Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Alien Invasion written by Judy Brown and published by Super Soccer Boy. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry, a.k.a. Super Soccer Boy, and his Little League team are on a football tour and they're staying near the seaside. They're having a barbecue one evening when Harry and his friends see what they think is the most amazing meteor shower. Harry, with his fabulous vision, realises it's certainly not a normal meteor shower. The next day, after a sweaty game of football, Harry and his team go for a swim in the sea as usual, but it's FAR colder than usual. There even seem to see bits of ice floating around! Harry decides to investigate. That night, he puts on his Utility Boots, and heads for the sea. There are now blocks of ice - but what's that glow in the middle of the sea? Harry discovers lots of strange creatures, and they start shooting shards at him with their icy breath. What are they up to? When Harry discovers that they're aliens from another, colder planet, intent on reducing the temperature of Earth so they can colonise it, he realises something must be done. This is a job for Super Soccer Boy! AUTHOR Judy Brown is an author, artist and illustrator. She has published several children's books, including the Pirate Princess series. This is her fifth book for Piccadilly Press. SELLING POINTS * Judy Brown is a very well known author and illustrator * A fun and wacky story packed with illustrations * A perfect combination of football and superheroes, which will absorb even the most reluctant readers Other books in the series: Super Soccer Boy and the Exploding Footballs Super Soccer Boy and the Evil Electronic Bunnies Super Soccer Boy and the Snot Monsters Super Soccer Boy and the Attack of the Giant Slugs Ages 6 and up
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Exploding Footballs written by Judy Brown and published by Piccadilly Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous fiction. Harry really loves football. It's just a shame he is so useless at it! But one day as he watches footie on TV, a bolt of lightning his the house and something really peculiar happens.
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Raging Robots written by Judy Brown and published by Piccadilly Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Harry Gribble, aka Super Soccer Boy, hears that the team he supports - the Middleton Wanderers - have suddenly started playing really badly, he drags Jake off to look at one of their practice sessions. Sure enough, they're all really awful, even the star players. Harry suspects they've been replaced by lookalikes, but the truth is far worse -they've actually been replaced by robots! Will he find and free the real players before the big football tournament?
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Laser Ray Robbery written by Judy Brown and published by Piccadilly Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priceless antiques are being stolen from museums - including some which are so huge, no one can work out how they could possibly have been taken. Harry discovers that the culprit is using something which is capable of making the objects smaller - a shrinking laser ray. He'll need all his football skills to catch the baddy.
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Snot Monsters written by Judy Brown and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody in Middletown seems to have a terrible cold. Professor Mucus is collecting all the snot in big tankers, and claims to be using it for his research into a cure, but Harry Gribble, also known as Super Soccer Boy, is very suspicious.
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Monster Mutants written by Judy Brown and published by Piccadilly Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants are growing out of control in Middletown and beginning to attack people - who then go green! It's not long before these green people start behaving oddly, and even sprouting leaves. Are they becoming plants too? Harry Gribble, also known as Super Soccer Boy, needs all his skills to stop the town turning into a jungle!
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Evil Electronic Bunnies written by Judy Brown and published by Piccadilly Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Gribble uses his fantastic footballing skills to solve mysteries. He watches a news report about a huge rise in burglaries around the country and notices that in the background of all the crime scenes is an electronic bunny. It doesn't take him long to work out that the burglaries and the bunnies are connected.
Download or read book Super Soccer Boy and the Attack of the Giant Slugs written by Judy Brown and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super Soccer Boy, Harry Gribble, needs all his football skills to solve a very slimy problem There's a chemical spill in Middleton and it turns hundreds of slugs into giants. Not only are they destroying all the football pitches, but they're bent on revenge How is Harry going to stop them?
