Call Of The Witch: book seven in the Detective Marcella Witch’s series.When Tony calls on the witches’ coven for help in finding a missing girl, he learns that his reluctance to participate in a ritual with Lilith may have cost him the chance of finding her alive Views: 48
From School Library JournalGr 7-10–Alex Sawyer, 14, is in prison for a murder he didn't commit. He tried to escape the horrors of the underground prison known as Furnace in Lockdown (Farrar, 2009), and now he must battle the nightmare that is solitary confinement. The cells open from the top through a sort of manhole cover, and they are more like coffins standing on end than cells. Alex must fight the monsters and mutants that are his captors and tormentors, including the dreaded wheezers that have gas masks sewn to what should be their faces and the vicious rat and doglike creatures that spoiled their escape attempt. Alex's friend Donavan was thought to be dead, but as it turns out is part of the horrors going on in the infirmary. There are several disturbing episodes when Alex is alone with his thoughts in his cell, and his fatalism or depression leads him to contemplate suicide. The rest of this story is fast paced and packed with nail-biting scenarios, and the gross-out factor is high in many sections. Alex is coaxed into a leadership role by some of the creatures and his friend Zee, who occupies an adjoining cell, and through their attempt at another escape, discovers what is really happening to inmates in the infirmary. This is a dark story with a dark ending, but the gritty action and compelling characters will have reluctant readers enthralled.–Jake Pettit, Thompson Valley High School, Loveland, CO. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. FromIn a sequel to Lockdown (2009) that is just as breathlessly paced and soaked with blood, mucus, and less savory substances, teen jailbird Alex’s escape from the futuristic underground prison and experimental lab called Furnace leads first to recapture and then to a second flight that involves frantic chases through dark caverns and tunnels, face-to-face encounters with flesh chewing human-rat hybrids, and visits to a gruesome “Infirmary,” in which prisoners are modified into hideous monsters. Readers who relish lurid imagery and melodramatic prose will continue to be riveted and left eager for the next disgust-o-rama episode. Grades 6-9. --John Peters
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Young Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves became blood brothers on the day the rancher's son saved the halfbreed's life, forging a bond no one could ever break. As years passed, a legend grew of the breed and the white man who rode together--and who could jerk killing iron with the best of them...Gunsight CrossingWise in the ways of a lawless land, the blood brothers deal out their own brand of frontier justice. And when they ride a hot and dusty trail into Texas looking for some excitement, they find it in spades. Big John Lee owns the biggest spread west of the Pecos, but he's hired a crowd of tough gunners to claim more than his legal share. Bodine and Sam Two Wolves decide to throw their lot in with the men of the Circle S, who were next on John Lee's land-grabbing list. It certainly won't be the first time they use their Colts to deal out death sentences in burning powder and hot lead--but if they're not careful, it might well be their... Views: 48
The invitation arrived in a black-bordered envelope and was delivered by the beautiful and mysterious transfer student. The inside showed a coffin with the inscription "Reserved for You"--perfect for an all-night Halloween party in an old house on Fear Street.The party is well under way when the lights go out. That's to be expected at the Halloween party. But when the lights come back on, a boy is on the floor with a knife in his back. Just a Halloween prank? Maybe. Maybe not.Now the guests' trick-or-treating has turned to terror. And it looks like someone's idea of a party game is murder! Views: 48
Jack Scarlet is in deep trouble...Action ace Jack Scarlet receives an urgent call for help when a research ship vanishes in the Gulf of Mexico, taking marine biologist Dr. Cassi Settles with it. When Cassi's parents ask him to find their missing daughter, Jack and his adventuring partner Galahad TwoHawks set sail at once. The trail leads to a mysterious offshore drilling rig operated by a ruthless energy conglomerate, and to the reclusive island republic of San Marcos, ruled by a charismatic dictator with plans to topple the global order. Yet the greatest danger lurks beneath the sea, where an ancient and powerful force that man was not meant to disturb is now awake. Is the kraken real, or only a myth? Jack Scarlet is about to find out...Deepfire is part of the Jack Scarlet series of 21st century pulp action tales. The adventure begins...now! Views: 48
Say hi to Luke. Today is not his lucky day. It's the first day of school, and he just got his locker assignment--locker 13. Lucky 13? No. Not for Luke. He has just opened the door to The Nightmare Room. Views: 48
