Luzie's father, Captain Tim Timm is unexpectedly hired by a shipping company that specialises in salvaging shipwrecks - and for Luzie that means summer holidays in the Caribbean! However it has to be said that life on board the Constantina is far from idyllic, as Elena Wagner, the company's ...

August, 79 AD: it is the middle of summer in Pompeii and the earth is shaking, while Mount Vesuvius is spitting fire! Are the gods angry with the inhabitants of this affluent town? The people are living in fear and terror. What's more, there are rumours of repeated ghost sightings ...

Hikers in distress! While on a mountain hike, Benny, Anna and Dorian witness the work of the mountain rescue service at close quarters when two tourists completely overestimate their stamina. The next day, their search for rock crystals leads the children into increasingly steep terrain. Almost ...

It is China, during the reign of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang (who ruled from 221-210 BC). Cao Pi is nine years old; his father Cao Shi is a crossbowman in the Imperial Army, but he has disappeared without trace, and their whole village is in mourning. Then Cao Pi's friend Mei ...

When he is given permission to visit his father in the Ecuadorian jungle, Paul doesn't guess for a moment what a tight spot he'll end up in! Paul's father is spending a few months researching snakes, and unfortunately has no time to show his son around the dense rainforest, so Paul heads off an ...