Download or read book Aardvarks written by Emma Bassier and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to aardvarks, with an emphasis on the animal's habitat, adaptations, and life cycle. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for young readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.

Download or read book Spies Like Me written by Doug Solter and published by Doug Solter. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They offered Emma revenge... When she discovers her father's plane crash wasn't an accident, sixteen-year-old Emma wants to punish those responsible. Even if it means becoming a spy for a mysterious organization known as The Authority. They want Emma to join the Gems...four teenage girls with unique skills...who know how to handle dangerous spy missions around the world...like storming a mountain stronghold to stop terrorists from incinerating the world's food supply. The Authority thinks Emma is the missing link to make this team work. Emma thinks The Authority is her only chance for revenge. Spies Like Me is the first novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a fast-paced action story with diverse characters, cool spy gadgets, girl-power bonding, deep family secrets, ruthless villains, twists and turns, and a romance with a complex boy to figure out. Praise for Spies Like Me: "Reading Spies Like Me made me harken back to those days when international espionage and taking down megalomaniacal bad guys seemed like an awesome career path." - Patrick Hodges, Staff Reviewer, YA Books Central. Click or tap the buy button and come meet the Gems! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book Tomorrow Always Lies written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would Nadia do for the perfect boy? Sixteen-year-old Nadia has an MIT scholarship waiting for her after high school. That's why a mysterious organization know as The Authority recruited her to become a spy. The girl from Saudi Arabia now lives with three other talented girls known as the Gems. They go on spy missions all over the world...as long as they keep up with their homework. When Nadia first met him, Robert was an awkward boy with striking green eyes, hardly someone on the FBI's most wanted list. But when Robert reveals his secret, Nadia and the Gems are thrown into a cross-country chase dodging FBI agents, Russian mercenaries, and a master Chinese intelligence agent who knows how valuable Robert really is. As the world's best spies close in on the Gems, Nadia is forced to choose between her warming feelings for Robert and the oath she swore to her friends and the Authority. Tomorrow Always Lies is the second novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a story with strong, diverse characters, International intrigue on a cross-country train, girl-power bonding, unexpected twists, and a sweetly-awkward romance with a unique boy. Praise for Tomorrow Always Lies: "This series can be a good pickup for teenage girls who like kick-butt heroines." - Patrick Hodges, Staff Reviewer, YA Books Central. Click or tap the Buy button and dive into this Gems cross-country adventure today! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book The Boy from Barcelona written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It could save the world... When a runaway steals a government lab sample, the Gems are sent to the streets of Barcelona to find him, only to discover the sample he carries could end global warming. But if Venomous finds it first, then the world's new future will come with a heavy price tag. Olivia leads the Gems into Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, an area of narrow medieval streets and dark alleyways to find a depressed runaway who unwittingly holds the secret to earth's future. But to win the boy's trust, Olivia must face her own troubled past. The Boy from Barcelona is the sixth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a story of street chases, ruthless spies, dangerous dead-ends, gorgeous settings, a fast-paced plot with twists and turns, and a high-school romance as a bonus. Click or tap the Buy button to start reading this riveting street by street spy chase today! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book Disability Insurance and Other Living Benefits written by Jacqueline E. Figas and published by CCH Canadian Limited. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Man With The Golden Falcons written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He has a plan... Sixteen-year-old Emma loves dogs, theater class, and her grandma. But after school she's a spy for a secret organization known as The Authority. When Emma's crush invites her to spend the weekend, she accepts, even though Emma knows he's a member of Venomous, a ruthless worldwide criminal organization. Emma thinks she can turn him. But can she resist the boy's charms and a powerful enemy that sees Emma as a potential weapon? When the remaining three Gems are sent to investigate a teen-centered environmental group, they find themselves trapped on a heavily-armed cruise ship named The Falcon's Claw, home of Asset One, the leader of Venomous. As three of the Gems struggle to find a way off the ship, Emma must choose between the boy she loves and the Authority...which might be hiding the truth about how Emma's mother died. But the Gems must hurry. The Royal Navy is closing in. Ready to blow The Falcon's Claw out of the water. And no one on board is safe. Man With The Golden Falcons is the fourth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a story with two strong teenage villains, a complex romance, tough choices, lots of twists and turns, and a girl who struggles to find the truth in a world where the truth is always subjective. Click or tap the Buy button to read this explosive novel today! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book Aardvark or Anteater written by Mari Schuh and published by Blastoff! Readers. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That animal has a long snout. It must be an anteater! Or is it an aardvark? In this book, young readers will learn the differences between aardvarks and anteaters with vibrant photos, clear labels, and leveled text. An engaging side-by-side profile of the two animals will help readers easily learn what makes these animals unique!

