The Quest: The Oasis, Book 10: An Old Foe

After surviving Herobrine’s trials, the Scarlet Hero, and the Snow Labyrinth, Steve is content to live a quiet life in the game of Minecraft.He should know better.A visit from Herobrine changes his world yet again. Can Steve survive another quest? Or will it be the end for him this time?The Quest: OasisGENRE: Children’s Adventure (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen)Book 10: An Old FoeAfter surviving Herobrine’s trials, the Scarlet Hero, and the Snow Labyrinth, Steve is content to live a quiet life in the game of Minecraft.He should know better.A visit from Herobrine changes his world yet again. All the times they have used their special abilities to change the game or connect to the servers, the power has been dumping into a place called the ‘Oasis’. Herobrine wants to safely remove the power before it explodes, possibly ruining the game for other players.Together, the two friends head to the Oasis to get rid of the energy. However, things take a turn for the worst when someone not only seals them into the Oasis, but takes their special connection to Minecraft away from them.After calling on the help on his old friend, Elena, the group of friends must figure out just what is going on. Why are they being pulled towards a desert palace? Why is Elena the only one with powers now? And worst of all – the enemy behind this might be someone Steve has faced off with previously.
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Unawares

Speculative/magical realism short fiction - single storyThe Snub Nubbins are a bit different, we can expect that, after all they do come from a planet so far away, an area in space called the Cosmos. Just like humans they have a planet to live on that is no different to our own earth.They found something called Quog, it was magical stuff, they didn't know what it was, but used it for many things. Quog could keep them warm, keep them cool, make things go along and even make Bok Bok's disappear but they didn't know where too. Quog could make Snub Nubbins very sick, if one was not very careful with it.Snub Nubbins knew a lot about their Universe because they had a special hole, they could look into the bright coloured lights, sparkling and popping inside the hole, and if they closed their eyes and concentrated with their head in the hole, they could see the universe and far beyond.Larco the scientist had studied the hole for Palliums, bit like earth years. One Peck, like an earth day, he saw a planet just like his own, he called it Plop Plop. It was blue, and had lots of water, it was round, and looked exciting, just like home. There were living things on the planet, similar to Snub Nubbins, but they were very ugly. Larco could understand their language, and listened to them with great interest. He wrote a report to the Grand Snub Nubbin and was invited to talk to the Grand council of Snubs. There was great concern, and great anticipation, and the race was on to find out more about the planet Plop Plop.
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The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks; Or, The House of the Open Door

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Across the Fruited Plain

Historical fiction painting a realistic picture of migrant farm life in the early twentieth century. There have always been wandering farm laborers because so many crops need but a few workers part of the year and a great many at harvest. A two-thousand-acre peach orchard needs only thirty workers most of the year, and one thousand seven hundred at picking time. Lately, though, there have been more migrants than ever. One reason is that while in the past we used to eat fresh peas, beans, strawberries, and the like only in summer, now we want fresh fruits and vegetables all year round. To supply our wants, great quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables must be raised in the warm climates where they will grow.
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A Zombie Middle School Diary, Book 4: My Home Economics Teacher is a Pigman

My name is Ugh, a zombie, and I’m just about to start my first year of middle school. I think that this school year is going to be crazy. I mean, I am going to a school full of monsters for teachers and students. Four of my best friends will be there to join me in everything that happens. I can’t help but wonder what types of monsters and new adventures I’ll run into at my new middle school.GENRE: Children’s Adventure (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen)My name is Ugh, and I’m just about to start my first year of middle school. This summer I had to go through some crazy summer school classes to even get to middle school. I don’t exactly have the best reputation for showing up to class, which is how I got into that situation in the first place. This school year I’m going to work harder to do well in my classes, and to show up to them in general. Even though I don’t plan on skipping every other class that I have, I still think that this school year is going to be crazy. I mean, I am going to a school full of monsters for teachers and students. Four of my best friends will be there to join me in everything that happens: Tibby, Snow, Will, and Grunt. I’m sure that we can do whatever we set our minds to when we stick together. I can’t help but wonder what types of monsters I’ll run into at my new middle school. All I know for sure is that I’ll have a great time no matter what comes at me!Author’s Note: This short story is for your reading pleasure. The characters in this "Minecraft Adventure Series" such as Steve, Endermen or Herobrine...etc are based on the Minecraft Game coming from Minecraft ®/TM & © 2009-2013 Mojang / Notch
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Jennie Baxter, Journalist

Robert Barr was a Scottish-Canadian writer who was friends with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and produced notorious parodies of Sherlock Holmes. That said, Barr’s best known works were The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont and Revenge!
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A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays

It was a very warm morning in June. Edna and her friend Dorothy Evans were sitting under the trees trying to keep cool. They both wore their thinnest morning frocks and had pinned their hair up in little pug knots on the tops of their heads. They had their boxes of pieces and were trying to make something suitable for their dolls to wear in the hot weather. "It\'s too sticky to sew," said Dorothy, throwing down her work. "Marguerite will have to go without a frock and sit around in her skin." "You mean in her kid," returned Edna. "Well, isn\'t kid skin?" asked Dorothy. Edna laughed. "Why, yes, I suppose it is, and Ben says we are kids, so our skin is kid skin. Oh, dear, it is hot. I wish I were a fish; it would be so nice to go slipping through the cool water." "Yes, but it wouldn\'t be so nice to be in a frying pan sizzling over a fire." "I feel almost as if I were doing that now. There comes the postman, I wonder if he has a letter from Jennie. We promised one another we would always write on blue paper because blue is true, you know, and that looks as if it might be a blue letter the postman has on top. I\'m going to see." "I\'ll wait here," returned Dorothy. "It\'s too hot to move." She sat fanning herself with the lid of her piece box, watching her friend the while. Once or twice Edna stopped on her way back, and finally she began to dance up and down, then ran toward Dorothy, calling out, "Oh, there\'s a lovely something to tell you. Oh, I do hope it can come true." "What is it?" cried Dorothy, roused out of her listlessness.
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AabiLynn's Dragon Rite #0 Dragon's Brood: Egg Hatchlings' Ritual- Prequel

In the first story... Useless... Unwanted... Unloved... When those closest to you see you only as a useless crippled child with no hope of a future, where do you find the strength to prove them wrong? No one believed in Cara-AabiLynn, not even her own father and the woman who raised her. Born with a stunted arm and leg, those who she loved the most saw her as worthless and withheld their love...In the first story...Useless... Unwanted... Unloved...When those closest to you see you only as a useless crippled child with no hope of a future, where do you find the strength to prove them wrong?No one believed in Cara-AabiLynn, not even her own father and the woman who raised her. Born with a stunted arm and leg, those who she loved the most saw her as worthless and withheld their love from her. Given to a cruel man to cover her father's gambling debt, Cara's life of uncertainty became one of certain hardship and despair.Based on the Dragon Rite short story series.In the first story, candidates assemble to participate in the Dragon Rite, a ceremony to bond with a dragon hatchling.Cara has a chance to break free of her harsh life and bond with one of the dragon hatchlings, only if fate will allow her.AabiLynn's Dragon Rite Series:#0 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Dragon's Brood - Egg Hatchlings' Ritual - Prequel Teaser#1 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Break Dawn Riders -Those Who Are Chosen And Those Who Are Cast Off#2 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Esspell, Dragon's Sorcery- Might Of Swords, Might Of Magic
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Luke Barnicott, and Other Stories

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The Unusual Suspects

Orphaned sisters Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother. The girls start school, and Daphne is lucky to get Snow White for a teacher, but Sabrina is stuck with mean Mr Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr Grumpner is murdered, the sisters must discover which Everafter is responsible.
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Spy School British Invasion

Superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley is finally going to take SPYDER down, once and for all, in this latest addition to the New York Times bestselling Spy School series.Stranded in Mexico after nearly capturing the leaders of SPYDER, thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley desperately needs to take a shower. But even more so, he and his spy school friends need to come up with a new plan to defeat their enemies, their only clue a key that opens...something. The Mission: Go rogue from the CIA, join up with the British MI6 to locate the leader of SPYDER, the enigmatic Mr. E, and bring down the evil organization once and for all. Only it won't be easy. They'll have to deal with rival evil splinter factions, devious double-crosses and learning to drive on the opposite side of the road. But they have no other choice: this is their last and final chance to crack the code on SPYDER.
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Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days

“Oh, Judy, almost home! I wonder who will meet us,” cried Molly Brown. “I feel in my bones that you and my family will be as good friends as you and I have always been. You are sure to get on well with the boys.”
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Adventures in Toyland; What the Marionette Told Molly

Adventures in Toyland - What the Marionette Told Molly is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Edith King Hall is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Edith King Hall then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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Bodega

New Orleans Homicide Detective, Sarah Renner and her partner, Gabriel Lucas investigate a late night robbery homicide in an uptown bodega. The blitz style attack leaves the scene in chaos and Renner and Lucas work round the clock to solve this senseless crime.Bodega A Detective Sarah Renner Short StoryNew Orleans Homicide Detective, Sarah Renner and her partner, Gabriel Lucas investigate a late night robbery homicide in an uptown bodega. The blitz style attack leaves the scene in chaos and Renner and Lucas work round the clock to solve this senseless crime.
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Fuzzy

When Max—Maxine Zealster—befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, part of Vanguard One Middle School’s new Robot Integration Program, she helps him learn everything he needs to know about surviving middle school—the good, the bad, and the really, really, ugly. Little do they know that surviving sixth grade is going to become a true matter of life and death, because Vanguard has an evil presence at its heart: a digital student evaluation system named BARBARA that might be taking its mission to shape the perfect student to extremes!
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