Download or read book Twincesses written by Tara Lala and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin princesses Topaz and Lotus are separated at birth due to a curse from an evil sorcerer. When they are accidentally reunited, they'll have to risk their magic and the fate of their countries to face a greater evil. In spite of being complete opposites, will they be able to stop the evil sorcerer together? Or will he steal their magic and rule their home forever?

Download or read book Furthermore written by Tahereh Mafi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This captivating and colorful adventure that reads like a modern day fairy tale, from the bestselling author of the Shatter Me series is the perfect gift! "Brimming with color and magic." —New York Times Book Review ★ New York Times bestseller! ★ Featured on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," NPR, TIME, and Entertainment Weekly ★ A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year ★ A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year ★ A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year ★ Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide selections Inspired by her childhood love of books like A Secret Garden and The Chronicles of Narnia, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi crafts a spellbinding new world where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places. There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she’s about to embark on one to find the other. But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. It will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss. “Tahereh Mafi is a maestro of words, and Furthermore the most magical painting that ever existed, bursting with color and heart and humanity. I wanted to stay inside this masterpiece forever.” – Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend and The Young Elites series "A place so full of enchanting beauty and topsy-turvy adventure, it even calls to mind Wonderland and Oz.... Friendship, family and self-acceptance. What makes this book truly sing is the lush world Mafi has created, brimming with color and magic." —New York Times Book Review ★ “Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi is a surprising, sensuous, delicious fantasy to devour.” –Shelf Awareness, starred review ★ "A fast-paced, funny, and richly imaginative story that embraces and celebrates individuality." —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "Rich, luscious, clever prose." —Kirkus, starred review

Download or read book Zero Sum Game written by Stefani Deoul and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zero Sum Game finds our high-flying lesbionic brainiac Sid Rubin and her unlikely posse of friends, grounded, with wings clipped from their live-action-role playing misadventures. To break out of parental jail, Sid, Jimmy, Imani, Ari and Vikram enter a school robotics competition. But just as things get interesting, Vik learns that his super-star status and hard-won trophies from the frantic online game Contagion have been stolen. "Tu n'as pas envie avec mes amis. You do not mess with my friends." Watching Vik fall apart, Sid is determined to track down the trophy thief, no matter how much late-night gaming and sleuthing it takes. Sid and the gang join newcomer Ze to chase ghosts and trawl dungeons in a frantic race against time to save not just Vik's bevy of stolen gaming goods, but also the life of a hostage teenage gamer.

Download or read book Ava s Arch written by Ava Ventrella and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Ava in the kitchen to make family cooking fun! She is assisted by her companions, Luca Bear and Sergeant Captain Burt. Social cues and some tasks are not easy for Luca Bear, and he relies on Ava to help navigate sticky situations. With her lead and his trusted friend, Burt, Luca Bear finds confidence and reassurance in helping out his sister in the kitchen. Family favorites, lots of tasting, and a few messy situations make for enjoyable and lighthearted cooking adventures. Ava Ventrella created the Ava's Arch initiative for kids like her who have a sibling with special needs. She is passionate about helping to improve mental health services that support siblings and further enrich family connections. Kids working together with a common understanding can sometimes be more powerful than talking to adults or family members. Everybody needs a voice, some help, and a safe place to land. Ava's Arch helps communities and contributes to a wide range of organizations that improve mental well-being for kids.

Download or read book You Are Enough written by Charlene Wheeless and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YOU ARE ENOUGH! chronicles Charlene Wheeless's fearless quest to be the best possible version of herself in every aspect of her life--at work and at home. For Charlene, this means busting up stereotypes, breaking down barriers, and flat-out refusing to be ignored, pigeonholed, or forgotten. Using blog posts from her courageous battle with breast cancer, lectures from her popular "Lessons from Being Invisible" speaking series, and personal accounts of her climb to being one of the first Black female executives in traditionally White and male-dominated industries, Charlene's voice is one that resonates across every spectrum--a voice that demands being heard. Charlene's experiences serve as a compass for individuals and corporations looking to change their course, alter their patterns, and expand their ways of thinking and being. With raw honesty, blazing courage, and solution-driven sensibility, Charlene reminds us that despite the setbacks, struggles, and obstacles life throws our way, we can be seen. We must not be invisible. We must be our own authentic selves. In short: We are enough!

Download or read book Bitsy Bop Hold Your Head Up High written by Takisha Payne and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues the journey that began in Bitsy Bop Likes to Hippity Hop. Bitsy, a young, talented hip-hop dancer, takes her talent to a reality television dancing contest, Kids on the Groove. Will she be successful in winning the competition? Open up these pages and find out!

