Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

First published in 1867 ‘Silver Lake’ is a classic western adventure story by the popular children’s author R.M. Ballantyne. Robin Gore lives in a small wooden homestead in a remot ...

Ihastus lepattaa vatsanpohjalla, ja mustasukkaisuus jämähtää palana kurkkuun. Pinja on pahasti pihkassa syötävän hyvännäköiseen Jesseen, mutta poika katoilee tämän tästä. Kun Pinja ...

Juuri ysiluokan aloittaneet, erottamattomat Aki ja Noora lähtevät mökille kuhertelemaan. Kun he saapuvat perille, mökin ikkuna löytyy rikottuna. Tavaroitakin on viety. Ilkivalta un ...

Minkki on iloinen pieni hevosen varsa, jolla on lapsille tärkeää asiaa. Millaista on olla varsa? Miten hevosen lapsuus eroaa ihmisen lapsuudesta? Eroja on aika paljon! Kun Minkki o ...

Minkki Makkosen on aika sanoa lopullisesti heipat teinihevosen elämälle. Nyt Minkki on niin iso hevonen, että omistaja alkaa harjoitella sen kanssa estehyppyä. Miten Minkki mahtaa ...

Yhdeksäsluokkalaiset Milla ja Timppa ihastuvat ja alkavat seurustella, mutta rakkauteen tulee lovi. Milla on tullut raskaaksi ja joutuu tekemään abortin. Lapsuuden leikit jäävät au ...

Kun Mika liittyy jengiin, tylsyys on enää haalea muisto. Uusi porukka tarjoaa niin alkoholia kuin tupakkaa, ja naisistakin puhutaan, vaikka Mika on jo iskenyt silmänsä ihanaan Kati ...

Sam och Sara har fått ta över farmor och farfars spökutrustning och är ständigt på jakt efter nya spökmysterier att lösa. En dag träffar de på en familj som just har köpt sitt dröm ...

Ska det verkligen vara så här tråkigt på sommarlovet? Sam och Sara vet inte vad de ska hitta på, deras föräldrar jobbar bara i restaurangen hela dagarna och har inte tid att göra n ...

Dörren, ljuden, räven. De var alla tecken. Och de kallade på vår uppmärksamhet.Plötsligt börjar det hända konstiga saker i huset där Sanna bor. Hon hör märkliga ljud från lägenhete ...

"Under de slingrande grenarna och alla löv skymtar det som en gång var en smedja och kanske ett hem. När jag blundar hör jag rösten igen: Du kommer att överleva. Min vackra, starka ...

First published in 1857, ‘The Coral Island’ is one of Scottish author R.M. Ballantyne’s best-loved children’s books. When the good ship ‘Arrow’ is wrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the ...

‘The Buffalo Runners’ is a pioneering adventure story by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne. Set in Canada, a country where Ballantyne had lived, worked, and adventured as a young man ...

‘The Battle and the Breeze’ is a historical adventure story from the much-loved children’s author R.M. Ballantyne. Bill Bowls is a member of the British Navy, along with friends Be ...

Set mostly at sea and in the small fishing village of Wreckumoft, ‘Shifting Winds’ is a fascinating nautical adventure by much-loved children’s author R.M. Ballantyne. Narrated by ...

Set in the unforgiving landscape of Greenland ‘Red Rooney’ follows the story of English traveller Red Rooney. Struggling to survive in the icy landscape, a starving Rooney is found ...

Charismatic explorer Will Osten is back in 'Lost in the Forest', the adventure series following his exploits by author R.M. Ballantyne. Will finds himself at sea again with his fri ...

It’s Christmas morning and Jack Frost and his sons Colonel Wind and Major Snow are causing havoc in the streets of London – their bitter winds and cold assaulting everyone they enc ...

Young Jeffry Childers is an inquisitive, curious young boy with a keen interest in science and explosives. His experiments with explosions and torpedo designs get him into all kind ...

Jack Robinson is a solitary but adventurous soul, with a lifetime of expeditions behind him. Now middle-aged and settled on a farm in Canada, Jack believes his adventuring days are ...

Suddenly fatherless, young Bob Ledbury must find work so he can support himself and his mother. Struggling to find employment, Bob’s life changes forever when he meets old Tom Loki ...

First published in 1867, ‘Fighting the Flames’ by R.M. Ballantyne is set against the backdrop of the busy and newly formed London Fire Brigade. Recent recruit Frank Wilders is prov ...

Tall, gangly, and tomboyish Katy was badly injured in an accident which has left her partially paralysed. This has been tough on the wild girl, who is no longer able to play with h ...

After the death of their mother, 10-year-old Meg is left to take care of the children until their father, who’s away at sea, returns. He is expected any day, yet when his ship fina ...

The story of the third calender is as packed with mysteries and adventures as the tales of Sinbad the Sailor: after surviving shipwreck, the young prince finds that friendship lead ...