Download or read book Girls Only Live Twice written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wants out... When sixteen-year-old Emma finds out the truth about her mother's death, it makes her question everything, including her loyalty to The Authority, a secret organization she joined. Feeling trapped, Emma comes up with a desperate plan to escape their control. But Asset One, the leader of Venomous, holds all the cards. Using them to play his own game against the Authority and the Gems. A game with a dramatic ending that will destroy the Authority and kill millions under a mushroom cloud. Emma can refuse to play his game and live happily ever after with her grandmother. Or she can be a hero...and risk losing everything. Girls Only Live Twice is the fifth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a complex story with a desperate girl, a conflicted boy, a plot with twists and turns and emotional truths, a cute dog, two bad twins, and an evil dude with a deadly falcon. Click or tap the Buy button to read the most emotional Gems novel yet! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book The Garden Intrigue written by Lauren Willig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation novels have been called "fun [and] fresh" (Kirkus Reviews) and "clever and playful " (Detroit Free Press). Now she introduces readers to a mismatched pair who find passion in the most astonishing of places... Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as an insufferably bad poet. The French surveillance officers can’t bear to read his work closely enough to recognize the information drowned in a sea of verbiage. New York-born Emma Morris Delagardie is a thorn in Augustus’s side. An old school friend of Napoleon’s stepdaughter, she came to France with her uncle, eloped with a Frenchman, and has been rattling around the salons of Paris ever since. Now widowed, she entertains herself by holding a weekly salon, and loudly critiquing Augustus’s poetry. As Napoleon pursues his plans for the invasion of England, Whittlesby hears of a top-secret device to be demonstrated at a house party. The catch? The only way in is with Emma, who has been asked to write a masque for the weekend’s entertainment. In this complicated masque within a masque, nothing goes quite as scripted—especially Augustus’s unexpected feelings for Emma.

Download or read book The War of the Rosens written by Janice Eidus and published by Behler Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Rosen's childhood is filled with raw pain, bitter injustice, achingly brilliant flashes of of insight, and clarity and grace.

Download or read book Every Waking Moment written by Brenda Novak and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Get ready to cheer for Emma in this non-stop nail-biting adventure!”—Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sometimes you have to risk it all… Emma Wright has finally escaped the dangerous man who’s controlled her every move for the past six years. Taking her five-year-old son, she has fled across the country—seeking freedom, safety and a fresh start. But Max’s father isn’t giving them up so easily. Preston Holman understands the lengths a parent will go for his child. He’s given up everything to pursue the man he believes killed his son. When Preston meets Emma, he wants nothing to do with her or the boy who reminds him so much of his own child. Yet he can’t abandon them—and as he’s drawn into the danger that surrounds them, Preston begins to wonder if he’s finally found something to live for beyond revenge. Originally published in 2005

Download or read book For Her Eyes Only written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never fall in love with your target. When a terrorist bomb wipes out his entire family, Salah becomes the new monarch of the United Kingdom of Hejaz. But the terrorists won't stop until the sixteen-year-old boy is dead and his kingdom falls into anarchy. ​Born in Saudi Arabia, Nadia is sent undercover to pose as the daughter of a sheikh. Her mission is to keep the king alive and his government stable. To do that, she'll have to stay close to him, which causes problems for a spy who develops an affection for her target. As Nadia struggles to maintain a line between her mission and her feelings, the other three Gems must dig deep to find out who is supporting the terrorists. ​Is it an old threat with new leadership? Or a new threat from the Gems past? ​The first bomb wiped out the royal family. ​The second bomb could plunge the Persian Gulf into war. For Her Eyes Only is the seventh book in the Gems Young Adult spy series that features heart-pounding action, interesting villains, complicated relationships, and strong female characters with flaws. Think Totally Spies with a strong dose of James Bond. If you enjoy spy thrillers with immersive plots, and a complex relationship with characters who make you laugh and cry, then the seventh book in Doug Solter's continuing young adult spy series is for you. Click or tap the buy button and sink into a new adventure! For ages 13 through adult.

