"Witty, full of heart and genuinely fun to read...a wacky, lighthearted romp." -- The New York Times Book Review Welcome to the further adventures of the plucky Fitzgerald-Trout siblings, who live on a tropical island where the grown-ups are useless, but the kids can drive. In this second installment, the delightfully self-reliant siblings continue their search for a home. This time, their pursuit will bring them face-to-face with a flood, illegal carnivorous plants, and the chance to win an extraordinary prize at a carnival. Will they finally find a place to call home?
Having returned to his home on the island after helping to solve a forty-year-old mystery in the Bay Area and ready to return to his present peaceful life, Dag Peyton meets a very wise local man and inadvertently stumbles headlong into yet another mystery that leads him and his friends into a reality they never dreamed they would experience.
New Mexico's twin traditions of the scientific and the supernatural meet for the first time in this long-overdue book by a journalist known for investigating the unexplained. Strange tales of ghosts, monsters, miracles, lost treasure, UFOs, and much more can be found not far from the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Huge radio astronomy dishes search desert skies for alien life, and the world's first spaceport can be found in this enchanted land; in many ways New Mexico truly is a portal to other worlds. Mysterious New Mexico is the first book to apply scientific investigation methods to explain some of New Mexico's most bizarre lore and legends. Using folklore, sociology, history, psychology, and forensic science--as well as good old-fashioned detective work--Radford reveals the truths and myths behind New Mexico's greatest mysteries.
The start of a brand new series about working dogs from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, W. Bruce Cameron! Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he’ll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus’s excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from Kimo. Can Zeus and his boy figure out how to stay together forever? The first book in Cameron's new Dogs with a Purpose series, Zeus: Water Rescue is a fun, heartwarming adventure that will introduce young readers to the bravery and hard work of water rescue dogs. More Tales from Bruce Cameron! FROM STARSCAPE: THE PUPPY TALES SERIES: Ellie's Story / Bailey's Story / Molly's Story / Max's Story / Lily's Story / Shelby's Story / Toby's Story / Bella's Story / Cooper's Story / Lacey's Story THE LILY TO THE RESCUE SERIES: Lily to the Rescue / Lily to the Rescue: Two Little Piggies / Lily to the Rescue: The Not-So-Stinky Skunk / Lily to the Rescue: Dog Dog Goose / Lily to the Rescue: Lost Little Leopard / Lily to the Rescue: The Misfit Donkey / Lily to the Rescue: Foxes in a Fix / Lily to the Rescue: The Three Bears THE DOGS WITH A PURPOSE SERIES: Zeus: Water Rescue FROM FORGE: THE DOG'S PURPOSE SERIES: A Dog's Purpose / A Dog's Journey / A Dog's Promise THE DOG'S WAY HOME SERIES: A Dog's Way Home / A Dog's Courage OTHER TITLES FROM FORGE: Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog A Dog's Perfect Christmas The Dogs of Christmas The Dog Master Emory's Gift THE RUDDY MCCAN SERIES: The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man / Repo Madness / The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
There exists a world much like our own, one parallel to the spirit world. People much like ourselves fight every day to keep both worlds from plummeting into darkness. They are called defenders. The spirit realm is divided into many smaller worlds, like shards of a once-complete painting. They follow their own paths and are vastly different from one another. But time reveals that these worlds have a limited existence, one which appears to be running out. The mission of getting to the bottom of these lands is for a defender. Ryoku Dragontalen has only a matter of days to complete his goal. After a harrying encounter with the fearsome emperor of Orden, Ryoku must recuperate and gather his strength for a second and final showdown with the young emperor, Lars Ordenstraum, an encounter the entire spirit realm has been waiting for. Follow Ryoku Dragontalen once more on his mission to meet a looming deadline as he journeys through new worlds, meeting friends old and new, as he gathers his strength to face what the very gods fear.
Stan and Jenny wanted to take one last trip together before their ?rst child was born. The remote Henderson Island sounded idyllic far away from everyone and everything, including modern amenities and electronic devices of any kind the ultimate getaway. But when a mysterious storm strikes, Stan and Jenny ?nd out just how ultimate and permanent their getaway is. Stans Leap explores what happens when strangers from vastly di?erent backgrounds are forced to survive together with no hope of ever seeing friends or family again. Clashes arise between faith and science, older and younger generations, and unfamiliar cultures. I can say without reservation that Stans Leap by Tom Duerig is one of the best adventure, action, ?ction novels that I have ever read. The Book Review/p> Even though this book is reminiscent of the infamous Lord of the Flies, Stans Leap has its own unique voice ... perhaps unique enough to be as memorable as its similar predecessor. It has become one of my all-time favorites and I will read it again and again. Literary R&R I especially enjoyed the ending, which managed to be not only surprising and ironic but highly plausible as well. Chicago Center for Literature and Photography A great mystery and adventure story! Blog o the Irish
The book is a collection of children fiction stories. It is itself a package of genres! The stories are of different categories e.g. fairy tales, royal stories, day to day life, moral stories etc. They are best designed for the age group of 6-12 years. It serves the purpose of bedtime stories for the early age kids along with giving exposure to the young readers. The author is a teacher herself who knows the nerves of the kids. The literal meaning of the title is served well via the stories. Kids would be engrossed in the stories. There are a few stories which are catchy in terms of fantasy and there are other stories which they can easily connect.