Download or read book Green Haven written by Luca Dimatteo and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guilt-ridden owner, Oscar Green's vision is simple: create a place where wealthy senior citizens can live their final days in the comfort to which they have become accustomed. On the outside, the ultra-luxury of Green Haven seems like heaven on Earth, but Green Haven is not the idyllic nursing home it appears to be.Director of Nursing, Cathy Arden's complacent life is about to change as she discovers Green Haven's residents are suddenly dying at an alarming rate. She is determined to prove something is wrong, and her efforts have inadvertently placed her in the crosshairs. Who can she trust as the killer may be working right beside her?Detective Oaks sets his sights on Cathy as all the evidence points to her. He is intent on bringing her to justice. Desperate, but unwilling to give up, Cathy is forced to place others at risk to find out who the real killer is and point detective Oaks in the right direction. If she fails, more will die andCathy's new long-term home will be a prison cell.Green Haven is the perfect place for the wealthy and forgotten. Perhaps it's also the perfect place for murder.

Download or read book Tails from Down Under written by Tara Lala and published by Mascot Kids. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Paradise Royale goes on a vacation with her cruel adoptive family to Italy, she discovers an entrance to a world full of mermaids and mermen. But how does she unlock the entrance as a human? Will she be able to solve the many mysteries in this magical underwater city called Aquaria? Or will the monster living in the depths of Aquaria capture her first?

Download or read book A Tangled Affair written by Anne Scardino and published by Subplot. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clair Bondi makes the painful decision to divorce the only man she ever loved--Vince Bondi, her husband of twenty-five years. But Clair never gets the chance to tell Vince she is leaving him, because he is found fatally shot in his Porsche one night when driving home from his weekly tennis game. Haunted by his death, Clair is determined to help the Philadelphia police find the killer. Vince's secret life, including an account in Turks and Caicos, forces Clair to realize that he wasn't the man she thought he was. No longer the good wife, Clair's strength and resilience take her from her darkest moment to a life unimagined--one with true love and purpose.

Download or read book The Magic Toy Box written by and published by Picture Flats. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What s Up With Jody Barton written by Hayley Long and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you write a review of this book, please don't give away Jody's secret! It's hard enough being one half of the world's least identical twins, without both of you falling for the same guy. Jolene's turned flirting into a fine art, but Jody? Not so much. And as if a twinny love triangle wasn't messy enough . . . there's something nobody knows about Jody Barton. Something BIG. Told with the trademark warmth and laugh-out-loud humour of the much-loved Lottie Biggs books, this is a book that will make you think, with a gobsmacking twist you won't believe. Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2012.

Download or read book Good Rich People written by Eliza Jane Brazier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Good Morning America 'January Book That Can Get Us Through Anything' A Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 by The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, PopSugar, Shondaland, Yahoo!, and Crime Reads A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier. Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper. Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person’s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple’s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling forever, and she’s not about to go down without a fight. In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion. Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner takes all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind.

Download or read book Place to Read written by Leigh Hodgkinson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join one small book lover on a quest to find the perfect snuggle-up-and-lose-yourself-in-a-book spot!

Download or read book The Art of Disney Costuming written by Jeff Kurtti and published by Disney Editions. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the imagination, passion, and attention to detail invested in each Disney costume within this gorgeous coffee table book! The elegant and adventurous array of dresses, uniforms, and other attire is a feast for the eyes and a fascinating examination of pure craft and of the brilliant, creative minds behind it. The collection begins with a summation of the costumes created for Disney animation, early live action, and television, along with show wardrobes sported at the Disney Parks by Audio-Animatronics figures and Cast Members. The next section details a timeless case study: Cinderella's ball gown. A diverse group of designers has been called upon over the years to address and improvise the creative and practical needs each time the fairy tale Cinderella has been reimagined. Each project has brought with it inherent cultural challenges when bringing a familiar and beloved tale to life again and again, and all have yielded stunning and distinct results. At last, the full galleries (organized by the character archetypes of heroes and villains, and those complex, always interesting, "spaces between") showcase costumes across more than thirty Disney films. At each turn, this volume offers a one-of-a-kind backstage view of remarkable works of art, and it inspires a true appreciation for the highly skilled and talented costumers who created them.

Download or read book Double Dose of Adorable written by Lori Cavallario and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin fashionistas, Winnie and Lillie, look exactly alike and are the center of attention wherever they go. Lillie loves everything about being a twin. But, Winnie gets frustrated when family, friends, and strangers can't tell the twins apart. Winnie goes to great lengths to differentiate herself from her twin sister. See what happens when Winnie gets a dose of her unique twin relationship. This heartwarming story is about twins developing their own identities, the tight-knit bond between twin siblings, and the power that exists in every twinship.

Download or read book Scamper Strategies written by Carol A. Esterreicher and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dad s Guide to Twins written by Joe Rawlinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you find out that you are expecting twins, you are in total shock. Your mind races with a million questions and you start to stress out about what to do to get ready. This guide will help you be prepared and ready to tackle life the next several months without having to wade through a lengthy book you don't have time to read.