Download or read book The Secrets of the Sea Trolls written by Kathleen Roy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secrets of the Sea Trolls is based on the issues of the government-driven agenda of global warming. It raises awareness of ocean pollution and the endangering of marine life. The book introduces the head of the Commonwealth and the Sea Queen in a very gentle and magical manner, reflecting the seriousness of the issues raised throughout the book. Saving the planet from further damage is everyone’s responsibility. It attracts mountaineers, deep-sea divers, and sailing ships’ fishermen. It beckons folks from every part of the globe to make changes to their everyday lives to prevent further damage to the environment.

Download or read book The Sea of Trolls written by Nancy Farmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

Download or read book The Secret of Berry House written by M P Mueller and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine being five years old and suddenly your mother disappears one evening after supper. She had simply gone upstairs to check a strange noise in the house. If that isn’t frightening plus confusing enough, for the next five years of your young life, you are left in the care of a wicked old housekeeper and her nasty troublemaking cat. During this time, your once-loving father slips into depression, moving from the house to his office, about the carriage house to lose himself in his work. One day you too disappear as you are pulled by a strange force through a crack that abruptly appears. This is where your true adventure begins.

Download or read book Secret Journeys of a Lifetime written by National Geographic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Secret Journeys of a Lifetime" presents 500 off-the-beaten-path travel destinations around the world that are notable for their vistas, wildlife, and historical and cultural significance.

Download or read book Gentle Reads written by Deanna J. McDaniel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume recommends some 500 positive, heart-warming stories for young readers—stories of the human spirit and what it can accomplish; stories of loving families surviving crises in positive ways; historical tales full of quick-witted people (especially girls); fairy tales with strong women; true stories of survival; and more. These gentle and uplifting reads span every genre—from science fiction and fantasy, to mysteries, realistic fiction, biographies, and nonfiction. They are Accelerated Reader titles, Reading Counts titles, and Junior Library Guild selections. Primarily intended for grades 5 to 9, this is a list of reading suggestions for the young adult who wants a great read but does not want to be offended. Grades 5-9.

Download or read book THE SECRET SERVICE Spy Thrillers Boxed Set written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-18 with total page 13254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get in the action with some old school spy thrillers and true secret service stories: Introduction: The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (George Barton) My Adventures as a Spy (Robert Baden-Powell) Novels: Robert W. Chambers In Secret The Dark Star The Slayer of Souls The Flaming Jewel John Buchan: The 39 Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep The Courts of the Morning The Green Wildebeest Huntingtower Castle Gay The House of the Four Winds The Power-House John Macnab The Dancing Floor The Gap in the Curtain Sick Heart River Sing a Song of Sixpence E. Phillips Oppenheim: The Spy Paramount The Great Impersonation Last Train Out The Double Traitor Havoc The Spymaster Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat The Vanished Messenger The Dumb Gods Speak The Pawns Court The Box With Broken Seals The Great Prince Shan The Devil's Paw The Bird of Paradise The Zeppelin's Passenger The Kingdom of the Blind The Illustrious Prince The Lost Ambassador Mysterious Mr. Sabin The Betrayal The Colossus of Arcadia Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent John R. Coryell: The Great Spy System William Le Queux: The Great War in England in 1897 The Invasion of 1910 Whoso Findeth a Wife Of Royal Blood Her Majesty's Minister The Under-Secretary The Czar's Spy Spies of the Kaiser The Price of Power Her Royal Highness At the Sign of the Sword Number 70, Berlin The Way to Win The Zeppelin Destroyer Sant of the Secret Service Fred M. White: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund By Woman's Wit The Mazaroff Rifle In the Express The Almedi Concession The Other Side of the Chess-Board Three of Them James Fenimore Cooper: The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground Arthur Conan Doyle: His Last Bow Talbot Mundy: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The Iblis at Ludd The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil The Lion of Petra The Woman Ayisha The Lost Trooper Affair in Araby A Secret Society Moses and Mrs. Aintree The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb...

