Download or read book The Secret of the Kloog written by Margaret Pearce and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-13 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike's father goes missing on a remote island. Mike, Alinea and their alien pet Beeper travel through a time gate to retrieve him. Finding him unconscious, they have to protect him. But first they have to escape being dumped once more at the Intergalactic Lost Property. After that, they jump the usual hurdles: illegal dealers that want them silenced, and staying far away from Kloogs forever raiding the protected planets. An odd creature, the Quok, that Beeper distrusts is the only one prepared to help them. However, when they arrive on the mysterious 'Place of the Call', they realize Beeper's distrust of the Quok is terrifyingly well-founded...

Download or read book The Secret in the Compost Bin written by Margaret Pearce and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when you desperately want a pet of your own but your parents put their foot down, insisting pets cost too much to feed and they're messy? Jeremy solves his dilemma by getting a secret pet, hatched from a very odd, large egg. His pet isn't messy and doesn't cost anything to feed. His is also a most unusually nice and helpful pet. Jeremy's very happy to have his new companion, although he's still not ready to tell his parents about it...

Download or read book The Secret of the Kloog written by Margaret Pearce and published by Altar of Shulaani. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike's father goes missing on a remote island. Mike, Alinea and their alien pet Beeper travel through a time gate to retrieve him. Finding him unconscious, they have to protect him. But first they have to escape being dumped once more at the Intergalactic Lost Property. After that, they jump the usual hurdles: illegal dealers that want them silenced, and staying far away from Kloogs forever raiding the protected planets. An odd creature, the Quok, that Beeper distrusts is the only one prepared to help them. However, when they arrive on the mysterious 'Place of the Call', they realize Beeper's distrust of the Quok is terrifyingly well-founded...

Download or read book Brad Simpson and The Mystery of The Ghostly Field written by Robin Helene Vogel and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From day one, however, Brad senses something seriously amiss on the set of "Pioneers"--terrifying visions, threatening ghosts, an accident that nearly costs the entire cast their lives. The director is forced to shut down filming while the kids recuperate, and it begins to look as if the show isn't even going to make it to the small screen--unless Brad and his scared but determined "Pioneers" castmates team up to play a game of baseball against the Los Angeles Pioneers, a ghostly, doomed baseball team made up of failed actors from the late 19th century. They need an ingenious solution--and Brad is confident he can satisfy both teams and keep their show in production.

Download or read book Crabbo and Clever Crabbo written by Wendy Nichols and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crabbo: Ten-year-old Mark would rather be at home with his computer than holidaying at the beach. He certainly wouldn't admit he'd be pretty lonely doing that either. But everything changes when he meets Crabbo, a talking crab. Together they take on the camping ground bullies and turn his holiday into the best Mark's ever had. Clever Crabbo: Mark, Ellie and Crabbo, the talking crab, are on holiday at the beach where the Cripps are very unhappy. Fred and his mean gang are stealing from their milk bar, endangering their ability to stay in business. Can clever Crabbo come up with a plan to trap the bullies or will the Cripps be forced to close their shop?

Download or read book Caught In Willaburra written by Margaret Pearce and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate isn't clear who she is or how she had ended up, at fourteen, as an assistant teacher in the stuffy old bush school. Why is she suddenly living in a world that resembles one huge antique shop? Can she escape this unpleasant world she finds herself in if she can learn a way to do something about the way the pupils at the school are treated? The upcoming dance might be her chance to act...

Download or read book Finders Keepers written by Sharon L. Norris and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathan and Ashley discover a real live dinosaur egg buried in the sand dunes at their local beach. Trying to decide what to do with it has them stumped. Should they donate it to a museum? Sell it for lots of money? Claim finders keepers and hold onto it for their very own? Unfortunately, thanks to their unscrupulous uncle who wants to sell the egg for big money, the discovery becomes public. Now it seems everyone wants their treasure...

Download or read book Troll s Revenge written by Cheryl Scott Norman and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goran the troll plots revenge by coercing two silversmiths into attempt the forbidden act of opening a path through the Shimmering to Ali's world. Ali's mother Jane is mistakenly kidnapped by the smiths and held prisoner in the Isshuayan tundra. Ali knows she must return to Isshuay, but the only way back is through the Shimmering, which has become unstable. In a failed attempt to make the crossing, she almost loses her life. Both Ali and Jane are tested to their limits on different worlds. Aided by good friends, each must seek a solution to end Goran's malicious plans.

