Download or read book Jake The Giant written by E. G. Foley and published by Gryphon Chronicles. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Big Trouble... Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at the amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia. Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair, only to come face-to-face with - an angry Norse giant! From the whimsical steampunk oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs! (306 pages / 112,694 words)
Download or read book The Lost Heir written by E. G. Foley and published by Gryphon Chronicles. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Strange new talents... Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he's started seeing ghosts and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family - with magical powers! But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and the help of his friends - both human and magical - to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found... (270 pages / 100,409 words)
Download or read book Jake The Giant The Gryphon Chronicles Book 2 written by E. G. Foley and published by Gryphon Chronicles. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's fun for kids of all ages.
Download or read book Jake and the Giant the Gryphon Chronicles Book 2 written by E. G. Foley and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times and USA Today bestselling author E.G. Foley presents The Gryphon Chronicles, a new series of historical fantasy adventure novels that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids Big Trouble... Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his own supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at an amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia. Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair-only to come face-to-face with an angry Norse giant From the whimsical oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs "A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria's England." The Reading Caf The Complete Gryphon Chronicles Series: Book 1 - THE LOST HEIR Book 2 - JAKE & THE GIANT Book 3 - THE DARK PORTAL Book 3.5 - JAKE & THE GINGERBREAD WARS Book 4 - RISE OF ALLIES Book 5 - SECRETS OF THE DEEP Book 6 - THE BLACK FORTRESS
Download or read book Monsters written by Lucille Recht Penner and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a guide to monsters of all shapes and sizes, including the minotaur and the kraken, with a review of their menacing homes, stories about them, and the damage they have wrought on humans both on land and by sea.
Download or read book Her Sweetest Revenge written by Saundra and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Awesome book.” —Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author The first in an exciting series! For seventeen-year-old Mya Bedford, life in a Detroit project is hard enough, but when her mother develops a drug habit, Mya has to take on raising her younger siblings. Too bad the only man who can teach her how to survive—her dad—is behind bars. For life. All he can tell her is that she’ll have to navigate the mean streets on her own terms. Mya’s not sure what that means—until her mother is seriously beaten by a notorious gang. Then it all becomes deadly clear. Vowing revenge, Mya uses her feminine charm to begin a slew of successful robberies against the guilty crew. But the path she’s chosen gets complicated by a risky secret, a risky romance—and a scheme she might not come out of alive . . .
Download or read book The Dark Portal written by Robin Jarvis and published by Steerforth Press. This book was released on 2025-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic children's fantasy adventure set in a magical world of mice and rats in the sewers under London In a borough of London called Deptford there lived a community of mice. An old empty house was their home and in it they fashioned a comfortable life for themselves. People never disturbed them with traps, and because all the windows were boarded up, they never even saw a cat. The Deptford Mice live a cosy life in the skirting boards of an abandoned London house, with no humans or cats to disturb them. But something is lurking deep beneath the city. Something that threatens to destroy their cosy existence for good. In the dank sewers under the house lives a mysterious being, worshipped by a horde of bloodthirsty rats who cower in its presence... When a mouse called Albert Brown unwisely ventures down into the sewers one day, he uncovers a terrifying plot to awaken an ancient evil. Soon Albert's family and friends find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives. Summoning all their courage, they must confront treacherous enemies and foul sorcery in a battle to save London and the world from eternal darkness. The Dark Portal is the first book in the much-loved Deptford Mice trilogy of classic dark fantasy novels, set in a magical world of peaceful mice and bloodthirsty rats.
Download or read book Daughter of Chaos written by Sarah Rees Brennan and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new, original story, revealing a side of Sabrina not seen on the new NETFLIX show!
