Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan have encountered some of the darkest aspects of history ... and had to deal with the role their family played. But are they ready for the truth? In this thrilling ninth instalment, Amy and Dan hit the high seas as they follow the trail of some infamous ancestors to track down a long lost treasure. However, the real prize isn''t hidden in a chest. It''s the discovery of the Madrigals'' most dangerous secret and, even more shockingly, the true identity of the mysterious man in black.

At a busy street market, kids are happily eating ice cream. But disaster strikes when a little dog overturns a spice cart, showering pepper on everyone''s ice cream. Will the kids end up crying or cheering? Energetic art and a lift-the-flap feature make exploring language fun.

From Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park, this is a captivating fantasy-adventure about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home. Raffa Santana has always loved the mysterious Forest of Wonders. For a gifted young apothecary like him, every leaf could unleash a kind of magic. When an injured bat crashes into his life, Raffa invents a cure from a rare crimson vine that he finds deep in the Forest. His remedy saves the animal but also transforms it into something much more than an ordinary bat, with far-reaching consequences. Raffa’s experiments lead him away from home to the forbidding city of Gilden, where troubling discoveries make him question whether exciting botanical inventions—including his own—might actually threaten the very creatures of the Forest he wants to protect.

A partir de uma proposta instigante — o que você salvaria de sua casa se houvesse um incêndio? —, uma professora atenta às delicadezas e singularidades de seus alunos vai mediar uma conversa em que estão em jogo valores e diferenças entre os alunos. Escrito magistralmente em forma sijo, uma métrica específica da cultura coreana, Linda Sue Park trabalha de forma simples o tema da diversidade. As ilustrações, trabalhadas em preto e branco, realçam as diferenças e nuances entre a realidade de cada criança.

Grâce au médaillon trouvé en Chine, Dan et Amy ont une nouvelle piste. Les voilà destination aux Caraïbes, sur les traces de la célèbre pirate Anne Bonny. Ils ont décidé de ne plus partager leurs découvertes avec Nellie en qui ils n''ont plus du tout confiance. Après une étape aux Bahamas, ils s''envolent pour la Jamaïque. Là-bas, ils rencontrent Lester et sa grand-mère, Mamzelle Alice, qui aurait connu Grace Cahill...

Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters'' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.

O livro narra duas histórias, em diferentes épocas, de dois jovens nascidos no Sudão: Salva Dut, um menino que passou sua infância fugindo da guerra, na década de 1980, e que consegue se refugiar nos Estados Unidos; e Nya, uma menina que em 2008 ainda precisa caminhar horas e horas todos os dias até a lagoa para buscar água para sua família. Com uma mensagem de esperança: que até mesmo num país cheio de problemas, sobreviventes determinados podem encontrar o futuro pelo qual anseiam.

Raffa Santana is a healer, not a fighter. As a gifted apothecary, he has amazing instincts for unleashing the potential of magical-seeming plants. But his skills have failed to free the animals that the heartless Chancellor captured and turned agains

The New York Timesbestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours'' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels tocontact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya''s in an astonishing and moving way.

While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.

Tree-ear, an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters'' village, dreams of creating his own beautiful pottery someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage. He is then sent to the King''s Court to show the master''s pottery. This dangerous journey will change his life forever.

Khi cuộc nội chiến Sudan ập đến làng của anh vào năm 1985, Salva mười một tuổi bị tách khỏi gia đình và phải đi bộ với các thành viên bộ lạc Dinka khác qua miền nam Sudan, Ethiopia và Kenya để tìm kiếm một nơi trú ẩn an toàn. Dựa trên cuộc đời của Salva Dut, người sau khi di cư đến Mỹ vào năm 1996, đã bắt đầu dự án đào giếng nước ở Sudan.