Kristy's up for the best spring vacation ever--a week of baseball with famous major leaguers at Bill Bain's Dream Camp. Together with her stepdad, Kristy enjoys the all-star week of a lifetime.
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! The jinxKaren plays on the Krushers softball team. And one day when the Krushers are in a gam, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen. But that jinxes Karen, and she can’t hit at all. She even strikes out. How can Karen march with the Krushers in the big parade when she’s nothing but a strikeout queen?
When Ann M. Martin was asked to write the first four Baby-sitters Club books in 1985, she had no way of knowing she was about to change the face of children s publishing. Martin s writing is influenced by a combination of her pretty wonderful childhood, her experience as a teacher, and her work in children s publishing. Now, 20 years after the first Baby-sitters Club book was written, with more than 300 books and a Newbery Honor book to her credit, Martin continues to write novels that not only find a place on best-sellers lists, but also in the hearts of readers. It is clear that she is one of the most widely read and beloved children s authors of all time. In a one-volume reference, Ann M. Martin details the life and real-life influences of this famous author, revealing the person behind the words, and the author behind the literature.
".You will be all right, but your pitching days are over for a long time, maybe forever." Life couldn't be better for Brad Preston. He's about to enter his junior year of college and has a good shot at a major-league baseball career. He also has a wonderful relationship with his high school sweetheart, Kristy. But childhood rival Greg Somanski changes everything. Jealous of Brad's athletic talent, Greg schemes to put an end to Brad and Kristy's relationship-and he succeeds. Greg delivers a punishing pitch to Brad during a baseball game, causing him to severely injure his shoulder and indefinitely postpone his baseball career. Brad's determination to overcome these setbacks brings him a new love in his wife Anne and a promising career that could possibly lead to his return to baseball. With the birth of his daughter and the possibility of living his dreams in the major leagues, Brad feels confident in the path his life has taken. Unfortunately, Greg will not allow their past to stay buried, and he plans a deadly plot that threatens Brad's family, the consequences of which will change Brad's life forever.
“Hellrider is a thunder and muscle hell ride through dangerous territory. Fun, wicked, and unrelenting. A horror thriller that breaks the rules and the speed limit at the same time.” - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author When Eddie Ryder is burned alive by fellow members of the Hell Riders motorcycle gang for ratting on them, he vows revenge with his dying breath. He returns as a ghost, with his custom motorcycle Diablo by his side. After he finds out he can possess people, he launches a campaign of vengeance that leaves plenty of bodies in its wake and the police in a state of confusion. Spouting fire and lightning from his fingers and screaming heavy metal lyrics as he rides the sky above the town of Hell Creek, he brings destruction down on all those who wronged him, his power growing with every death. Only Eddie’s younger brother, Carson, and the police chief’s daughter, Ellie, understand what’s really happening, and now they have to stop him before he destroys the whole town. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
When Kristy's friend, Bart, decides that he wants to be her real boyfriend, Kristy is afraid to tell him that she does not feel the same and enlists the help of Mary Anne for courage in expressing herself.
The baby-sitters are in double trouble when the sponsor for Kristy's softball team, a diaper company, wants to re-name the team "The Davis Diapers," and overbooking on the business end of things makes the club swear in a new member.
Golden Child: A teenage girl may seem perfect on the outside with a family, friends, athletic ability, boyfriend and everything she could hope for. But one choice can bring her world crumbling down. The Music of Life: Personal reflections brought to life through poetry.