Download or read book Disaster Diaries Brainwashed written by R. McGeddon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published: Great Britain: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014.

Download or read book Disaster Diaries Zombies written by R. McGeddon and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a zombie apocalypse, the important thing is to not panic. Actually, that’s not true. Definitely panic. These things are going to try to eat your face off! Sam and Arty are looking forward to summer vacation so much that they barely notice when their bumbling science teacher causes an explosion of purple goo that drenches their classmate, Simon. They’re sure Simon will be fine—he looks a little gray, but things like this happen all the time in the town of Sitting Duck. But Simon is not fine—and totally loses his head when he becomes a zombie! Soon the town is crawling with rabid zombies looking for braaaaaains! The adults are busy panicking and screaming, so it’s up to Sam (the leader) Arty (the brains), and their friend Emmie (the rebel) to take charge. If they can’t find a cure, it will be a disaster! Disaster Diaries: Zombies! is perfect for young readers, reluctant or otherwise, with a wacky sense of humor. The first in this hilarious middle grade series from author R. McGeddon will prepare you for your own zombie infestation, with handy tips like how to spot zombies. (Hint: their faces are falling off). An Imprint Book

Download or read book Disaster Diaries Brainwashed written by R. McGeddon and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting Duck is good. Questions are bad. Obedience is good. This book is GOOD. (Do you feel brainwashed yet?) Sitting Duck is the kind of town where the mayor was vaporized by aliens, so there is a vacancy. Ravenous zombie hordes and swarms of power-hungry aliens are just some of the disasters that the town has faced, so this new mayor had better be good. Now a new evil genius has arisen—and he’s running for mayor! Thanks to his homemade brainwashing device, he just might win the election and then move on to world domination. Are Sam, Arty, and Emmie brave enough to save the day? Or will they totally lose their minds? Filled with funny illustrations and laugh-out-loud hijinks, Disaster Diaries: Brainwashed! will entertain young readers—or else! Plus it offers nifty tips and tricks on how to spot a hypno-trance or break into a secret base. An Imprint Book

Download or read book Brainwashed written by R. McGeddon and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravening zombie hordes and swarms of power-hungry alien dwarfs are just some of the disasters the town of Sitting Duck has faced. But danger never sleeps and a new evil genius has arisen, and he's planning world domination with the aid of his home-made brainwashing device. Are Sam, Arty and Emmie brave enough to save the day? If they aren't, everyone will totally lose their minds.

Download or read book Disaster Diaries Robots written by R. McGeddon and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a science fair experiment goes awry, Sam, Artie, and Emmie must save the town of Sitting Duck from a robot that wants to eradicate humans.

Download or read book BRAINWASHED written by R. McGeddon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravening zombie hordes and swarms of power-hungry alien dwarfs are just some of the disasters the town of Sitting Duck has faced. But danger never sleeps and a new evil genius has arisen, and he's planning world domination with the aid of his home-made brainwashing device! Are Sam, Arty and Emmie brave enough to save the day? If they aren't, everyone - including you, dear reader - will totally lose their minds!

Download or read book Life as We Knew it written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year's worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut Susan Beth Pfeffer has written several companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

Download or read book Disaster Diaries Cursed written by R. McGeddon and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curse is not a big deal. Sitting Duck has already survived five disasters, so what’s the worst that can happen, really? Well... you’re about to find out. During Sitting Duck Founder’s holiday, the town gathers to view the legendary pirate ship that brought the town’s founder to their shores. ButSam, Arty, and Emmie soon learn it carries more than just treasure and swords—an ancient pirate curse is sweeping across the town, turning people to stone! Who has unleashed this deadly curse and why? Sam, Artie, and Emmie must take to the high seas before their town is wiped off the map for good! Filled with funny illustrations and tips to survive a pirate curse, R. McGeddon’s Disaster Diaries: Cursed! will have middle-grade readers laughing out loud! Survive all the disasters: Disaster Diaries: Zombies! Disaster Diaries: Aliens! Disaster Diaries: Brainwashed! Disaster Diaries: Robots! Disaster Diaries: Spiders! An Imprint Book

Download or read book Grow Happy written by Jon Lasser and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiko is a gardener. She takes care of her garden with seeds, soil, water, and sunshine. In Grow Happy, Kiko also demonstrates how she cultivates happiness, just like she does in her garden. Using positive psychology and choice theory, this book shows children that they have the tools to nurture their own happiness and live resiliently. Includes a “Note to Parents and Caregivers” with information on how our choices and paying attention to our bodies and feelings affects happiness.

