Max and Kate play all kinds of creative games. They play pretend, build forts, and even do magic tricks. What goofy adventures will these best friends go on next? Readers of this delightful book will find out. Even reluctant readers will love Max and Kate's silly jokes and fun games. With simple, age-appropriate text, charming illustrations, and lots of humor, this endearing book is perfect for early readers.
Action romance. In deep space.Max is running. From jail, from hunger, and from the hard labour that awaits on the Zeta Secunda Mining Corps' stinking land trains.Riley is running. From terrible shame in the past, from dark secrets in the present, and from the Service who have very definite ideas about officers who abscond to join pirate crews.The starship Eurydice could mean their salvation. But the enigmatic Captain Orpheus could betray them both at any minute. When a terrible plot is uncovered and loyalties are tested, Max and Riley face losing everything.Fans of Firefly, Black Sails, Deadpool, Fury Road? You are going to love Max Seventeen! Warning: this book contains bad language, bad behaviour, and a few bad people. Other than that, it's pretty good.
A riding team from Italy is coming to Pine Hollow, and Stevie volunteers to entertain them during their visit. It's a job that stuck-up Veronica diAngelo wanted for herself, and now Veronica is determined that Stevie will pay! Suddenly, with the big weekend approaching, Stevie finds out someone has "volunteered" her to organize the annual school fair, to run the Children's Hospital Festival, and to debate for election as class president. They all take place on the same day--just when her Bar-None Ranch friends Kate and Christine and the Italian riding team are due to visit! Can one person do four things at once? With the help of her Saddle Club friends and a lot of imagination, Stevie's determined to try. The result will be the greatest event ever . . . or the biggest disaster of all time!
When Kate and Colin meet at a party in Manhattan their connection is electric. They marry quickly, moving to the suburbs, and in the light of day they seem like any young couple, but the games they play after dark are far from routine.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read” (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion). FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death. Yet it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before. Praise for Devolution “Delightful . . . [A] tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “The story is told in such a compelling manner that horror fans will want to believe and, perhaps, take the warning to heart.”—Booklist (starred review)
They will do anything to stop her speaking the truth Lucy has gone missing. Her husband Scott claims to have no idea where she is. But rumours of their marriage swirl and Scott doesn’t seem to be playing the role of a concerned husband well. Meanwhile, DS Kate Munro is investigating another case – a victim found dead floating in a lake. When she learns it was Lucy who first reported the body, Kate realises these cases may be connected. Both investigations lead Kate into dangerous waters and time is running out for Lucy. She must piece together the link between the two crimes, before it’s too late... A nail-biting, unputdownable crime thriller perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Clare Mackintosh and Cara Hunter. Previously published under Louisa de Lange. Praise for Nowhere to be Found ‘Brilliantly addictive’ S J Watson ‘Smart, dark, with a show-stopping finale! A satisfyingly juicy mystery with a great heroine’ Emma Rowley ‘An assured and skilfully written crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat’ Alison Belsham ‘A compelling thriller with SO many twists I was constantly left guessing about where the story would go’ Carys Jones ‘A layered, compelling thriller with a page-turning quality and characters the reader can invest in’ AJ Park ‘DS Kate Munro is a really interesting and believable character... The plot was complex, twisty and kept me guessing’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review ‘Fluid writing, believable characters, a complex plot, nail biting twists and turns and a wish for it not to end. This book has it all’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review ‘Another gripping page-turner. Louisa’s writing really draws you in and you feel like you know the characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
Max is looking for words that rhyme. His dragon is in his wagon - or was, for now its tail has left a trail, which Max follows. He finds an umbrella on the ground-- "Found, ground," he says, while his older brothers mock him for believing in dragons and sitting under an umbrella when it isn't even raining. But Max believes in possibilities--and when he can show his brothers not only a dragon in the stormy clouds but also a dinosaur, they begin to come round. When Max demonstrates the power of his rhyming words to tame the dinosaur and the dragon and make the rain come, he wins them over completely. With amusing wordplay and beguiling illustrations, Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov celebrate language and imagination in a collaboration that is bound to be oodles of fun for everyone.
Maxs Passage is a coming of age tale set in and around Cape Town and Johannesburg. The Lord Charles Somerset Private School in Cape Town forms the backdrop for the development of the relationship between Deputy Head Prefect Max Long and the enigmatic and beautiful Lily Solomon. The beauty of Cape Town is set against the brutality of Johannesburg as the threats to Max and Lilys relationship threaten to destroy them and those whom they love. In the end, will their love last, or will Lily leave Max to marry Dr Martin Wellman and save her family from financial ruin?