Download or read book The Iron Will of Genie Lo written by F. C. Yee and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of the heavens is at stake in this hilarious and highly-anticipated sequel to the The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi Genie Lo thought she was busy last year, juggling her academic career with protecting the Bay Area from demons. But now, as the Heaven-appointed Guardian of California, she’s responsible for the well-being of all yaoguai and spirits on Earth. Even the ones who interrupt her long-weekend visit to a prestigious college, bearing terrible news about a cosmos-threatening force of destruction in a nearby alternate dimension. The goddess Guanyin and Genie’s boyfriend, Quentin Sun Wukong, do their best to help, but it’s really the Jade Emperor who’s supposed to handle crises of this magnitude. Unfortunately for Genie and the rest of existence, he’s gone AWOL. Fed up with the Jade Emperor’s negligence, Genie spots an opportunity to change the system for the better by undertaking a quest that spans multiple planes of reality along with an adventuring party of quarrelsome Chinese gods. But when faced with true danger, Genie and her friends realize that what will save the universe this time isn’t strength, but sacrifice.
Download or read book Rise of Allies The Gryphon Chronicles Book 4 written by E. G. Foley and published by Gryphon Chronicles. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. A Storm on the Horizon... Every spring, the aristocratic magical families of Victorian England gather secretly at Merlin Hall to hobnob and hold the annual Fey Parliament. While the adults of Magic-kind--from wizards to wood elves, fauns to fairies, giants to djinnis, and their human counterparts--debate matters of importance, the gifted youths must undergo the dreaded Assessments, testing their supernatural abilities. And Jake's up next. For rascally Jake Everton, the boy Earl of Griffon, the pressure's on Hungry to qualify for the elite Lightrider program that guarantees a life of adventure, Jake must prove himself to the Elders as a worthy young hero-in-training. But when a mysterious junior witch arrives at Merlin Hall with secrets in her eyes and danger at her heels, Jake and his friends must unite to defeat the dark forces that have invaded the gathering and have sworn the frightfully-talented girl's destruction. Join Jake and Dani, Archie and Isabelle on an epic journey into a world of enchantment, making marvelous new friends...and terrible new enemies. "A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria's England." The Reading Caf The Gryphon Chronicles Series: Book 1 - THE LOST HEIR Book 2 - JAKE & THE GIANT Book 3 - THE DARK PORTAL Book 3.5 - JAKE & THE GINGERBREAD WARS Book 4 - RISE OF ALLIES Book 5 - SECRETS OF THE DEEP Book 6 - THE BLACK FORTRESS
Download or read book Jake the Giant The Gryphon Chronicles Book 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times and USA Today bestselling author E.G. Foley presents The Gryphon Chronicles, a new series of historical fantasy adventure novels that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids!Big Trouble...Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his own supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at an amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world.But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia. Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair0́4only to come face-to-face with an angry Norse giant!From the whimsical oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs!"A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria's England."~ The Reading Caf©♭
Download or read book The Dragon Lord The Gryphon Chronicles Book 7 written by E. G. Foley and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. It has begun. A fiery, unprovoked attack. War between mages and warlocks erupts. The Order stands on the precipice of destruction, while a deadly new leader rises to fight for control of the sinister Dark Druid brotherhood. For Jake Everton, the valiant young Earl of Griffon, and his brave band of friends, the stakes could not be higher. On their own, hunted by maleficent enemies, the kids must rely on one another (and Red the Gryphon) more than ever to survive. But evil has its eye on Jake, and the mysterious prophecy swirling over his head leaves him wondering if he really could be the one to destroy the dragon lord and his ruthless followers-or if the darkness rising on all sides will swallow him up... Don't miss this sweeping tale of good versus evil in the next pulse-pounding installment of The Gryphon Chronicles, where the fate of the human and magical worlds alike may rest upon the courage of the roguish boy hero, his fierce pet Gryphon, and the gutsy young adventurers willing to follow him to the gates of Hades itself. "A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria's England." The Reading Café The Gryphon Chronicles Book 1 - THE LOST HEIR Book 2 - JAKE & THE GIANT Book 3 - THE DARK PORTAL Book 3.5 - THE GINGERBREAD WARS Book 4 - RISE OF ALLIES Book 5 - SECRETS OF THE DEEP Book 6 - THE BLACK FORTRESS Book 7 - THE DRAGON LORD
Download or read book Prospero in Hell written by L. Jagi Lamplighter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting, suspenseful story of Miranda's search for Prospero, the fabled sorcerer of The Tempest The search of a daughter for her father is but the beginning of this robust fantasy adventure. For five hundred years since the events of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Miranda has run Prospero, Inc., protecting an unknowing world from disasters both natural and man-made. Now her father has been taken prisoner of dark spirits in a place she could only guess. Piecing together clues about her father's whereabouts and discovering secrets of her shrouded past, she comes to an inescapable conclusion she has dreaded since Prospero was lost. Prospero has been imprisoned in Hell, kept there by demons who wish to extract a terrible price in exchange for his freedom. As the time of reckoning for Miranda draws near, she realizes that hundreds of years of their family's magic may not be enough to free her once-powerful father from the curse that could destroy them...and the world. Prospero in Hell is the second novel of the Prospero's Daughter series.
