Cornelia Funke
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Hetty Hyssop and her assistant ghosthunters travel to a seaside hotel to investigate the appearance of one of the most dangerous ghosts in the world.
2) Pirate girl
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ferocious Captain Firebeard and his band of pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly, who refuses to tell who her parents are while secretly sending messages in bottles.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 1
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A timid boy named Tom reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Hyssop dispel an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
5) Ghost knight
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 4
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
To earn his ghosthunting diploma, ghosthunter-in-training Tom must capture the deadly Twelfth Messenger, but progress on his exam is interrupted when he stumbles into the lair of a ghost-commanding minotaur.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.
Author
Series
Ghosthunters (Cornelia Funke) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Worm and Gloomsburg castle are taken over by ghosts.
Author
Series
Mirrorworld volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jacob Reckless continues to travel the portal in his father's abandoned study. His name has continued to be famous on the other side of the mirror, as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. His family and friends, from his brother Will to the shape-shifting vixen Fox, are on a collision course as the two worlds become connected. Who is driving these two worlds together and why is he always a step ahead? This new force isn't limiting its...
12) Corazón de tinta
Author
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
Español
Description
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Ben es un niño tan valiente como un lión y tan fuerte como un elefante. Nada lo puede distraer de la incansable tarea de proteger a su hermana mayor, Anna Ben pasa el día ahuyentando fantasmas, monstruos verdes, ladrones y todo tipo de bestias salvajes. Pero cuando el día ha terminado y la oscuridad desciende, Ben deja de ser asi de valiente y se da cuenta de que, a veces, es su hermana quien hace la protección.
Ben is a brave boy, as fierce...
14) Ruffleclaw
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ruffleclaw is a furry red monster who lives under a toolshed, and hes sick of eating bugs. When he decides to move in with a family of humans, he climbs right into bed with a boy named Tommy. Tommy wants to keep Ruffleclaw as a pet, but it wont be easy. Ruffleclaw makes huge messeshe spits, he drinks shampoo, and he eats everything in the fridge . . . along with the plates! Can Tommy teach his monster to behave?
15) The pirate pig
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
On Butterfly Island, sailer Stout Sam and his deckhand Pip must rescue their treasure-sniffing pig from nasty pirate Barracuda Bill.
16) Living shadows
Author
Series
Mirrorworld volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Jacob Reckless journeys to the Mirrorworld to tell his shapeshifting friend Fox that a fairy curse--a deadly moth in his chest--means he has only one year to live.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Gobo del Galabrazolus planeta está interesado en mundos distantes y sus habitantes, especialmente la tierra y los monstruos que viven allí. Él decide volar allí y coger uno de ellos. Después de todo, sus amigos tienen mascotas exóticas.
Gobo from Galabrazolus, a planet with seven moons, travels to the blue planet he has heard about from his grandfather to collect one of its two-legged, two-eyed monsters to keep as a pet.
19) Princess Pigsty
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Tired of being a princess, the youngest of three sisters throws her crown out the window and finds happiness working in the royal kitchen and pigsty.
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Inspired by the critically acclaimed film written and directed by Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro, and reimagined by New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke, this haunting tale takes readers to a darkly magical and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters including trickster fauns, murderous men, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.