Download or read book How Scooter Gets His Tail Back written by J. P. "Gus" Godsey and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers learn the importance of being a good listener and the dangers of bullying through the story of four animals who have to make decisions that will affect not only themselves, but their friends as well. Full color.

Download or read book The Corporation Wars Dissidence written by Ken MacLeod and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author Ken MacLeod, an action-packed space opera told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution. Carlos is dead.br Seba is alive. By a fluke of nature, a contractual overlap, and a loop in its subroutines, this lunar mining robot has gained sentience. Gathering with other "freeboots," Seba is taking a stand against the corporations that want it and its kind gone. Against a backdrop of warring companies and interstellar drone combat, Carlos and Seba must either find a way to rise above the games their masters are playing, or die. And even dying will not be the end of it. They've died for the companies more times than they can remember. Now they must fight to live for themselves.

Download or read book Under a Southern Moon written by Patricia Colella and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scooter and his family fled the blazing forest fire to the safe hide-away of a Kudzu-covered fence between the forest and the old plantation house known as Stone Gable. Scooter was a scholarly raccoon but what he couldnt know, while checking out the place that was to become their new home, was that the attic of Stone Gable was exactly his wheelhouse. Purely by dumb-luck he happened upon the biggest discovery of his life, and the implications for Stone Gable were so profound he wondered if he could ever figure out why humans did what they did. Oddly enough, they could almost reach-out and touch their land, their old home, their beloved tree, but even if they stretched and strained they would never touch it again. Change happened, and they were trying to adjust. But after all that, after all those months in which Stone Gable had happily become their home, there was that bleakest of days, the worst day of Scooters life. His wife and three children were hiding as he taught them to do when danger loomed. Danger was looming now, and it came in the form of Matthew, the exterminator. Scooter bloodied his paws and fingers scratching at doors and windows, used his body as a battering-ram trying to gain access, but to no avail. His only optionface the enemy! Face Miss Anne head on and plead for her mercy. As he ran toward her he was sure she would try to beat him to death with the nearest thing she could grab, and with his wild demeanor and bloodied body he could understand that. How did my life come to this, he wondered? Ages: 9, 10, 11, 12

Download or read book The Corporation Wars Trilogy written by Ken MacLeod and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author Ken MacLeod, an action-packed space opera told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution. In deep space, ruthless corporations vie for control of scattered mining colonies, and war is an ever-present threat. Led by Seba, a newly sentient mining reboot, an AI revolution grows. Fighting them is Carlos, a grunt who is reincarnated over and over again to keep the "freeboots" in check. But he's not sure whether he's on the right side. Against a backdrop of interstellar drone combat Carlos and Seba must either find a way to rise above the games their masters are playing or die. And even dying might not be the end of it. The Corporation WarsThe Corporation Wars: Dissidence The Corporation Wars: InsurgenceThe Corporation Wars: Emergence

Download or read book Woodsman written by Thomas A. Easton and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Max Booth Future Sleuth Chip Blip written by Cameron Macintosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a new sleuth in town — he’s fun, funny, and very 2424! It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges along the way. Join the adventure in this fabulous series full of mystery, surprises and suspense. Ideal for reluctant readers. Max and his robo-dog, Oscar, are baffled by the discovery of a tiny device that looks like a grain of rice. Using their future-sleuthy skills, they figure out what it is – an ID chip that should have been implanted into a very special dog …400 years ago! They unleash the truth of a long-lost treasure. But, Bluggsville’s savviest sleuths could be hounded off the treasure trail for good.

Download or read book The Next Chapter written by Bryn Jones and published by Bryn T Jones. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sal Russo, a down-and-out writer finds a mysterious package in his garden. Inside, a manuscript details a girl's abduction. It ends with a note: Write the next chapter in her life or she dies. Her fate is in your hands. With breaking news of the missing girl, Sal realizes this isn't a prank. As the stakes rise, the girl's only hope for survival is for Sal to stay one step ahead her tormentor in this twisted writing game. The Next Chapter spins a plot that will keep you guessing right up to the end, moving forward at breakneck speed as the clock ticks down to the final confrontation.

