When a startling discovery reveals that Sarah's self-cutting problem is much worse than imagined, things unravel quickly in this chilling novelette. Views: 48
Fans of James Dashner's Maze Runner series will love this postapocalyptic adventure about a girl who must survive an alien planet in order to save the Earth.Ana only knows her name because of the tag she finds pinned to her jumpsuit. Waking in the featureless compartment of a rocket ship, she opens the hatch to discover that she has landed on a barren alien world. Instructions in her pocket tell her to observe and to survive, no doubt with help from the wicked-looking knives she carries on her belt. But to what purpose?Meeting up with three other teens--one boy seems strangely familiar--Ana treks across the inhospitable landscape, occasionally encountering odd twists of light that carry glimpses of people back on Earth. They're working on some sort of problem, and the situation is critical. What is the connection between Ana's mission on this planet and the crisis back on Earth, and how is she supposed to figure out the answer when she can't remember anything?About the AuthorA. J. PAQUETTE is the author of the middle-grade novel Nowhere Girl, as well as several picture books for young readers. She is also a literary agent. She lives outside of Boston with her family and her very tall to-read pile. Find out more at AJPaquette.com. Views: 48
Tom and his friends expose the truth when a friendly rivalry becomes a cutthroat competition in this sixth novel in Tom Swift Inventors' Academy—perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider.To increase interest in Swift Academy, the school's new PR rep announces the Invention Olympics, an event open to the public that will feature the students' varied creative talents. Everyone's excited to show off their latest ideas. But when the rep invites a production company to film a new reality show about the academy, the plan is met with a lot less enthusiasm. Tom and his friends have mixed reactions to the new attention. Some of them are loving the spotlight, while others want nothing to do with the show, and it's causing cracks in the group's rock-solid bonds. But Tom quickly realizes that they aren't the only ones at school on edge. The reality show producers seem to be pitting students against one another to create more drama for the screen. And as the... Views: 48
A woman who lives as an oasis of calm meets a fighter who enjoys waking her senses and shaking her composure.
Jewel’s ability to broadcast calm made her no fun at parties but perfect for a life in peacekeeping. She volunteers and goes to the Nyal Imperium for duty as the forerunner of the peacekeeping force on a mining colony.
Taken by an unmanned ship, Jewel finds herself on an arena station, cruising through space. The medics use her skills for calm to keep a patient calm who cannot be sedated, and when their eyes meet across the crowded med bay, she finds herself pulled into a state of confusion. She has finally met a man who shakes her calm, and his slow smile says that he knows it. Views: 48
Since Isis fell in love with Jack Hunter, she’s punched him in the face, survived a brutal attack by her mom’s abusive ex (thanks to Jack’s heroics), and then promptly forgotten all about him. But as Isis’s memories return, she finds it harder to resist what she felt for Jack, and Jack finds it impossible to stay away from the only girl who’s ever melted the ice around his heart. Dark secrets emerge, and Isis realizes Jack isn’t who she thought he was. He’s dangerous. And that danger might be the only thing protecting her from something far more threatening. Her past. Views: 48
In the early 21st century, an alien attack drove humanity to the brink of extinction. A thousand years after their defeat, the aliens haven't been seen since. Rada Pence has spent the last three years driving carts for an independent mining crew. Most likely, that's how she'll die, too. Then, deep beneath the ice of a Neptune moon, her crew discovers a long-lost ship. If it's from Earth's first space age, it would be worth millions. When they dig down to it, they discover it's not human—it's alien. The discovery is priceless. But as they extract it from the ice, pirates slaughter the mining crew and steal the vessel. Left for dead, Rada vows to reclaim the ship and avenge her friends. But before that, she'll have to escape the moon—and she has mere hours until her air runs out. Views: 48
-a Night Stalkers White House romance- NAME: Damien Feinman JOB: Marine Corps Situation Room Duty Officer NAME: Cornelia Day JOB: White House Chief of Staff After ten years, Damien's duties as Sit Room watch officer let him see it all: the good, the bad, and the disastrous. But nothing prepared him for the beauty and power of the new Chief of Staff. Cornelia's new role as White House Chief of Staff leads her to the Situation Room where every crisis comes home to roost. A dozen years of assisting the now-President-elect never prepared her heart for what awaits her there. Only together can they save Christmas in the nation's capital. Only together can they discover Damien's Christmas. Views: 48
Long before there was a mountain man called Preacher, a young adventurer set off with a team of fur traders from St. Louis for the time of his life. On a wild frontier, he sought a fortune. Instead, he found blood, betrayal, and the beginning of a legend. Armed only with a knife, surrounded by a fierce Blackfoot war party, the young man was forced to kill a warrior chief in an act of audacious courage. But when a grizzly bear attack left him half-dead, he could no longer protect himself. By the time the Blackfeet found him again, he had been abandoned and doublecrossed, with only one last trick up his sleeve: the ability to talk himself out of an impossible situation — and into a battle for his life.So began William Johnstone's masterful saga of the courageous loner who would become known as Preacher. Because when he was alone and desperate, he drew on a preacher's skills — and a mountain man's cunning — to give his enemies hell. Views: 48
