Fifteen-year old navy cadet Tina Babcock is in love. But Tina is very shy, inexperienced and unsure of herself. While on a cadet canoe expedition on remote Koombooloomba Dam in the jungles of Far North Queensland, she and her friends encounter a gang of dangerous poachers.Tina's life is in peril because of the secrets she now knows. In a desperate struggle to escape, she must use her navy cadet skills and wits to extricate herself from the gang's clutches. Tina must push herself to the very limits of endurance to give herself a fighting chance of survival... and love.Cockatoo is suitable for teenagers and readers with an enjoyment of adventure-spiced romance. Views: 24
Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem-solver. At her family's struggling pharmacy, she has a line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won't help save the business. If only she could find a way to make it the center of town again - a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dreams up a solution that could resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucy's family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader? Views: 24
Action-packed stories of encounters with mind-bending celestial time travelers and gateways to the stars! Something is buried deep under an ancient mansion! A celestial time traveler of colossal magnitude and origins! Astronauts enter a colossal mind-blowing gateway, with trillions of portals, and are chased throughout space and time by something hideous, created by the creators of the universe! Views: 24
** ‘Shadow, please! You’ve got to jump!’
Lauren’s pony, Twilight, turns into a beautiful unicorn when she says the magic words.
When Shadow, a young pony, is too afraid to jump, only Twilight and his magic can give him the courage to overcome his fears. Then one stormy night, Shadow has to face danger alone . . .
Read more about Lauren and Twilight’s magical adventures in My Secret Unicorn: Flying High
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From the acclaimed bestselling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow comes a remarkably revealing profile of the Miami Beach no one knows--a tale of fabulous excess, thwarted power, and rekindled lives that will take its place among the decade's best works of social portraiture.Created from a mix of swampland and dredged-up barrier reef, Miami Beach has always been one part drifter-mecca and one part fantasyland, simultaneously a catch basin for con men, fast-talk artists, and shameless self-promoters, and a Shangri-La for sun worshippers and hardcore hedonists. In Miami Beach it's often said that "if you're not indicted you're not invited." But the city's mad, fascinating complexity resists easy stereotyping.Fool's Paradise is more than just a present-day profile of a dark Eden. Gaines journeys back into the city's social and cultural history, unearthing stories of the resort's past that are every bit as absorbing--and jaw-dropping--as those of... Views: 24
A nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew. Morgan and Drew's mother, Claire, have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton. But a few days after the christening, Morgan receives a devastating phone call from her friend . . . Views: 24
The anonymous caller has
an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something “real dead . .
. buried in your marsh.” The eco-volunteer on the other end of the
phone thinks it’s a prank, but when a young woman’s body turns up in
L.A.’s Bird Marsh preserve no one’s laughing. And when the bones of more
victims surface, homicide detective Milo Sturgis realizes the city’s
under siege to an insidious killer. Milo’s first move: calling in
psychologist Alex Delaware. The murdered women are
prostitutes–except the most recent victim; a brilliant young musician
from the East Coast, employed by a wealthy family to tutor a musical
prodigy, Selena Bass seems out of place in the marsh’s grim tableau. Conveniently–perhaps
ominously–Selena’s blueblood employers are nowhere to be found, and
their estate’ s jittery caretaker raises hackles. But Milo’s instincts
and Alex’s insight are too well-honed to settle for easy answers, even
given the dark secrets in this troubled man’s past. Their investigation
unearths disturbing layers–about victims, potential victims, and
suspects alike–plunging even deeper into the murky marsh’s enigmatic
depths.Bizarre details of the crimes suggest a devilish serial
killer prowling L.A.’s gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates
from the pattern, derailing a possible profile, Alex and Milo must look
beyond the suspicion of madness and consider an even more sinister mind
at work. Answers don’t come easy, but the darkest of drives and desires
may fuel the most devious of foes.Bones is
classic Kellerman–relentlessly peeling back the skin and psyches of its
characters and revealing the shadows and sins of the souls beneath. With
jolt after jolt of galvanizing suspense, it drives the reader through
its twists and turns toward a climax as satisfying as it is shattering. Views: 24
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** The bestselling, award-winning writer of *Native Speaker, A Gesture Life*, and *Aloft* returns with his biggest, most ambitious novel yet: a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime. ** With his three critically acclaimed novels, Chang-rae Lee has established himself as one of the most talented writers of contemporary literary fiction. Now, with *The Surrendered*, Lee has created a book that amplifies everything we've seen in his previous works, and reads like nothing else. It is a brilliant, haunting, heartbreaking story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch. June Han was only a girl when the Korean War left her orphaned; Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean orphanage where they vied for the attentions of Sylvie Tanner, the beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary wife whose elusive love seemed to transform everything. Thirty years later and on the other side of the world, June and Hector are reunited in a plot that will force them to come to terms with the mysterious secrets of their past, and the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them together. As Lee unfurls the stunning story of June, Hector, and Sylvie, he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice, the power of love, and the possibilities for mercy, salvation, and surrendering oneself to another. Combining the complex themes of identity and belonging of *Native Speaker* and *A Gesture Life* with the broad range, energy, and pure storytelling gifts of Aloft, Chang-rae Lee has delivered his most ambitious, exciting, and unforgettable work yet. It is a mesmerizing novel, elegantly suspenseful and deeply affecting. Views: 24
