One of three thrilling companion novels, set in the universe of the new Doctor Who spin-off show, Class, created by New York Times bestselling novelist Patrick Ness, author of The Rest of Us Just Live Here and the Carnegie Medal-winning A Monster Calls. Young people across the city are acting crazy. But they aren't the ones in control...Poppy is a quiet girl, right up until she steals a car and drives it through a shop window. Max is a nice guy, but then he kills his whole family. Just for fun. Amar always seems so happy, so why is he trying to jump to his death from the school roof? No one can figure out why teenagers are behaving so strangely—and dangerously. Stories of impossible car accidents, random attacks, even cold blooded murder make Miss Quill's class sit up and take notice. Kids are going berserk, and some of them are even dying. Then Ram wakes up in a body he doesn't recognize, and if he doesn't figure... Views: 19
When they step into the Imagination Station, kids experience an unforgettable journey filled with action-packed adventure. With each book, readers are whisked away with cousins Patrick and Beth to embark on a new journey around the world and back in time.This easy-to-read adventure is number 19 in the successful series that has now sold over 500,000 books. The Imagination Station has been acting wonky for several adventures now, handing out the wrong gifts and traveling unexpected paths. Patrick and Beth must call upon their courage, strength, and resilience in order to help others and survive real dangers that threaten them as they travel through time and space to encounter the prophet Daniel and the deadly lions' den. Views: 19
When widow Talia Wasserman applies for a job with the local police department, she's shocked to discover she'll be working for Lieutenant Eve Poe, an officer she'd met — and been attracted to — during a long-ago citizen's police academy workshop. Fifteen years later, the spark is still there, and no one's currently in Talia's life or in her bed. But there's just one teeny, tiny problem. Eve is her boss, so she's completely off-limits.Eve feels a sizzling connection with Talia from the very first, but Talia works for her, and that's just a bad idea. Besides, Eve needs to focus on the person sending disturbing emails to her office, and not on the woman who quickly makes herself invaluable to the department. It's too bad her heart doesn't agree with her.Then Eve is badly injured in the line of duty, and Talia's worst fears are realized. She may lose her chance at happiness with the woman she's come to love, and she can't survive that kind of loss twice in a... Views: 19
The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in the next, we meet a fascinating cast, including Imoro the magic elephant, the Walrus Prince, and the Wild Princesses of Rousay. The protagonist of the opening tale, The Fisherman's Daughter, has to retrieve her dead father's bones from the bottom of the sea, in order to bring harmony back to her seaside village. In fulfilling her task, she must evade the clutches of The Fish-man of the Purple Lake. The Fish-man, a monstrous creature with the body of a man and the head of a fish, was once a beautiful boy from the Sahel, and has his own story about how he became the Fish-man. Views: 19