Download or read book History of the Super Nintendo SNES written by Brian C Byrne and published by Console Gamer Magazine. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete 'History of The Super Nintendo', dives head first behind the scenes and shows you how the console was conceived, the difficulties Nintendo faced as well as showcasing a complete list of hardware and software launched for the console. From development kits and prototypes, to the rarest games and software, this truly is a 'must have' in the collection of any retro gaming enthusiast. Learn the development stories behind classic retro video games such as 'Super Mario World', 'Star Fox', and the 'Donkey Kong' video game series and other exclusive hit titles. Join the author as he counts down his top 100 games for the system and rates all the best titles. This is the unofficial 'History of the Super Nintendo', for the gamers. - Introduction from the author. - Learn the development stories from top titles. - Beautifully designed book with 100's of images. - Complete hardware section. - Top 100 SNES games of all time. - Super Nintendo Classic/Mini feature. - 48 pages of content. This is the second book in the Console Gamer Magazine series. Also available: ' History of The Nintendo 64' Author: Brian C Byrne Language: English Only. Series: Console Gamer Magazine. Format: Digital & Print Website: http://www.consolegamermagazine.com
Download or read book The Football Girl written by Thatcher Heldring and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Download or read book Ender s Game written by Jed Alger and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the best-selling novel, Ender’s Game tells the thrilling story of the fight to save the world from a devastating future. Now, in this official companion volume, the behind-the-scenes world of the film is brought into stunning focus. Following an attack by an alien race known as the Formics—narrowly countered thanks only to the efforts of legendary war hero Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley)—Earth has been preparing itself for the next wave in the conflict. The fate of humanity lies in finding the next Mazer from a crop of the brightest young minds on the planet. Under the watchful eye of the International Fleet, the venerated Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) has been tasked with overseeing their training. Before long, a standout emerges among them: Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but prodigiously talented misfit. His potential discovered, Ender is promoted to Command School, where he will soon find the war with the Formics to be more complex than he could have ever imagined. Packed with in-depth interviews, removable posters and army badges, stunning concept art, unparalleled access to the visual effects archives at Digital Domain, and countless full-color images, this insightful insider’s view of the making of Ender’s Game will bring fans closer into the world of the movie, following cast and crew as it is brought to dazzling life. Also featuring Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) as Petra Arkanian, Viola Davis (The Help) as Major Gwen Anderson, and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) as Ender’s brilliant older sister, Valentine.
Download or read book Boys Beasts Men written by Sam J. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction by Amal El-Mohtar Allosaurus Burgers 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides We Are the Cloud Conspicuous Plumage Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart Shucked The Beasts We Want to Be Calved When Your Child Strays from God Things with Beards Ghosts of Home The Heat of Us: Notes Towards an Oral History Angel, Monster, Man Sun in an Empty Room
Download or read book The Resisters 1 The Resisters written by Eric Nylund and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with this riveting children's debut. Twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood has always known exactly what he wanted—to win the state soccer championship, get into the best high school, and become an astronaut. Then he meets Madison and Felix, who tell him something . . . insane. They claim that 50 years ago, aliens took over the earth, and everyone past puberty is under their mind control. Ethan doesn't believe it. But then he sees for himself the aliens' monster bug robots and the incredible way that Madison and Felix have learned to fight them. So Ethan Blackwood has a choice: he can go back to his normal, suburban, protected lie of a life—or he can become a Resister. This science fiction on the lines of Scott Westerfield and Cory Doctorow for middle graders is now available in paperback.
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Download or read book When the Devil Dances written by John Ringo and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After five years of battling invaders, human civilization prepares a strike to drive the aliens from the Earth. But the Clan-Lord of the Sten has learned from the defeats human have dealt him, and has his own battle plan. When he squares off against Major Michael O'Neal, the only winner will be Satan himself. . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book Big Bad Bubble written by Adam Rubin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ordinary bubble may seem pretty harmless to you. To the monsters of La La Land, however, a fragile, shimmering bubble is an object of terror, and when the frightening habits of bubbles are detailed by a fear-mongering monster, Yerbert, Froofle, and Wumpus run away and cry. But with encouragement from the narrator and from readers—“Go on, Wumpus, you can do it. (Tell Wumpus he can do it.)”—the three learn to confront their fears and triumph over the bubbles! An original, offbeat, and giggle-inducing take on conquering fears from the New York Times best-selling team responsible for the groundbreaking Those Darn Squirrels! books.
Download or read book Bloom written by Kenneth Oppel and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The perfect book right now for young readers searching for hope, strength, inspiration — and just a little horticultural havoc."—New York Times The first book in a can't-put-it-down, can't-read-it-fast-enough action-thriller trilogy that's part Hatchet, part Alien! The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout--overnight, everywhere. These new plants take over crop fields, twine up houses, and burrow below streets. They bloom--and release toxic pollens. They bloom--and form Venus flytrap-like pods that swallow animals and people. They bloom--everywhere, unstoppable. Or are they? Three kids on a remote island seem immune to the toxic plants. Anaya, Petra, Seth. They each have strange allergies--and yet not to these plants. What's their secret? Can they somehow be the key to beating back this invasion? They'd better figure it out fast, because it's starting to rain again....