Download or read book How I Became a Pirate written by Melinda Long and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "

Download or read book Zombies written by R. McGeddon and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2016-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three kids protect the town of Sitting Duck from a zombie invasion.

Download or read book Grandpa s Garden written by Stella Fry and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully told story follows Billy from early spring to late summer as he helps his grandpa on his vegetable patch. They dig the hard ground, sow rows of seeds, and keep them watered and safe from slugs. When harvest time arrives they can pick all the vegetables and fruit they have grown. Children will be drawn in by the poetry of the language and the warm illustrations, while also catching the excitement of watching things grow! Includes educational endnotes on gardening throughout the year.

Download or read book Come Back Amelia Bedelia written by Peggy Parish and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Amelia Bedelia is always getting herself into trouble! When Mrs. Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what she is told; she puts cereal in the coffee. Mrs. Rogers is so angry she fires her! Poor Amelia Bedelia must look for another job. At each place she tries-the beauty shop, the dress shop, and the doctor's office-Amelia Bedelia keeps getting mixed up. Is there anything Amelia Bedelia can do well? In this vibrant edition, newly recolored by the original illustrator, Amelia Bedelia's job search gets her into another homonym hot seat because she does what she's told-literally. For example, she gets a job as a file clerk, only she takes out a nail file and shreds the papers she's supposed to file away! The comic convolutions are endless and endlessly enjoyable.

Download or read book Disaster Diaries Spiders written by R. McGeddon and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you survive an encounter with a 6-foot tall spider? 1) Run away screaming 2) Try to pet it 3) Ask it nicely to spin you a silk dress Find out in the fifth installment of this silly series, when Sam, Arty, and Emmie save the town of Sitting Duck from another disaster! New student Felicia Forester quickly becomes the star of science class! But she secretly runs dangerous science experiments that soon have the entire town completely overrun with giant, human-eating spiders! To make matters even worse, spiders are Sam’s greatest fear. Emmie and Arty must help him overcome his phobia to face the eight-legged crawlies—or their town will be totally infested! Disaster Diaries includes funny illustrations and survival tips to avoid impending doom —and face your fears! Don’t miss the other Sitting Duck adventures by R. McGeddon: Zombies! Aliens! Brainwashed! Robots! An Imprint Book

Download or read book Tales from a Not So Friendly Frenemy written by Rachel Renee Russell and published by Thorndike Striving Reader. This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nikki Maxwell has the worst luck. Of all the schools she could have been assigned to for the student exchange week program, she's stuck at North Hampton Hills, her arch nemesis MacKenzie Hollister's new school. Even worse, there might just be someone at NHH who can out-MacKenzie MacKenzie! At least Nikki can write about every moment of drama in her diary, so readers won't miss a moment of it. Can the queen of dorks survive a week at the head CCP's new school or will it be a dorky disaster? ("--

Download or read book The Giant Smugglers written by Matt Solomon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After summer, Charlie Lawson expects to go back to the boredom of middle school, but he stumbles on an abandoned warehouse, where he befriends a twenty-foot-tall teenage giant.

Download or read book Brainwashing The Story Of Men Who Defied It written by Edward Hunter and published by Highlyy Publishing LLP. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brainwashing is a groundbreaking book that offers a powerful and thought-provoking analysis of the psychological techniques used to manipulate and control individuals in times of conflict and crisis. Written by Edward Hunter, a respected journalist and expert on propaganda and psychological warfare, this book is a seminal work that has influenced scholars, policymakers, and activists around the world. In this book, Hunter provides a detailed account of the methods used by totalitarian regimes to brainwash and indoctrinate their citizens, drawing on his experiences covering the Korean War and his interviews with prisoners of war. He explores the science of behavior modification, including hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and drug-induced states, as well as the role of propaganda and censorship in shaping public opinion. Hunter's insights into the mechanics of brainwashing and mind control have proven prescient, as these techniques continue to be used by authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent and maintain power. His analysis of the impact of brainwashing on individuals and societies offers a sobering reminder of the dangers of unchecked state power. With its powerful message and rigorous analysis, Brainwashing remains a seminal work on the psychological manipulation of individuals and populations. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of propaganda and psychological warfare, as well as for those concerned about the impact of authoritarianism on human freedom and dignity.