Download or read book Brainman and The Double Trouble Ditto Box written by Betty Jo Schuler and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRAIN MAN Randy O'Rourke wants the robot he built named Brain to be as "Super Colossal" as those at Future World, an amusement park where robots do all the work. Brain doesn't disappoint him. He does Randy's homework and chores--plus some things he wasn't intended to do. His red heart glows in response to compliments. He blinks when touched. He uses "mind talk" to communicate with Randy. However, some of Brain's unprogrammed actions are less endearing. From minor glitch to major disaster, the robot provokes a series of escalating problems. Although Brain is out of control, Randy can't escape that the robot is almost human...and he loves the big pest. DOUBLE TROUBLE DITTO BOX Randy O'Rourke invents a "Ditto Box", a machine that copies whatever he puts inside. When he wants a premium baseball glove like his friend Jake's, he puts his friend's glove in, and--voila!--a duplicate comes out. If Randy and Jake want pizza, he orders one, makes a copy, and they eat two. Randy copies homework, games and even Asthma, Jake's furry mutt. Everything is going great until his little sister wants a playmate. Twozy, as Suzy names her "twin", looks and whines just like Suzy. Mom and Dad are mad at Randy for doubling their trouble, and he has to babysit more girls more often. Two sisters are twice as bad as one! How can he get rid of the new one?

Download or read book Catch Me If You Can written by Margaret Pearce and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941, Darwin is bombed, and the war against the Germans and the Japanese gets alarmingly close. While those in the area are raising money for the war effort with backyard concerts, the kids on Bolton Road have their own ideas about how to help out. Notices around the town warn that loose talk kills. Are spies passing information to the enemies right under their noses? Mable convinces Nancy, Janet, Fred and Lennie that catching spies is the best way to do their part. But will their efforts catch the traitors...or make the kids targets?

Download or read book The Ogre s Curse written by Janean Nusz and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaitlin is thrilled when she discovers a small gold nugget high in the mountains near the legendary Ogre's Cave. Soon after, the people in her village unexplainably begin to disappear without a trace, no clue where they've gone. As the population dwindles to almost nothing, Kaitlin realizes the gold nugget she took from the mountain is the cause of the disappearances and sets out to return what she inadvertently stole. Enlisting help from three friends and a foundling with mysterious abilities, Kaitlin journeys to Mount Gillhad. Will she be in time to stop the curse or will her entire village suffer the Ogre's wrath?

Download or read book A Roman Tale written by Julie Laing and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to the city is terrible mistake Paulus knows but what can he do when Father comes back from war and wants to take the whole family to Rome? They have to plan their future (which for us is the ancient past). In Roman Tales you can see what life must have been like.

Download or read book Captain Angus the Lighthouse Ghost written by Wendy Laing and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06-28 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two children holidaying at the Cape Otway Lighthouse Station in Victoria Australia meet the ghost of an old Scottish sea captain who roams the world helping the 'spirits' of lighthouses and helping 'conserve' the towers. Captain Angus befriends the children and takes them on virtual reality trips via a magic time tunnel. Together, they experience sailing on an old sailor's vessel, see a shipwreck rescue, witness the tower being built, and even meet one of their own ancestors!

Download or read book George And His Magic Mirror written by Debra M. Scatasti and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02-15 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George is in 6th grade when his grandfather dies and his life is dramatically changed. George has inherited a mirror--and not just any mirror. This extraordinary looking glass takes George on trips into fantasy lands. George becomes a boy with a double life: An ordinary school boy who will grow up into adulthood...and the intrepid explorer who never knows what awaits him on the other side of the mirror.

Download or read book Sir Henry the Knight in Space written by Wendy Laing and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin boys accidentally beam the ghost of 14th century Sir Henry de Bohun into their father's spaceship in 3000 AD. Let the fun begin as they take a virtual trip back in time to visit Sir Henry's English castle!

Download or read book Through the Shimmering written by Cheryl Scott Norman and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ali's life is about to change forever when she flies with her new friend Bern through the Shimmering into the beautiful land of Isshuay. Shy, dreamy Ali is the only one with the power to save the magical land of Isshuay. When Bern, a boy she has only just met, convinces her she must go with him to a place she's never heard of, her life is on the verge of changing forever. Who are the mystical Silver Ones who have chosen her for this special task? Can she find the courage to recover the stolen Lifestone and save the land of Isshuay?

Download or read book The Cave of Dreaming written by Margaret Pearce and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike, Alinea and their alien pet, Beeper, are expected to stay out of trouble during their holiday on an archaeological dig in Central Australia. While in the cave of the dreaming, they inadvertently trigger a time gate that sends them to another universe else entirely! To get back to the dig site, they'll have to escape an intergalactic lost property office until claimed, help their new friends, and avoid being eaten by the deadly Kloog raiding the protected planets--again. Somehow Mike doesn't think his father will accept "It's not our fault!" if he finds out they haven't been where they were supposed to be the whole time...