Download or read book Escape the Mask written by David Ward and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears.

Download or read book Escape to Paradise Trilogy written by MaryLu Tyndall and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an exotic adventure in the complete Escape to Paradise series from bestselling author MaryLu Tyndall. After witnessing the death and destruction caused by the Civil War, Colonel Grant Wallace leads a group of disillusioned Southerners to relocate in Brazil. He soon becomes dangerously drawn to the widow of a Union general. Meanwhile Hayden is seeking revenge on his father while Magnolia is hoping to escape her father’s rule, and Angeline runs from the law while James holds to strong moral ideals. The new colony is off to a rocky start and continuously plagued by mysterious challenges. Includes: Forsaken Dreams, Elusive Hope, and Abandoned Memories

Download or read book Escape written by Maria McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel and Lori love each other, yet to live as one in 1856, they must escape from the unyielding society that imprisons them.Lori was born a slave in North Carolina, yet by chance was raised alongside Daniel in a wealthy abolitionist household. The sudden death of Daniel's mother catapults Lori back into bondage.Relegated to chattel on a rice plantation, Lori lives in constant fear under the tormenting scrutiny of Daniel's wretched Aunt Lucinda. After Daniel fails to convince his relatives to free Lori, he is compelled to devise a daring escape. Although a life threatening endeavor for both of them, Lori's freedom is priceless to Daniel, and he's willing to pay such a price for her love.The Story of The Unchained TrilogyFade to white...Just who do you think you are? Steven Jordan thought he knew, until his grandmother Selina Manning threw a grenade that put his identity in question. She reveals a secret: her grandmother was a black woman, born a slave. Yet Selina has lived her entire life as white.Will Steven ever accept this root hidden beneath his family tree, or choose to leave it buried? Uncertain of what he'll find, he delves into the past to learn where the secret began. The Unchained Trilogy is an explosive three book series of love, deceit, emotional destruction and in the end, forgiveness. It spans a time period of one hundred and forty two years, with Escape (Book One) opening the series in 1856, and Revelation (Book Three), closing it in 1998. Time does move fast in this family saga, and since there are several years to cover, some purposeful time gaps do exist to move along the narrative. For a brief overview of the entire trilogy, here's what to expect in every story: Book I, Escape: The year is 1856. Lori is a black woman, born a slave, but Daniel Taylor, a young abolitionist from a wealthy merchant's family, falls in love with her, and risks his life to help her in a daring escape.After overcoming torturous trials and challenges, Daniel and Lori have a family. However, their youngest daughter, the beautiful and treacherous Lavinia, chooses to pass as white. But will she ever find true happiness while hiding behind a mask?Book II, Masquerade: Lavinia runs away from home at age seventeen to pursue a life of decadence as an actress. Married to a powerful showman in New York, Lavinia weaves one lie after another, doing whatever it takes to keep the truth about her "Negro" mother a secret.Selina Standish, born during her mother Lavinia's second marriage, learns the truth about her ancestry as a young girl. But Selina is convinced by Lavinia never to acknowledge her "Negro blood." However, Selina finds this difficult after meeting her "Negro" relatives, whom she comes to love. Eventually, Selina makes a choice that binds her heart and troubles her future.Book III, Revelation: In 1998, one-hundred year old Selina Standish Manning reveals a secret that she's carried for nine decades like a painful chain bound around her heart. Now, near death, Selina tells her family the truth about her black ancestry. Her relatives are surprised by this revelation, and her grandson, Steven, struggles to accept that black blood courses through his veins. One moment he's an average white guy of European descent, and now this! Despite Steven's initial misgivings regarding the secret, he and the rest of his family are eager to hear what Selina has to say, and their lives are forever changed as the past is revealed...

Download or read book The Escape Trilogy written by Sara Dobie Bauer and published by NineStar Press. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew is an ancient vampire with a dark history. Edmund is a human sailor with a desire for both adventure and violence. Together, they build a love that could last centuries … if ghosts of the past don’t drive them apart. Follow them from a tropical island to 1800s New Orleans and England through danger, death, and steamy encounters. The Escape Trilogy is the culmination of three M/M romance novellas: Escaping Exile, Escaping Solitude, and Escaping Mortality. It includes explicit sex, violence/gore, and two bad boys in love.

Download or read book The Perfect Escape written by Carolyn Keene and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy attempts to escape from her captors and get back to the Miss Pretty Face Beauty Pageant so that she can reveal the dark secret about Pretty Face Cosmetics and save the rest of the contestants from their machinations.

Download or read book Island Trilogy written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No food. No shelter. No rules. They're on their own. Or are they? Books 1-3 of the Gordon Korman thriller series.

Download or read book Escape written by James Patterson and published by A Billy Harney Thriller. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling detective Billy Harney of The Black Book is chasing down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance. As Chicago PD's special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. He's also being held in jail. For now. Billy's unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished. In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note: Hi, Billy Are you having fun yet?

