Download or read book A Riddle in Ruby written by Kent Davis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby is a thief-in-training and a keeper of secrets—ones she doesn't even know herself. A Riddle in Ruby is the first book in a witty and fast-paced fantasy-adventure trilogy for fans for Jonathan Stroud, Septimus Heap, and The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates. Ruby Teach, daughter of a smuggler and pirate, has been learning how to swindle and steal and pick the most complex locks for as long as she can remember. But a collision with aristocratic young lord Athen sends her spinning into chaos. Little did she know that her whole life has been spent in hiding from nefarious secret societies and the Royal Navy . . . who are both now on her trail. In this debut middle grade adventure, Kent Davis weaves a rip-roaring tale through an alternate colonial Philadelphia. A world where alchemy—that peculiar mix of magic and science—has fueled the industrial revolution. With this highly original setting, a cast of fully rounded characters and rapid-fire, funny dialogue, A Riddle in Ruby will call to mind fantasy greats like Diana Wynne Jones and Terry Pratchett.
Download or read book A Riddle in Ruby The Great Unravel written by Kent Davis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Action-packed and filled with great friendships, terrible villains, plot twists, and plenty of humor.”—San Antonio Express-News In the gripping final book in the Riddle in Ruby trilogy, young thief Ruby Teach and her friends must save their city from an evil scientist with nefarious plans. The epic conclusion of the Riddle in Ruby trilogy is a hilarious and dastardly adventure perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and The Amulet of Samarkand. In the past year, Ruby Teach was kidnapped, taken to a remote fortress, and experimented on by an evil scientist working for the crown. And even though she’s finally been reunited with her friends, her trouble has not ended. The vile Dr. Swedenborg has created a machine that steals the life force out of the unsuspecting citizens of Philadelphi, and Ruby and her crew might be the only ones brave enough to stop him. With a mix of magic, science, friendship, peril, and one adorable mechanical otter, Kent Davis’s reimagining of colonial America is wholly original.
Download or read book The Riddle of the Ruby Gazelle written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While helping raise money for a Brooklyn park, Nancy must track down the kidnapper who has abducted a performing band’s lead singer—and discovers a hidden motive buried deep in the city’s past.
Download or read book Ruby Riddle written by Rosie Banks and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new adventure awaits Ellie, Summer and Jasmine in the Secret Kingdom! Ellie, Summer and Jasmine have one jewel left to find! But Queen Malice is determined to take the magical ruby for herself. The girls must summon all of their courage and solve the ruby's riddle...before the Secret Kingdom is lost to the evil queen forever.
Download or read book The Riddle of the Rajah s Ruby written by Enid Blyton and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The timeless adventures of Nick and Katie revived for a new generation. When Nick and Katie's friends, Sophie and David, inherit a mysterious cursed ruby it causes all sorts of trouble for them. It's up to Nick and Katie to rescue them. Their explorations take them to a hidden house and beautiful temple but will the children escape from the clutches of Sophie and David's captors before it's too late
Download or read book A Riddle in Ruby The Changer s Key written by Kent Davis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Riddle in Ruby trilogy takes readers on a rip-roaring adventure through an alternate version of colonial America, where magic and science meet, and where one young thief carries a secret everyone wants. In this second volume, Ruby Teach has become the enemy’s prisoner. She bargained with her freedom to protect her friends—but her friends aren’t about to abandon her, either. That’s not what friends do. Ruby’s blood holds a secret, one that could turn the tides of the looming war for whomever unlocks it first. Ruby’s father, former pirate Captain Teach, and her friends—a motley crew made up of a young aristocrat, a servant, and an apprentice alchemist—must race against time to locate the hidden fortress where she’s being held. But the one person who could help them is Ruby’s mysterious and powerful mother, and no one has seen her since Ruby’s birth. Kent Davis sweeps our heroes through cities and the deepest wilderness with imagination, humor, and magic that fans of Jonathan Stroud and Terry Pratchett will devour.
Download or read book Penelope March Is Melting written by Jeffrey Michael Ruby and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old bookworm Penelope becomes an unlikely hero when the iceberg she calls home starts to melt, and she must save it from a sinister force. "A marvelous and magical debut!"--Pseudonymous Bosch, New York Times-bestselling author of the Secret Series. 5 1/2 x 8 5/16.
Download or read book Adventure of the Strange Ruby written by Enid Blyton and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1960 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ruby Redfort Look Into My Eyes written by Lauren Child and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool's Gold Gang.
Download or read book William and the Witch s Riddle written by Shutta Crum and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William must solve a witch's riddle in order to save his family and end a centuries-long curse.
Download or read book The Book of Ruth written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ruby in the Smoke written by Philip Pullman and published by Random House of Canada. This book was released on 1985 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
Download or read book The Grandest Bookshop in the World written by Amelia Mellor and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade - and himself - in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail Pearl and Vally won't just lose Pa - they'll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.
Download or read book The One and Only Ivan written by Katherine Applegate and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+ This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. The One and Only Ivan features first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); and story elements (plot, character development, perspective). This acclaimed middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 8, for independent reading, homeschooling, and sharing in the classroom. Plus don't miss The One and Only Bob, Katherine Applegate's return to the world of Ivan, Bob, and Ruby!
Download or read book Bunny Figures It Out written by Ruby Shamir and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One little bunny learns the power of books, facts, and libraries on her quest to make her perfect sandwich. When Bunny's sandwich-making plans are disrupted by a lack of jelly, she knows what to do--she'll make her own! After asking her brother, neighbor, father, and grandmother how to make jelly, though, and getting absolutely no right answers, Bunny starts to despair! Will she ever get to make her perfect sandwich? It's only when Bunny learns to look for information in just the right place--the library--that she finds the answers she's been looking for. In this fun and fact-affirming story about solving problems with good information, readers learn the right way to find the answers they need--with bold and appealing art by Andrew Joyner, the illustrator of Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum. Praise for Bunny Figures It Out: "A recipe for success, this is a general purchase to please inquisitive readers, with nuts-and-bolts advice and a sweet dollop of sugar." --School Library Journal
Download or read book The March of the Ants written by Ursula Dubosarsky and published by . This book was released on 2024-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ants are heading out on a very important expedition. What will they need to take with them? It's a wild journey! And in the end, it's the littlest ant who leads the others to discover the most important thing of all. A book about a very special book.
Download or read book The Story of Ruby Bridges written by Robert Coles and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