Download or read book The Black Fortress The Gryphon Chronicles Book 6 written by E. G. Foley and published by Gryphon Chronicles. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Behind the iron gates of The Black Fortress, evil gathers its forces, preparing to strike... Three months ago, the horrible news that the Dark Druids captured his beloved pet Gryphon sent thirteen-year-old Jake Everton reeling--especially since he knows he's the one the warlock brotherhood really wants. It's a trap, and poor Red is just the bait. Well aware of the threat, the Elders have forbidden the daring boy hero from taking any action to rescue his faithful companion. Instead, Jake and his friends must cool their heels at the Order's palace headquarters, where they'll be "safe." But treachery stalks the hallowed corridors of Merlin Hall. Palace intrigues abound as a traitor makes a secret pact with the enemy. And when a terrifying prophecy emerges with Jake at the center of it all, the full-scale magical war between good and evil that the Order has long dreaded only needs one spark to explode... "A wonderful novel in the same vein as Harry Potter, full of nonstop action, magical creatures, and the reality that was Queen Victoria's England." The Reading Caf The Gryphon Chronicles series: Book 1 - THE LOST HEIR Book 2 - JAKE & THE GIANT Book 3 - THE DARK PORTAL Book 3.5 - JAKE & THE GINGERBREAD WARS Book 4 - RISE OF ALLIES Book 5 - SECRETS OF THE DEEP Book 6 - THE BLACK FORTRESS
Download or read book Monster on the Hill Expanded Edition written by Rob Harrell and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a depressed monster learn how to be a hero? Maybe with a little help. The hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel that inspired the theatrical film RUMBLE! In a fantastical 1860s England, every quiet little township is terrorized by a ferocious monster—much to the townsfolk’s delight! Each town’s unique monster is a source of local pride, not to mention tourism. Each town, that is... except for one. Unfortunately for the people of Stoker-on-Avon, their monster isn’t quite as impressive. In fact, he’s a little down in the dumps. Can the morose Rayburn get a monstrous makeover and become a proper horror? It’s up to the eccentric Dr. Charles Wilkie and plucky street urchin Timothy to get him up to snuff, before a greater threat turns the whole town to kindling. Monsters of all ages are sure to enjoy this tale about life’s challenges, the power of friendship, and creative redemption, packed with epic battles and plenty of wild beasts! Prepare for the release of the 2021 theatrical film RUMBLE with this expanded edition of the beloved graphic novel, now featuring a new 10-page epilogue!
Download or read book The Dark Portal the Gryphon Chronicles Book 3 written by E. G. Foley and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something stalks a quaint town in the misty mountains of Wales, attacking humans and magic folk alike. Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, and his friends, must get to the bottom of it - and in the land of deep, dwarven mines, the bottom can be very dark, indeed.
Download or read book Rage of Lions written by Curtis Jobling and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic Wereworld saga continues in the second installment of this thrilling series! Picking up where Rise of the Wolf leaves off, the kingdom is in disarray and Drew Ferran is grudgingly being groomed for the throne. When a revenge plot by Prince Lucas is revealed, Drew seizes the opportunity to flee his obligations in pursuit of the renegade prince. But Drew and his allies are in trouble, as they encounter rogue militias of lawless Werelords and a nation of invading Catlords determined to wrest power from Drew's paws. With the odds stacked against him, Drew must face up to his kingship and embrace the Wolf or all of Lyssia will be lost. "Game of Thrones for the tween set." —School Library Journal
