Added by: il.crystal.li | Karma: 54.97 | Fiction literature | 27 October 2015
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Ratburger The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country, now available in paperback. From the bestselling author of Gangsta Granny and Demon Dentist comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel - the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery - mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title...From the author that is ........
When Princess Eleanor (Ella for short) is born, a fairy named Lucinda blesses her with the gift of obedience - meaning she must obey ANYTHING that ANYONE tells her. As Ella grows older she learns that this "gift" is more of a curse and she is determined to find Lucinda and have the spell reversed. Along the way, Ella must do battle with her yicky stepmother and stepsisters-to-be. She also falls in love with handsome Prince Charmont. Now she's more determined than ever to make things work out. Find out if she succeeds in this entertaining tale.
Once upon a time there was a girl who had a very mean stepmother. The stepmother would give the girl all sorts of chores to do. Even though she finished her chores properly the stepmother was never satisfied with her work. This went on for a very long time. Eventually the stepmother decided she was going to give the girl three impossible tasks to complete. The girl gets through all of the tasks with the help of three fairies.
Once upon a time there were a brother and sister named Gretchen and Jon. They lived with their cruel stepmother at the edge of the woods. The wicked stepmother not only made them work very hard, but she also made them very little food. Gretchen and Jon decided to run away. The cruel stepmother was really a witch and she cast a spell on the children, that if they drank from a stream or brook they would turn into an animal. As fate would have it, Jon drank from a stream and was transformed into a deer immediately.
Even the undead celebrate Christmas, and Betsy is in heaven shopping for gifts. But all is not merry in the mansion. It’s become infested with ghosts—really needy ones who have no qualms asking Betsy to run errands for them to rectify their pasts. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose, and, being tall and blonde, Betsy perfectly fits his type.