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With indoor mini golf, a chance to swim with dolphins, and her best friend, Suzanne, onboard, Katie's cruise vacation sounds like an ocean of fun! But, of course, the magic wind appears - twice in this Super Special - and blows everything off course! Young readers love the black-and-white illustrations that bring this fun chapter book series to life.
Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life.
- You discover a door behind your bedroom's wallpaper. It's probably just a small crawlspace. There's nothing unusual about it...except for the quiet tapping noise
...11043) Hugo Pepper
illustrator team Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Set in the same world as the Fergus Crane and Corby Flood stories, this is the tale of a small boy, Hugo Pepper, and his amazing exploits. Raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, his parents eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby,...
Travel back to medieval times with Keeping Tryst: A Tale of King Arthur's Time, an engaging short story packed with adventure and romance from the pen of Annie Fellows Johnston, the renowned creator of the Little Colonel series of novels for young adults. Readers young and old will lose themselves in the lyrical language and tightly plotted action of the yarn Johnston spins.
In the vast majority of ghost stories, the reader's gateway into the tale is the point of view of the person being haunted. In Margaret Oliphant's unique take on the genre, however, we're granted both sides of the story. This tale of a mysteriously missing will is enlivened (so to speak) by the "voice" of the deceased woman of the title, Old Lady Mary.
11046) Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung
In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of myth
I am the home of this story. After thousands of years of other people's tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I'll tell it myself.
Seductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's Metamorphoses. But what happens when the story
11047) Isabel in Bloom
Twelve-year-old Isabel is the new kid in her San Francisco middle school. It’s the first time in many years that she’ll be living with her mother again. Mama's job in the US allowed Isabel and her grandparents to live more comfortably in...
“Two-headed monsters, giant tentacles, angry demons – Lovecraft Middle School is great creepy fun!”
–Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
This second novel in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series begins right where Professor Gargoyle ended. Seventh-grader Robert Arthur has discovered that two of his classmates are actually sinister
Get set for a thrilling trip back in time with this charming historical romance from beloved author Alice Muriel Williamson. Packed with royal intrigue and court gamesmanship, the story follows the indomitable Princess Sylvia in her quest to enchant and wed a powerful king.
Return to Holmes County, Ohio, for Amish style cooking class.
Lyle and Heidi Troyer have taken in a brother and sister, who were orphaned when their parents were killed in a car accident. Hoping to help the children adapt and make friends, Heidi decides to hold a series of cooking classes for kids. But kids are always accompanied by an adult—and that is where the trouble arises.
Miranda Cooper is living the
11052) Shiverton Hall
Arthur Bannister has been unexpectedly accepted into Shiverton Hall, which, as it turns out, is an incredibly spooky school, full of surprises. And it is just as well that Shiverton Hall has made its offer, because Arthur...
11053) Vote for Suzanne
In the final installment of the MAGICKEEPERS series Nick leaves the safety of the Winter Palace and travels to England in search of the secret behind Rasputin's longevity. With appearances by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Shakespeare, THE CHALICE OF IMMORTALITY is a thrilling conclusion to this clever, contemporary take on the world of magic.
Harry Houdini stole it from his best friend. Shakespeare used it to kill Macbeth. And
...USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa charms readers in this romantic comedy that's whimsical and fun.
Eros Brassard and I met at JFK years ago while trying to catch two different planes. We had an instant connection that was too powerful to deny. Love happened, and we hooked up.
After our crazy romp, we agreed we couldn't be together. We live too far away to make it work. Yet ever since, destiny has brought
A tie-in readers will be totally "psyched" about...
Shawn Spencer has convinced everyone he's psychic.
Now, he has to either clean up or be found out.
After the PSYCH detective agency gets some top-notch publicity, Shawn's high-school nemesis, Dallas Steele, hires him to help choose his investments. Naturally, their predictions turn out to be total busts. And the deceptive Dallas...
11057) Hawk of May
"Intelligent and imaginative...even the magic convinces."
—Mary Renault, author of The King Must Die
On The Path Toward Greatness, Every Hero Makes a Choice
Legends sing of Sir Gawain, one of the most respected warriors of King Arthur's reign and one of the greatest champions of all time. But this is not that story. This is the story of Gwalchmai, middle son of the beautiful, infinitely evil
...11058) The Creeper
Arthur Bannister is back for another term at Shiverton Hall, where eerie events are unfolding. First, a burned stranger shows up in the middle of the night uttering dire warnings. Then a young boy disappears, leaving behind only an ancient book as a clue. And then there's that dreadful feeling Arthur has that he's being watched . . .
Full...
11059) City Spies 2. Golden Gate
¡Salvar el mundo es una misión para jóvenes!
Bestseller de The New York Times.
En sus tres años con el MI6, Sídney ya se ha colgado de un acantilado, ha atravesado la superficie de un estanque congelado, se ha quemado las cejas en más de una ocasión y ha corrido por el techo de un tren de pasajeros que se movía a toda velocidad mientras cargaba un explosivo elaborado por ella. Una vez incluso esquivó
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