Download or read book The Secret Agent Ultimate Spy Collection 77 Books in One Volume written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-27 with total page 13256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (George Barton) My Adventures as a Spy (Robert Baden-Powell) Novels: Robert W. Chambers In Secret The Dark Star The Slayer of Souls The Flaming Jewel John Buchan: The 39 Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep The Courts of the Morning The Green Wildebeest Huntingtower Castle Gay The House of the Four Winds The Power-House John Macnab The Dancing Floor The Gap in the Curtain Sick Heart River Sing a Song of Sixpence E. Phillips Oppenheim: The Spy Paramount The Great Impersonation Last Train Out The Double Traitor The Spymaster Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat The Vanished Messenger The Pawns Court The Box With Broken Seals The Great Prince Shan The Devil's Paw The Zeppelin's Passenger The Kingdom of the Blind The Illustrious Prince The Lost Ambassador Mysterious Mr. Sabin The Betrayal The Colossus of Arcadia Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent John R. Coryell: The Great Spy System William Le Queux: The Great War in England in 1897 The Invasion of 1910 Whoso Findeth a Wife Of Royal Blood Her Majesty's Minister The Under-Secretary The Czar's Spy Spies of the Kaiser The Price of Power Her Royal Highness At the Sign of the Sword Number 70, Berlin The Way to Win The Zeppelin Destroyer Sant of the Secret Service Fred M. White: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund By Woman's Wit The Mazaroff Rifle In the Express The Almedi Concession The Other Side of the Chess-Board Three of Them James Fenimore Cooper: The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground Arthur Conan Doyle: His Last Bow Talbot Mundy: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The Iblis at Ludd The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil The Lion of Petra The Woman Ayisha Affair in Araby A Secret Society Moses and Mrs. Aintree The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb...

Download or read book Booktalks and Beyond written by Lucy Schall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promote today's best and most popular YA books with help from this practical guide. Focusing on titles published after 2000, Schall provides you with background information, ready-to-use (or adapt) booktalks, read-aloud selections, learning activities, and related reads for approximately 100 fiction and nonfiction books with broad teen appeal. Organized by genres and themes, it has something for every teen reader. Whether you are a public or school librarian, teacher, or teen group leader, you'll find this collection helpful in motivating teens to read, building their appreciation of books, and in extending learning opportunities beyond the reading experience. Grades 6-12.

Download or read book Integrating Young Adult Literature through the Common Core Standards written by Rachel L. Wadham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advocates for a stronger role for young-adult literature in ELA classrooms, compellingly documenting how this body of work meets both the needs of adolescent students and the demands of the common core for complex texts and tasks. Integrating Young Adult Literature through the Common Core Standards provides a compelling template for teachers that uses young adult literature and inquiry learning to meet students' needs and the demands of the common core standards. The first part of the book addresses the widely adopted common core state standards by examining closely the standards' model of text complexity and demonstrating how young adult literature can fill the requirements of this model. The second part provides theoretical discussions and analysis of the standards as well as concrete applications of young adult literature within the classroom in order to give school professionals a comprehensive understanding of how young adult literature and the standards can work together. The book empowers schools and teachers to make intelligent, informed decisions about texts and instructional practices that benefit their students. Finally, the authors explore a powerful teaching approach that integrates current understandings about learning, young adult literature, and the common core standards in a way that will facilitate greater learning and understanding in English classrooms.

