Less-proficient readers will take a giant step towards confidence as they rush through these cliffhanging chapter books and discover with surprise that they have finished a full-size suspense novel.
Less-proficient readers will take a giant step towards confidence as they rush through these cliffhanging chapter books and discover with surprise that they have finished a full-size suspense novel.
Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters. But they don't expect them to come to life... Someone is trying to steal the last of the magic mead that brings the monsters to life! Can the boys stop them? Or is this the en of Tauronia
The fact that someone had decided I’d be safer on Mars, where you could still only SORT OF breathe the air and SORT OF not get sunburned to death, was a sign that the war with the aliens was not going fantastically well.
When Alice Dare finds out that she's being evacuated to Mars to join the youth defence force, she isn't sure what to expect. But it sure wasn't being shot at, chased by invisible aliens, befriending a robot goldfish – and then having to save the galaxy!
A stellar new adventure sci-fi series, perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl.
Whit Allgood is renowned for healing the victimised. But now the people of his City have turned their backs on all who use magic, and Whit is faced with a terrible choice: give up his power or let good people die.
Wisty Allgood once saved the City from despair, but now she watches over a society that fears her power and is unwilling to accept her as she is. Increasingly bitter and isolated, she is on the brink of abandoning everyone she's ever cared for.
All the while, a daunting but charismatic new enemy with unsurmountable power is gathering legions of cult followers, enslaving thousands, and wrenching public opinion against its former heroes... making the City vulnerable to a ctastrophic attack from which it would never recover. With the Allgoods unable to help, will evil finally take back control?
When Officer Panda notices some strange fingerprints in his neighborhood, he sets out to solve the curious case. Children will giggle along as they help Officer Panda figure out who's been leaving mysterious prints everywhere. This engaging picture book from debut talent Ashley Crowley is sure to delight kids over and over again. A fun and informative ""Did You Know"" section is included at the back so readers can learn more about fingerprints. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts
Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful. But it could only last so long before we had to separate to find the others . . .
I went to Spain to find Seven, and I found even more, including a tenth member of the Garde who escaped from Lorien alive. Ella is younger than the rest of us, but just as brave. Now we're looking for the others - including John.
But so are they.
They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They caught me in New York - but I escaped.
I am Number Six. They want to finish what they started.
But they'll have to fight us first.
Praise for Pittacus Lore:
'Tense, exciting, full of energy' Observer
'Relentlessly readable' The Times
'Tense, keeps you wondering' Sunday Times
'Set to eclipse Harry Potter and moody vampires. Pittacus Lore is about to become one of the hottest names on the planet' Big Issue
The Rise of Nine is the third book in Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies series. Pittacus Lore is Lorien's ruling elder. He has been on Earth for the last twelve years preparing for the war that will decide Earth's fate. His whereabouts are unknown. The first book in his Lorien Legacies series, I Am Number Four, is now a major Disney motion picture, and along with The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games.
Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island.
Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up she's even
there; while Dunny spends his days staring out to sea. He hasn't
said a word in years.
But everything changes with the discovery of two bodies on the beach:
a whale and a man. Fraser and Hayley see a mystery-adventure
to be solved, but Dunny is inconsolable. And in the end, it will
take someone who listens to the sea to put it right.
