Download or read book Owlboy The Girl with the Destructo Touch written by Tom Sniegoski and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, using the magical passage that will take him to Monstros City, Billy forgets to close the door to the crypt, and is followed by . . . Victoria. Oh, no. Victoria is Billy's neighbor, his constant shadow, and a huge pain in the butt. Worse, Monstros City seems to exaggerate the traits people have in Bradbury—and Victoria arrives in Monstros with something that Billy and Archebold name the Destructo Touch. Owlboy is supposed to protect Monstros City—but has he just introduced the agent of its destruction?
Download or read book The Girl with the Destructo Touch written by Thomas E Sniegoski and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Hootens pain-in-the-butt neighbor Victoria follows Billy through the magical passage to Monstros City. Worse, Monstros City seems to exaggerate the traits people have in Bradbury--and Victoria arrives in Monstros with something that Billy and Archebold name the Destructo Touch.
Download or read book The Girl with the Destructo Touch written by Tom Sniegoski and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Hooten's inquisitive, five-year-old neighbor inadvertently finds her way to Monstros, the underground city where Billy fights crime as the superhero Owlboy, and he must save her from the monstrous inhabitants.
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 413 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 Billy Hooten 4 The Flock of Fury written by Tom Sniegoski and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THE FLOCK OF FURY, Billy Hooten learns the strange—and horrifying—truth behind Monstros City’s woes. It turns out that all the supervillains Billy has encountered are under the hire of a super-SUPERvillain called the Monarch. The Monarch hates Billy—and with good reason. But when Billy learns the Monarch’s shocking true identity, will he be able to fight back against his most powerful foe yet?
Download or read book Popular Series Fiction for K 6 Readers written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.
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Download or read book Billy Hooten Owlboy written by Tom Sniegoski and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering his secret powers, Billy Hooten is transformed into superhero Owlboy and learns about his important mission to save the citizens of Monstros City--a secret city that exists underneath his own. Simultaneous.
Download or read book The Midnight Gate written by Helen Stringer and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been two months since Belladonna Johnson discovered she was the Spellbinder, and she's full of questions about her powers. When a ghost finds Belladonna and her classmate, Steve, and gives them a mysterious map, the friends don't know if they should be looking for or hiding from the one person who holds the answers to Belladonna's powers: the Queen of the Abyss. Throw into the mix that Belladonna's parents, who are ghosts, have disappeared and that her brand-new and maybe even sinister foster family seems to know more than they'll let on, and you have a sequel made of high adventure and intrigue, seasoned with affecting characters and topped with a dollop of wit.
Download or read book A Prison of Lies written by Robert Thomas Doran and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his novel, A Prison of Lies, Robert Thomas Doran portrays a troubled youth, who confronts a world of sadness and hopelessness and comes to question the existence of God. Beset by challenges on every quarter: unable to fit in with his peers, shamed by his sexuality, ill equipped for emotional intimacy and unable to express himself with girls; he slips from a depression into full blown mental illness. In the depths of his illness, he battles internal demons that threaten to steal his innocence with evil thoughts and hallucinations. In "A Prison of Lies," Doran presents a story of anguish, breakdown, and recovery with the hope that this journey through mental illness might raise our consciousness; kindle a common understanding and most importantly, facilitate the recovery of individuals who may be similarly afflicted. As he offers this compelling glimpse into a man's personal crisis that includes the reasons why he loathed himself and developed a massive inferiority complex, Doran illuminates an intriguing and often frightening path into what exactly motivates suicides and fuels crimes of passion. Highlighted in his story are insightful poems and compelling conversations therapists and hypnotists. "A Prison of Lies" is a brutally honest look into one man's odyssey into the darkness of mental illness and finally out into the light where he finally heals his broken spirit and begins a new chapter in his life.
Download or read book The Penderwicks at Last written by Jeanne Birdsall and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The finale you've all been waiting for: The Penderwicks at Last is the final, flawless installment in the modern classic series from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Jeanne Birdsall! Nine years, five older siblings, a few beloved dogs, and an endless array of adventures--these are the things that have shaped Lydia's journey since readers first met her in The Penderwicks in Spring. Now it's summertime, and eleven-year-old Lydia is dancing at the bus stop, waiting for big sister Batty to get home from college. This is a very important dance and a very important wait because the two youngest sisters are about to arrive home to find out that the Penderwicks will all be returning to Arundel this summer, the place where it all began. And better still is the occasion: a good old-fashioned, homemade-by-Penderwicks wedding. Bursting with heart and brimming with charm, this is a joyful, hilarious ode to the family we love best. And oh my MOPS--Meeting of Penderwick Siblings--does Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks at Last crescendo to one perfect Penderwick finale.
Download or read book Invision written by Sherrilyn Kenyon and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you have a lot of pressure on your shoulders? Nick Gautier was born to bring about the end of the world . . . it's not easy being the heir of a demon overlord. But Nick is determined to thwart his destiny and get into a good college. To be more than his genetics and prophecy foretell. No one is ever going to tell this stubborn Cajun who and what he really is. Or how to live his life. Not even the Fates of the Universe. But now that he and his team of ancient gods and demons have claimed the Eye of Ananke and he sees the missteps of the future, he has to battle the demons within that are far deadlier and more treacherous than any he's battled before. All the while his arch nemesis is back and determined to reclaim his place as the harbinger for Armageddon. Even if it means killing Nick and barbecuing everyone he loves to do so.
Download or read book Tremble at the Terror of Zis Boom Bah written by Tom Sniegoski and published by Yearling Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy is forced to face his fears--old people--when his family picks up his Great-Aunt Tilley at Shady Acres to bring her home for the long weekend. Simultaneous.