Download or read book The Coral Kingdom written by Douglas Niles and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far beyond the shores of the Moonshae Isles, Princess Alicia and Queen Robyn battle the vicious undersea race that holds King Tristan prisoner Talos, the god of storms, continues his attack on the Moonshae Isles—and now King Tristan Kendrick has become the newest pawn in his vengeful game. Captured and held in the faraway Coral Kingdom, the king’s fate now lies in the hands of his daughter, high princess Alicia, and his druid wife. So begins a dangerous fight against the Claws of the Deep . . . Alicia and Queen Robyn’s journey takes them first to the elven kingdom of Synnoria, where they call upon the services of an old and faithful friend: Brigit Cu’Lyrran, captain of the kingdom’s mighty, all-female cavalry company. With their forces bolstered by the Sisters of Synnoria, Alicia and her mother march onwards, traveling next to the island nation of Evermeet. There, they seek the aid of the native elves, whose magical gifts may just tip the odds of the looming undersea battle in their favor. With nautical magic, trained warriors, and the Evermeet elves behind them, can the Kendrick women save their beloved patriarch from Talos and his evil minions?

Download or read book Barbie Starlight Adventure 1 written by The Mattel Brands and published by Papercutz. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbie has explored many worlds and careers but none more "out there" than Para-Den, the strange alien planet where a girl named Barbie lives with her father and her flying pet, Pupcorn. But something is not right in Barbie's galaxy. One by one the stars are going out an no one seems to know why. Of course, no one is more surprised than Barbie when she is chosen by King Constantine to join a special mission to make the stars dance once again. Along with Prince Leo, hover board champion Sal-Lee and the colorful twins Kareena & Sheena, Barbie must solve the mystery of the creatures known as Whailens and find a way to bring the starlight back before the stars stop dancing forever!

Download or read book The Secret of Platform 13 written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the magical secrets at King's Cross station in a 25th anniversary illustrated edition of Eva Ibbotson's classic, The Secret of Platform 13. Under Platform 13 at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island . . . It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before. But the prince has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescued. The Secret of Platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from Eva Ibbotson, the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in a special edition illustrated by Beatriz Castro. Discover more of the magical world with Sibéal Pounder's exciting adventure sequel, Beyond Platform 13, based on characters from Eva's original. 'This kind of fun will never fail to delight' Philip Pullman

Download or read book The Sea Monster s Secret written by Malka Drucker and published by Gulliver Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man proves himself to be resourceful and brave, despite the mockery of his nagging mother-in-law, when he wears the skin of the ferocious sea monster he has slain.

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Download or read book The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps written by Kate Bridges and published by Cabin Lake Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reward has been offered for my head. They’ve nicknamed me the Robin Hood Surgeon. Surrounded by fascinating inventions and mechanical creatures, I’m desperately trying to hide my secret identity. My father, royal surgeon to the Queen, is unaware that his seemingly timid daughter, Charlotte, is the treasonous thief who’s stealing his medical supplies to treat the poor. Now I’m accused of an additional crime—the mysterious theft of two royal horses. I didn’t take the animals, I swear. I’m forced to choose between my dutiful respect for my father and the pull of my closest friends—including the hidden affections with my handsome and devoted ally. How am I to remain by his side when my father has arranged my possible marriage to an older stranger who’s out at sea? While my friends and I sword fight through the dangerous, gaslamp filled streets of Victorian London, and battle alongside a giant mechanical serpent to find the beautiful missing horses, we struggle for our lives. Will anyone listen to my suspicions? Or has everyone underestimated me and my loyal friends and our brilliant abilities to solve the mysteries of the Palace? “…riveting reading.” Booklist Join Charlotte’s exciting quest to uncover the truth in this YA fantasy mystery. Filled with spellbinding action, a romance dilemma, and unforgettable friends—in the thrilling, science fiction teen world from USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges. *This book was previously published as The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps, under the author’s pen name Kate Maddison. Enjoy the complete two-book series, from Charlotte’s Teen Fantasy Adventure: Book 1. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore Book 2. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps

Download or read book Get Those Guys Reading written by Kathleen A. Baxter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

Download or read book Booklist s 1000 Best Young Adult Books Since 2000 written by Booklist and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the explosion in YA publishing, it’s harder than ever to separate good books from the rest. Booklist magazine’s editors’ deep and broad knowledge of the landscape offers indispensable guidance, and here they bring together the very best of the best books for young adults published since the start of the 21st century.