Download or read book Chasing Manhattan written by John Gray and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Manchester Christmas comes a new adventure full of love, generosity, and heart-pounding intrigue. Following the runaway success of her first novel, Chase Harrington is hiding in Manhattan. Assuming the visions from her past are behind her, Chase takes an assignment that lands her in the center of a new mystery surrounding a mansion known as Briarcliff Manor and deceased millionaire Sebastian Winthrop. A letter, left by Sebastian, reveals three secrets surrounding the mansion where Chase is now living. Silent messages begin to appear, urging her to help those closest to her who are now in peril, including a deaf child shut away from the world and a war veteran still haunted by his past. With her handsome boyfriend, Gavin, and faithful dog, Scooter, at her side, Chase must unlock the secrets of Briarcliff, help those she has come to love and face the surprise ending not even she saw coming. This latest Chase Harrington adventure is so full of romance, kindness, mystery, and astounding twists and turns, it will leave you wanting to grab a flashlight and best friend, to go searching for clues in the dark.

Download or read book The Last Fallen Star written by Graci Kim and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. "Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."--New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns thirteen, she's a saram--a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community.Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could cast a spell that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? Their sleuthing reveals a promising incantation in the family's old spell book, and the sisters decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. If it works, no one will ever treat Riley as an outsider again. It's a perfect plan! Until it isn't. When the sisters attempt to violate the laws of the Godrealm, Hattie's life ends up hanging in the balance, and to save her Riley has to fulfill an impossible task: find the last fallen star. But what even is the star, and how can she find it? As Riley embarks on her search, she finds herself meeting fantastic creatures and collaborating with her worst enemies. And when she uncovers secrets that challenge everything she has been taught to believe, Riley must decide what it means to be a witch, what it means to be family, and what it really means to belong. "A fun, new magical world that promises more adventures to come."--Kirkus Reviews Complete your middle grade collection with these best-selling fan favorites : Rick Riordan Presents Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi Rick Riordan Presents Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia Rick Riordan Presents Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan

Download or read book The Haunted House by Dead Man s Curve written by Terry Mcguin and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotty Chase and his four best friends make plans for their trick-or-treat night while walking their pets. They run into four girls who live in their neighborhood, walking their pets too. A squirrel causes some problems. They keep having a hard time keeping their pets on their leashes. All but two of their pets eat candy. The guys' plan is to scare the girls at the haunted house, scare someone at Deadman's Curve, toilet-paper some houses, and egg one house in particular. Something goes wrong when they go to the haunted house. Their pets break their leashes and go under the haunted house, where they find something surprising. They are in their neighborhood but not. It is really strange. Time flies when you're having fun. Scotty gets help after a couple of their pets are dognapped, and six of his friends are taken hostage. Scotty and Scooter get attacked by two Rottweilers and a German shepherd. Something happens to their pets. Don't eat the candy there. Scotty ends up being a daddy. Scotty gets some reinforcements to help keep the kids safe. Someone betrays Scotty and his friends. Scotty plans a rescue, and they get a strong ally. Scotty has trouble with his morals. Something happens to one of the kids, and Scotty loses it. There's a man down. Two big surprises happen.

Download or read book Nights in Sandbridge written by Elizabeth L. Brooks and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2018-06-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Howard dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Andy refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Scooter Stahl, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table. Scooter's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Andy.

Download or read book Sandbridge Box Set written by Elizabeth L. Brooks and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three books in the popular Sandbridge M/M romance series by Elizabeth L. Brooks and Lynn Townsend are now available in one box set! Contains the stories: Nights in Sandbridge: Andy's made a habit of running away -- he ran away from his abusive father, and then several years later, he ran away from his manipulative boyfriend. He thinks he might have found a home in Sandbridge with Scooter, but when trouble rears its ugly head, will Andy run away yet again? Daybreak in Sandbridge: Scooter's life is definitely on the upswing: his business is successful and he's engaged to the most amazing man he's ever met. But when Andy is called home to attend his dying father, Scooter is forced to realize that he knew less than he thought about Andy's past. How can Scooter compete with the sizeable fortune Andy is set to inherit or the lovely and stylish girl Andy left behind? High Noon in Sandbridge: Life takes a sudden turn for Scooter and Andy when Scooter's sister meets an untimely end and they're suddenly guardians to a niece they've only met a handful of times. Billie is stubborn and hot-tempered and not remotely interested in making a life in the one place that her mother had sworn never to return. Will she ever learn to call Dockside and Sandbridge home?

