Download or read book The Santa Thief written by Alane Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s winter in Girard, Pennsylvania and the pond is completely frozen over—ready for a young boy to go skating!—but Georgie’s ice skates are too small. All Georgie wants for Christmas is a new pair of skates. But times are tough in 1920s Pennsylvania, and he gets the disappointing news Santa might not come this year. Follow Georgie as he decides to take matters into his own hands—and discovers what Christmas is all about. The Santa Thief is a heartwarming tale of boyhood set in 1920s Pennsylvania for children ages 4–8.
Download or read book The Thief Before Christmas written by Sloane Steele and published by Shannyn Schroeder. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tis the season for a bit of thieving... London George can fake anything. But forging a glass tree topper is challenging even for her—especially since she's never blown glass. With her crew's biggest score on the horizon, she needs a plan fast...even if it means convincing a grumpy (if admittedly hot) glassblower to teach her... The last thing Ezra Fisher wants is yet another obnoxious (if admittedly sexy) rich person thinking she can control his time and art. But as his sister is so quick to remind him, they need the money. So, it looks like he'll be babysitting a newbie whether he likes it or not... All it takes is a little forced proximity—and a surprise snowstorm—to make London and Ezra admit their mutual attraction. But when Ezra pieces together what London is up to, will he help, or ruin the plan? And more importantly, will he ever believe the master faker's feelings for him were real all along? It's going to be a criminally complicated Christmas... The Thief Before Christmas, book 4 in the Counterfeit Capers series, is a light, grumpy/sunshine, contemporary romantic suspense novel featuring a loving found family, a big heist, and plenty of witty banter. Oh, and a little holiday magic, too. Download today and let London and Ezra steal your heart.
Download or read book Maid of Secrets written by Jennifer McGowan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1559 England, Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard. But her loyalty is tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.
Download or read book The Get Along Gang and the Christmas Thief written by Alice Parker and published by . This book was released on 1986-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Get Along Gang's plans for a Christmas pageant go awry when their presents for needy children disappear.
Download or read book Krampus the Thief of Christmas written by Eldritch Black and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krampus Night is coming, bringing dark fairy tales, waking legends and a magical battle for the heart of Christmas.. Even though Gabrielle Greene has only been in her Uncle's strange alpine village for a few weeks, she's already been tagged as the worst girl who ever lived. And she doesn't know it yet, but she's leaped straight to the top of Krampus's list. Krampus, the mysterious sinister Winter King, and warden of Christmas who comes calling once a year seeking wicked children to haul back to his realm. When Gabrielle's younger brother vanishes she sets out in search of him, but soon finds herself hurtling into a shadowy otherworld. A place of terrible trolls, murky forests, coal-black mountains, Christmas charms and fearsome beasts. Can Gabrielle rescue her brother from the fiendish Krampus? Will she become The Thief of Christmas? The clock is ticking as Gabrielle discovers her decisions have created terrible consequences, consequences that must be faced if Christmas is to be saved. Krampus & The Thief of Christmas is a magical adventure of spine-tingling thrills, yuletide fun and festive delights. Get your copy today!
Download or read book The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Download or read book Deck the Halls The Christmas Thief written by Mary Higgins Clark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first omnibus of Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark's bestsellingcollaborative Christmas mysteries.
Download or read book The Thief Who Stole Heaven written by Raymond Arroyo and published by Sophia. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holy Family is set upon by roadside thieves when Jesus is a boy. The leader of the gang is the Bad Thief; among them is a young Dismas, the Good Thief. Remembering his own mother and family, Dismas is moved with compassion and persuades the leader to let them go. While on the cross many years later, Dismas is caught in the entrancing gaze of Mother Mary from down below, and suddenly realizes that the man next to him was the captivating boy from that fateful day long ago. He asks Jesus for forgiveness. Knowing exactly who he is, Jesus forgives him and assures him of Paradise that very day.
Download or read book Wallace and Grace Take the Case written by Heather Alexander and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Read & Bloom line offers high interest, character driven stories for newly independent readers that feature full-color illustrations throughout and will transition kids from leveled readers to a lifetime of reading. In this charming series, perfect for newly independent readers, kids will be treated to simple whodunit mysteries as an utterly delightful owl duo put their heads together. In their first adventure, Wallace and Grace meet a rabbit who is sure he saw a ghost! But the clues lead them in a different direction. Something is spooking the garden . . . can Wallace and Grace solve this case?
Download or read book City of the Uncommon Thief written by Lynne Bertrand and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark and intricate fantasy, City of the Uncommon Thief is the story of a quarantined city gripped by fear and of the war that can free it. "Guilders work. Foundlings scrub the bogs. Needles bind. Swords tear. And men leave. There is nothing uncommon in this city. I hope Errol Thebes is dead. We both know he is safer that way." In a walled city of a mile-high iron guild towers, many things are common knowledge: No book in any of the city's libraries reveals its place on a calendar or a map. No living beasts can be found within the city's walls. And no good comes to the guilder or foundling who trespasses too far from their labors. Even on the tower rooftops, where Errol Thebes and the rest of the city's teenagers pass a few short years under an open sky, no one truly believes anything uncommon is possible within the city walls. But one guildmaster has broken tradition to protect her child, and now the whole city faces an uncommon threat: a pair of black iron spikes that has the power of both sword and needle on the rib cages of men has gone missing, but the mayhem they cause rises everywhere. If the spikes are not found, no wall will be high enough to protect the city—or the world beyond it. And Errol Thebes? He's not dead and he's certainly not safe.
