Hana Tooke

"Perfection!" Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series "A corker of a story" Emma Carroll, author of Letters to the Lighthouse and The Somerset Tsunami "A book to absolutely fall in love with" Cerrie Burnell, author of The Girl With the Shark's Teeth The amazing humour and world-building of Nevermoor meets the wisdom and warmth of Rooftoppers in this completely unforgettable and totally gorgeous comedy-adventure! In all the years that Elinora Gassbeek has been matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage, not once have the Rules for Baby Abandonment been broken. Until the autumn of 1886, when five babies are left in outrageous circumstances: one in a tin toolbox, one in a coal bucket, one in a picnic hamper, one in a wheat sack, and finally, one in a coffin-shaped basket. Those babies were Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem and Milou, who were swiftly and firmly deemed 'the unadoptables'. Twelve years on the children still have each other - until the fateful night a most sinister gentleman appears and threatens to tear them apart. The gang decide to make a daring escape, fleeing the frozen canals of Amsterdam for an adventure packed with puppets and pirate ships, clock-makers and cruel villains - and with only a scrap of a clue to guide them to their mysterious new home . . .

The Unadoptables

Not once have the Rules for Baby Abandonment been broken at the Little Tulip Orphanage. Until 1880, when five babies: Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem, and Milou, are left in outrageous circumstances. And although their cruel matron might think they're unadoptable, they know their individuality makes them special.

Los Inadoptables

Ema Vasková is the twelfth child in her family, born on the twelfth day, of the twelfth month, at the very moment Prague's Astronomical Clock strikes twelve. Right from the start, it is clear that Ema is not quite . . . normal. But when her behaviour gets altogether too odd, Ema's parents decide enough is enough, and she is packed off to live with her eccentric bicycle-making Uncle Josef. It is here that Ema meets her very first friend. Seffi is a girl who befriends colonies of bats, trawls treasures from the river, cartwheels down the Hunger Wall, and has but one firm rule: adventures are best served with a drizzle of moonlight and a sprinkling of stars, at midnight. So when Seffi goes missing, Ema is determined to find her. Even if that means facing her fear of ghosts, wearing an ancient eyeball around her neck, and infiltrating an alluringly peculiar secret society known as The Midnight Guild . . .

The Midnighters

La fabuleuse histoire de cinq orphelins inadoptables Tome 1

The Graveyard Book meets Nevermoor in this ghostly tale about two friends, one murder mystery, and a world of intrigue. Find the courage to be extraordinary... Ema Vašková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there’s not much room for superstition or omens—but they seem to follow Ema wherever she goes. It doesn’t help that she appears to predict events before they happen, and has a peculiar fear of shadows... When Ema is sent to stay with her eccentric uncle in Prague, she fears she’ll lose the chance to ever fit in. But then she meets Silvie—a girl who finally sees Ema for the extraordinary girl that she is. Soon the girls are meeting for secret midnight adventures and facing Ema’s fears together. But then disaster strikes. Silvie goes missing—and it’s up to Ema to find her. Now she must gather the courage to hunt the city, find her friend, and uncover the secrets of the one clue Silvie left as to where she might be—inside the mysterious Midnight Guild...

Reglas de entrega de bebés del orfanto Tulipán: Primera Regla: El bebé debe estar envuelto en una manta de algodón. Segunda Regla: El bebé debe estar en una cesta de mimbre. Tercera Regla: El bebé debe dejarse en el escalón en lo alto de la escalera. En el orfanato Tulipán jamás se han infringido las Reglas de Entrega de Bebés. Ni una sola vez. Hasta el otoño de 1880, cuando cinco niños aparecen allí en horribles condiciones: uno de ellos, en una caja de herramientas de hojalata; otro, en un cubo de carbón; el tercero, en un cesto de pícnic; otro, en un saco de trigo y, finalmente, el quinto, en una cesta con forma de ataúd. Esos bebés son Lotta, Egg, Fenna, Sem y Milou. Y aunque su cruel matrona pueda pensar que son «inadoptables», ellos saben que sus peculiaridades son, precisamente, lo que los hace especiales; y están decididos a permanecer unidos. Cuando un siniestro caballero amenaza con separarlos, el grupo de amigos emprende una valiente huida a través de los helados canales de Ámsterdam. Pero ¿estará su verdadero hogar (y su auténtica familia) mucho más cerca de lo que imaginan?

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