Download or read book Aardvark to Zygote 1000 People Places and Things You Need to Know to Solve Crossword Puzzles written by Richard Showstack and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aardvark to Zygote" isn't a "dictionary." It's a compilation of "cross weirds" (words which appear more often in crosswords than in the media or conversation). It is doesn't include the simple words that often appear in crosswords but which the reader/solver no doubt already knows. Nor does it include the difficult words that only a few people would know (or want to know). It includes those "in-between words" which are not commonly used but which, because they use the most common letters of the alphabet, often appear in crosswords. There are two ways to use this collection: If you have the patience, you can use it as a reference to look a particular word. Or you can use it as a study guide, both to improve your crossword-solving skills as well as your general vocabulary. Whichever way you use it, have fun! (Will Shortz [Crossword Editor, The New York Times and Puzzlemaster, NPR] wrote: "AARDVARK TO ZYGOTE is amusing and nice. It's a good thing for crossworders to study.")

Download or read book Thunderdog written by Doug Solter and published by Brain Matter Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can they save thousands of teens from becoming weapons of mass destruction? In Japan, sixteen-year-old Miyuki always felt like a square being pounded into a round hole. She turned her back on tradition and earned the fury of her father, who sent her off to live with strangers in a strange land. Now Miyuki is one of the Gems, a group of four talented teen girls who spy for a mysterious world-wide organization known simply as The Authority. When a new energy drink called Thunderdog causes a rash of violence at their high-school, Miyuki and the Gems are sent to Japan to find out why. The visit forces Miyuki to see her father, now a senior executive of the company that produces Thunderdog. As Miyuki struggles with family, the Gems uncover a dark trail of conspiracy, bigotry, and a diabolical plan that would see most of the great cities of the world burn. Thunderdog is the third novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This story has plot twists, a clash of cultures, unlikely allies, fascinating settings, with a heat-warming father-daughter story. Click or tap the Buy button and experience Miyuki's unique adventure today! For ages 13 to adult.

Download or read book Body of Evidence written by Stella Cameron and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Lachance is taken by surprise when she runs into her friend and high-school crush, Finn Duhon, on a construction site in Pointe Judah, Louisiana. But the last thing she expects to find is the corpse of her friend, a local journalist whose relentlessly scathing articles have enraged every lawmaker and opportunist in town, including the mayor—Emma’s husband. When more bodies are found, Emma and Finn wonder if the link is Secrets, an eclectic support group for women in which all the murder victims were members. A group that has helped Emma find the strength to divorce her abusive, unfaithful husband. Could an innocent women’s club drive a furious husband or boyfriend to murder, or are the killings only made to look as if that’s the connection? Emma and Finn intend to find out—before Emma becomes the next body of evidence….

Download or read book Monkey Business written by Leslie Margolis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A huge music festival coming to town, and Annabelle and her friends can't wait to rock out . . . that is if they can come up with enough cash to buy the expensive tickets. In this day and age, a regular old lemonade stand isn't going to cut it. They'll need to get creative, but agreeing on a strategy is harder than Annabelle thought, especially when her best friend, Rachel, has strong opinions that threaten not just their business model, but their friendship as well. With big plans-and big changes-afoot, this year will be one to remember. Capturing the ups and downs of friendship, family, and middle school in her pitch perfect writing, Leslie Margolis keeps readers coming back for more of life according to Annabelle Stevens.

Download or read book Seed Dispersers Poop Fur and Other Ways Animals Scatter Seeds written by Emma Huddleston and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants grow from seeds. Many seeds have a better chance at growing if they are carried some distance away from the parent plant. Animals might eat seeds and poop them out. Or seeds might get caught in their fur or feathers until they rub off. Seed Dispersers: Poop, Fur, and Other Ways Animals Scatter Seedslooks at how animals make the world a better place by scattering seeds, as well as the threats they face and how people can protect them. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.