Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Author: Jennifer Allison

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-11-23

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0142406988

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Ever since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She's determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in San Francisco, Gilda discovers that her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home. From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.


Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop

Author: Jennifer Allison

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-05-14

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1101057068

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When Gilda lands a summer internship at Washington, D.C.?s International Spy Museum, she finds herself embroiled in both a museum haunting and a real case of espionage. While investigating a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln?s son was once buried, Gilda stumbles upon a spy?s ?dead drop? of classified information. Gilda?s efforts to decode the cryptic message lead to further intrigues: Is she on the trail of a mole operating inside the U.S. intelligence community? Aware that ?nothing is what it seems? when it comes to spies in Washington, D.C., Gilda faces the most serious challenge yet in her career as a psychic spy.


Gilda Joyce: the Ghost Sonata

Gilda Joyce: the Ghost Sonata

Author: Jennifer Allison

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-10-30

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780142412329

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Gilda Joyce?s best friend, Wendy Choy, is chosen to participate in a piano competition in Oxford, England, so of course super-sleuth Gilda finds a way to go too. Once there, the grueling practice schedule takes a backseat to strange and spooky occurrences. There are foreboding tarot cards that keep appearing to the participants and ominous numbers etched in frosty windowpanes. But even more chilling are Wendy?s ghostly nightmares of a young boy?and the haunting melody she can?t shake out of her mind. Could there be a sinister connection to the piano competition? Gilda has a genuine haunting on her hands, and solving this one will take every ounce of psychic intuition she?s got!


Gilda Joyce

Gilda Joyce

Author: Jennifer Allison

Publisher:

Published: 2009-04-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781440707780

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Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop


The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

Author: Jennifer Trafton

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-12-02

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1101445513

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Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge lives a boring life on the Island in the Middle of Everything, but she longs for adventure. And she soon gets it when she overhears a life-altering secret and suddenly finds herself in the middle of an amazing journey. It turns out that Mount Majestic, the rising and falling mountain in the center of the island, is not really a mountain - it's the belly of a sleeping giant! It's up to Persimmony and her friend Worvil to convince the island's quarreling inhabitants that a giant is sleeping in their midst and must not be awakened. The question is, will she be able to do it?


Have You Seen?

Have You Seen?

Author: David Thomson

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 1025

ISBN-13: 0375711341

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"Including masterpieces, oddities, guilty pleasures, and classics (with just a few disasters)"--Cover.


The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1443440337

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With a single kiss, a young maid saves her beloved from the Snow Queen’s icy imprisonment. When splinters from an evil troll’s magic mirror get into the heart and eye of Kai, he is tricked into accompanying the Snow Queen to her palace, and only the innocence and kindness of Gerda’s heart can save him. The inspiration for Frozen, Hans Christian’s Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” is one of the most beloved fairy tales in history. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.


The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Author: Heather Morris

Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1760403180

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The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942, Lale immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners. In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for, and put to work in the privileged position of Tatowierer - the tattooist - to mark his fellow prisoners, forever. One of them is a young woman, Gita, who steals his heart at first glance. His life given new purpose, Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good. This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating, and unforgettable. 'Morris climbs into the dark miasma of war and emerges with an extraordinary tale of the power of love' - Leah Kaminsky


The Strangers

The Strangers

Author: Jacqueline West

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0803736908

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After something crucial goes missing from the strange old house on Linden Street, 11-year-old Olive and her friends must decide how to get it backNput their faith in a strange and dangerous magic, their odd new neighbors, or someone more uncertain and terrifying than both.


Calling Invisible Women

Calling Invisible Women

Author: Jeanne Ray

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0307395057

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A delightful, funny, commercial novel that packs a clever punch, from the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling "Julie and Romeo" about a mother who suddenly turns invisible.