After the staggering success of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack, the Japanese plotted to maintain the initiative and spread fear and panic among the civil population of the United States and Australia. With his usual skilled research the author has uncovered numerous plans. Some like the midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour and the daring Seaplane air raids on Oregon were put into effect. Others never reached that stage due to either impracticality, bad luck or counter-espionage. The Fujita Plan throws fascinating new light on a little known aspect of the Second World War. ** Views: 33
From School Library JournalGrade 6–9—A hearing aid that picks up the thoughts of a murderer. A boy who unwittingly gets into an elevator full of cannibals. A cell phone that receives calls from the dead. A haunted cottage with a deadly curse. These are just a few of the topics covered in the nine spooky stories written by the bestselling author. The selections are more creepy than hide-under-the-covers scary, but each one has a twist that readers will enjoy. This collection is sure to be in demand.—Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistIn Horowitz Horror (2006), the author of the Alex Rider series proved himself as adept at writing short horror stories as he is at writing novel-length thrillers. This second go-round, which includes nine new tales, cements his reputation in the horror genre by once again yanking young readers out of their safe, familiar world. As in the previous collection, the prose remains plain, and the stories are fashioned around the ordinary: a cell phone, an elevator, a trip on an airplane. Yet however trite seeming the literary mechanism Horowitz uses, he always manages to give it a fresh twist. The last story is more puzzle than literary construct, but it's tantalizing enough to convince even jaded readers to work out the devilish message spelled out in the text. With first lines such as "This is how Linda James dies" and "Howard Black didn't see the bus that ran him over," this collection won't stay on the shelf for long. Stephanie ZvirinCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 33
Third in the Egmont School Series: Davina Dupree sets off on an exciting, luxury school trip with the rest of the first years from Egmond Exclusive Boarding School. At first everything goes well, as the girls settle into tents on Ni Island and study the rare animal and plant species there. But it's not long before a pirate ship is spotted on the horizon and expensive items go missing from several girls' tents. Will Davina and her best friend Arabella be able to outwit the pesky pirates before the school trip is ruined? Views: 32
Andrew has seen a flash of his future. (Dad: unfinished PhD. Mom: unfulfilling career. Their marriage: unsuccessful.) Based on what he's seen, he's uninspired to put a foot on the well-worn path to the adulthood everyone expects of him. There must be another way around.After a particularly disastrous Thanksgiving (his cousin wets Andrew's bed; his parents were too chicken to tell him his grandmother died), Andrew accidentally (on purpose) runs away and joins the circus. Kind of.A guy can meet the most interesting people at the Greyhound station at dinnertime on Thanksgiving day. The Freegans are exactly the kinds of friends (living out of an ancient VW camper van, dumpster diving, dressing like clowns and busking for change) who would have Andrew's mom reaching for a third glass of Chardonnay. To Andrew, five teenagers who seem like they've found another way to grow up are a dream come true. But as the VW winds its way across the USA, the future is anything but... Views: 32
Iia Danner, a robotic bee keeper, is brilliant, beautiful and prey in a twisted game of monkey in the middle. Wanted because she holds the key to the demise of a society, she finds herself in rebel hands and on the wrong side of the law.Life was great before she met Eli. Now she's begun to question everything she knows. Is she really being hunted? Or is what she's been told, what she sees, all an illusion to gain her cooperation? She can't get over the feeling she's being manipulated, but she's grown to trust and care for the rebel leader and chooses to take his side. He wouldn't lie to her, would he? When a swarm or robotic bees attack, Iia must make a decision that will affect every man, woman and child on the island chain she lives on, and until she lands on an alien shore months later, she doesn't question what she's done. On what used to be the coast of California, hidden truths come to the surface and Iia realizes she hasn't reached the end of her story. No, her... Views: 32
Book 3 of ErotiqueFresh from a "shocking" sexual adventure in Switch, Mandy and Bruce are headed to South America for another trek into the amorously unknown. When a friend of Mandy's late aunt brings news of an Incan artifact suited for Mandy's shop, the duo travel to Rapa Nui to claim it. What they find instead could endanger not only the priceless item, but their lives. Amichu is the third in an exciting series of sexy adventures by the writing team of Brio and Belegon. Views: 32