Download or read book The Burglar s Christmas written by Willa Cather and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burglar’s Christmas was originally published near the beginning of Willa Cather’s writing career in 1896 under the pseudonym of Elizabeth L. Seymour. The story follows William Crawford on the cold streets of Chicago as he contemplates the multiple failures plaguing his life, including his time at college and careers in journalism, real estate, and performing. Distraught, he tries one more role: thief. Attempting to burgle a residence and caught in the act by the lady of the house, William must come to terms with the choices that led him to that moment. Cather provides a heartwarming short story of redemption and love at Christmas, a timely reminder that kindness is in everyone, just waiting to be uncovered.
Download or read book A Thief Before Christmas written by Jennifer McGowan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who better to steal a heart for Christmas than a thief? In this e-short story and prequel to Maid of Secrets, an actress plays matchmaker for two young lovers. It’s December 1558 in England and a new Queen is about to be crowned, but thief and amateur actress Meg Fellowes and her Golden Rose acting troupe are focused on survival, not politics. In between performances of their newest play in the bustling town of Leeds, the troupe is picking the pockets of rich lords and ladies in preparation for their own ragtag Christmas. At the end of each long day’s haul, the troupe’s spoils are divided up, with the useless bits cast aside. But on this particularly cold winter’s night, Meg notices two curious, sealed letters in the discard pile. Together with her roguish troupe master, Meg opens them and discovers they are love letters—never sent—between a merchant’s son and a landowner’s daughter, who do not know of their shared affection. Meg resolves to give the two would-be sweethearts their most hoped-for Christmas wish by returning the letters to the pockets of the intended recipients, not the senders. Can Meg master the role of matchmaker in time for Christmas, or will the young lovers be forced to spend another holiday—and perhaps the rest of their lives—apart?
Download or read book The Night I Met Father Christmas written by Ben Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small’ Ruth Jones 'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible' Alexander Armstrong 'Wonderful, funny, magical' Chris Evans on How I Became a Dog Called Midnight Enter a world of wonder with this heartfelt Christmas classic from bestselling children's author Ben Miller. Jackson knows all about the flying reindeer, he knows about the elves and the secret North Pole workshop, he knows about the magic that allows Father Christmas to deliver presents around the world in just one night, but there's one thing he doesn't know . . . how did Father Christmas become Father Christmas? That all changes when, one Christmas Eve, Jackson meets Father Christmas and hears his incredible story. So begins an enchanting fairy-tale into a magical snowy landscape, where Torvil, a mean-spirited and miserly elf, is about to discover the true meaning of Christmas. This might not have been the story Jackson was expecting but, as Father Christmas tells him, no good story ever is... With beautiful illustrations throughout from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini and warm, funny words from Ben Miller, this book will remind everyone of the true spirit of Christmas and prove once and for all that Father Christmas really does exist! Praise for Ben Miller 'A magical adventure' Sunday Express on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale 'Great for reading aloud' The Week Junior on The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale 'A fire-side gem of a story' Abi Elphinstone on The Night I Met Father Christmas 'Fabulous' Sunday Express on The Boy Who Made the World Disappear 'Enchanting, funny and intriguing in equal measure' Philip Ardagh on The Night I Met Father Christmas 'Each of [Ben’s] five books is joyous and thoughtful' Red Magazine
Download or read book Stealing Christmas written by Matthew Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of cousins who don't get along are forced to work together to pull off a heist and steal back their Christmas presents, which were taken away.
Download or read book The Thief Who Sang Storms written by Sophie Anderson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary tale of unity and friendship from the award-winning, internationally-bestselling author of The House With Chicken Legs The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts -- the bird-people -- live on the other. But it wasn't always this way... Linnet wishes she could sing magic, like her father, Nightingale -- and bring the two sides of her island together again. For her land has been divided by a terrible tragedy, and Linnet has been banished with her father to the deepest swamps, leaving behind her best friends, Hero and Silver. So when her father is captured, Linnet must be brave and embark on a treacherous journey. Through alligator pools and sinking sands, she finds new friends. Yet without her singing magic, Linnet discovers something even more powerful. Something that could save her father, and heal the broken heart of her island once more...
Download or read book Rise of the Wolf Mark of the Thief Book 2 written by Jennifer A. Nielsen and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen brings a new dose of adventure and thrills to ancient Rome in the second book of her magical Mark of the Thief trilogy! Nic may have escaped enslavement in the mines outside of Rome, but his troubles are far from over. The Praetor War -- the battle to destroy Rome from within -- is in full force, and Nic is caught in the crossfire. The secretive Praetors are determined to unlock a powerful amulet -- one sure to bring the empire to its knees. Worse, the Praetors believe Nic holds the key to finding this amulet, and they will stop at nothing to steal it, even if that means harming the people Nic holds most dear. When the Praetors capture Nic's mother, Nic knows he must do anything to save her. He challenges the Praetors to a chariot race. If he wins, they will release his mother. But if he loses, he must hand over a magic that will certainly bring about the end of Rome as well as his own life. Can Nic once again harness his magic and gather the strength to defeat his enemies? Or will he lose his mother and bear witness to Rome's destruction?
Download or read book Goodbye I Love You written by Carol Lynn Pearson and published by Cfi. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a wife, her homosexual husband, and a love that transcended tragedy. Gerald Pearson had been honest with Carol Lynn about his homosexual past, but both of them had faith that marriage and devotion to their religion would change his orientation. Love would conquer all. Then, after eight years of apparent happiness and the birth of four children, Gerald was no longer able to deny what he considered to be his essential self. Carol Lynn was shattered, her self-esteem all but destroyed. Their divorce, however, could not erase a lifetime of love and mutual support. Carol Lynn courageously stood by her former husband's side. Even when he contracted AIDS - and came home to die.