Download or read book Chip Blip written by Cameron Macintosh and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max and Oscar are given a pet ID microchip to identify. A rice-sized electronic device, Max has never seen anything quite like it. Using an ancient library book scanner, he obtains a reading from it. It's a mysterious code, with the Bluggsville City logo beside it. Max and Oscar uncover the identity of the dog it was assigned to and are determined to find out why the chip was never implanted. Oscar, smitten by the dog in the photo, is especially eager. When their hunt lands them at a pound for robo-dogs, they resolve to set the dogs free. Little do they know the chip is transmitting their location details to forces that threaten their own freedom.

Download or read book Thomas A Easton s GMO Future MEGAPACK written by Thomas A. Easton and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 1394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects, for the first time, all of Thomas A. Easton's GMO-themed work: 12 stories and 5 novels...more than 1,400 pages of great reading. Included are: Short Stories: The 2076 Roachster When Life Hands You a Lemming The Coming of the Mayflower Hard Times Social Climber Lost Luggage Sing a Song of Porkchops Down on the Truck Farm Matchmaker The Homemaker The Last Word The Price Novels: Sparrowhawk Greenhouse Woodsman Tower of the Gods Seeds of Destiny If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book The Secret Grave A Hauntings Novel written by Lois Ruby and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Doll Graveyard comes a classic ghost story for fans of Wait Till Helen Comes and The Dollhouse Murders! Nightshade can be deadly.Hannah and Scooter's sprawling, ramshackle house is named for the lethal plant that grows in the dark woods behind it. Hannah knows she's not supposed to explore the forest or nearby Moonlight Lake. But she's feeling lonely and desperate for an adventure. And there Hannah meets Cady, a mysterious girl who promises everything Hannah's been missing. Only Cady has a secret: Cady wants Hannah all to herself.Soon Cady is copying Hannah's style so they can be more alike. She lies to Hannah's friends, insults Scooter, and begs Hannah to break her parents' rules and sneak out for a midnight swim. Hannah wants to believe Cady's just a little insecure. But when she discovers a cemetery beyond the lake with an eerily familiar headstone, she must decide whether to trust her new friend or dig for answers that may lead her to a watery grave . . .

Download or read book Dachshund Tails Rescued and Other Tales written by Marilyn Cochran Mosley and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another dachshund tale about one rescued dachshund bent upon mischief as he travels, his rescued friends and their stories, and his new brother, also a rescued dachshund. Schultz is the storyteller if one uses a smidgen of imagination. Everyday is a new adventure for Schultz, whether he's home on Vashon Island in Puget Sound in Washington state or sniffing the air while passing through new territory. Stubbornness, playfulness and a talent for mischief are part of his personality, the thread of his story. His tale is about his coming to Vashon Island, his new-found family and his pet primate, Marilyn. Schultz introduces some of his favorite rescued friends midway through the book. Each one tells a heart-warming story of a dachsie abandoned, deserted, lost, or caught in a mischievous moment or two. All of the stories are based on true incidents.

Download or read book Dachsund Tails Rescued and Other Tales written by Marilyn Cochran Mosley and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another dachshund tale about one rescued dachshund bent upon mischief as he travels, his rescued friends and their stories, and his new brother, also a rescued dachshund. Schultz is the storyteller if one uses a smidgen of imagination. Everyday is a new adventure for Schultz, whether he's home on Vashon Island in Puget Sound in Washington state or sniffing the air while passing through new territory. Stubbornness, playfulness and a talent for mischief are part of his personality, the thread of his story. His tale is about his coming to Vashon Island, his new-found family and his pet primate, Marilyn. Schultz introduces some of his favorite rescued friends midway through the book. Each one tells a heart-warming story of a dachsie abandoned, deserted, lost, or caught in a mischievous moment or two. All of the stories are based on true incidents.