Download or read book Escape from Aurora written by Jamie Littler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevermoor meets How to Train Your Dragon in the thrilling sequel to Voyage of the Frostheart! Ash and his ragtag crew of misfits aboard the Frostheart sleigh have just pulled into Aurora: the most dazzling city Ash has ever seen. Icy skyscrapers, wondrous new foods, and bustling city folk who barely have the time of day for a smalltown kid like him. That is, until he masters the art of songweaving--the ability control the giant monsters that lurk in the snow beyond city limits. But the real reason Ash came to Aurora is to find his long lost parents. The only token they left him before their disappearance was a lullaby; a map disguised as a song that has led him from landmark to landmark, all in the hopes of finding them at the end of it. With the help of his best friend Lunah, the fast-talking ship's navigator, and his yeti guardian, Tobu, Ash is one step closer to finding the family he's always longed for. He might find, though, that getting what you wished for is more complicated than he imagined, and Ash's world is about to expand in ways he never thought possible.

Download or read book Escape written by K. R. Alexander and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WESTWORLD meets CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY meets JURASSIC PARK, as kids win a chance to enter the place of their dreams -- and find that it quickly turns into a nightmare. It's all anyone talks about, and it's all Cody dreams about. It's the biggest adventure park in the world, and it's more than mere rides and rollercoasters: At ESCAPE, you can do anything you want, be anyone you want, and there are no adults to tell you no. Cody's a nobody, but for some reason he receives an invitation and the opportunity of a lifetime. At first, it's the most fun he's ever had. But after a few days, everything in the park starts to go haywire. One at a time, rides malfunction. Simulations turn deadly. His fantasy world glitches, and the games become races for survival. A voice comes over the intercoms, then-ESCAPE was never a theme park for the rich and famous. It was a place for punishment. They have less than a week to escape from the park before it floods. Only five kids will be allowed to leave. It started out as a fight to get to the coolest rides. Now, they have to fight to survive.

Download or read book Island written by Gordon Korman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being shipwrecked, six kids find themselves stranded on an island, but what if they are not alone?

Download or read book Shipwreck Island Trilogy Book 1 written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed survival suspense from bestselling and award-winning author Gordon Korman. Six kids. One shipwreck. One desert island.They didn't want to be on the boat in the first place. They were sent there as punishment, or as a character-building experience. Now the adults are gone, and the quest for survival has begun.

Download or read book Escape This Book Tombs of Egypt written by Bill Doyle and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activity book meets adventure in this series that is Choose Your Own Adventure meets I Survived meets doodle book! Doodle, decide, and demolish your way out of history's greatest events--the perfect book for fun and educational summer reading! Reader, beware! Once you open this book, there is NO turning back. You will have THREE chances to escape this ancient Egyptian tomb. You must choose a path first: Pharaoh: Want to be the top ruler of ancient Egypt? Choose this path and become one of history's greatest pharaohs. Pyramid worker: You've built some of the world's most amazing monuments. Will that help you escape before being turned into a mummy? Archaeologist: You make incredible discoveries, and you're about to enter an ancient, hidden tomb . . . but can you discover a way out? In the Escape This Book! series, YOU are the star of history! Doodle your way through adventures as you decide the best path for survival. Don't be afraid to rip or fold a page . . . your escape may depend on it! Looking for another escape? Don't miss Escape This Book! Titanic.

Download or read book Escape Island Trilogy Book 3 written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third installment in the survival suspense series Island, from bestelling and award-winning author Gordon Korman. Things were bad enough when Luke, Lyssa, Will, J.J., Ian, and Charla were stuck alone on the island. But now they have company -- really bad company. Plus, Will is seriously injured and needs help immediately. Before, escape was something the kids could only hope for. Now it's a matter of life and death.

Download or read book Escape Room written by Maren Stoffels and published by Underlined. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no getting away from this unputdownable thriller about teens being held captive in an escape room where the stakes are all too real. Perfect for spooky season! All they need to do is get out. Alissa, Sky, Miles and Mint are ready for a night of fun at the Escape Room. It's simple. Choose their game. Get locked in a room. Find the clues. Solve the puzzles. And escape the room in 60 minutes. But what happens if the Game Master has no intention of letting them go? Underlined is a line of totally addictive romance, thriller, and horror titles coming to you fast and furious each month. Enjoy everything you want to read the way you want to read it.

Download or read book The Fifth Assassin written by Brad Meltzer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White--the hero of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Inner Circle--discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who's meticulously re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong? Beecher is about to discover the truth: that during the course of a hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was their purpose? For whom do they really work? And why are they planning to kill the current President? Beecher's about to find out. And most terrifyingly, he's about to come face-to-face with the fifth assassin.

Download or read book Escape from Reason written by Francis A. Schaeffer and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is no longer based on reason. What we feel is now the truest reality. Yet despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. Tracing trends in twentieth century thought, Francis A. Schaeffer shows that Christianity offers meaning where there is purposelessness and hope where there is despair.

Download or read book The First Counsel written by Brad Meltzer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-09 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy and dangerously irresistible daughter of the President. But the confident young attorney thinks he can handle the pressure. Until, out on a date, Nora and Michael see something they shouldn't. To protect her, he admits to something he shouldn't. And when a body is discovered and Michael is the suspected killer, he finds himself on the run. Now, in a world where power is an aphrodisiac and close friends carry guns and are under strict orders to risk their lives, Michael must find a way to prove his innocence.