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A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening,...

Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed.

Repetitive text and beautiful illustrations help tell the classic tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk." When Jack goes to the market to sell the family cow for money, he returns home instead with five magic beans. His mother is so angry she throws the beans out of the window. What happens the next morning when Jack discovers a giant beanstalk and climbs to the top to find a magical castle? The adventure continues when Jack learns that the Giant living...

Listen to the story! Read the story! Sing the Story! "Jolly Old St. Nicholas," includes the Read-along version of the story followed by the same story sung in an adorable song. Read the story. Then sing the story! It isn't a secret that using songs to teach children pre-reading skills is fun and successful. This classic song is featured as a read-along and a sing-along. The magic of Christmas comes alive with this classic letter to Santa. After making...

When Melanie Ross first meets April Hall, she's not sure what to think. What other sixth grade girl wears her blonde hair piled in a twist and flaunts false eyelashes? But when the two girls discover the storage shed outside the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, they discover they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. Soon the friends create the Egypt Game. Dressed up in costumes, they secretly hold ceremonies and dance in the ghostly interior of...

Fairies, dragons, wizards, and more await Geronimo on every magical Kingdom of Fantasy adventure!

Geronimo's fourteenth adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy!I, Geronimo Stilton, was once again called to the Kingdom of fantasy!Blossom had been crowned Empress and harmony was restored to the land. But a dark shadow looms and threatens the empire! Blossom asked me to join her team and fight to keep the darkness from spreading. I am just a 'fraidy...

Simple text and captivating illustrations help tell the classic tale of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp." Find out what happens when a magical Genie appears after Aladdin rubs an old lamp. What will Aladdin wish for and what will he do when his lamp is stolen by his evil uncle? A happy ending adds interest to this fairy tale and encourages a lifelong love for reading.

A simple task turns to a catastrophe when a radioactive block accidentally falls into the lava river and produces mutant creatures. Morgan, Tom, Nora, and Paul are to deliver 12 radioactive Copper blocks to Frank Bones in exchange for getting the equipment needed to find a cure for their Strider friend and humans who have fallen ill due to radiation exposure. Unfortunately, one of the radioactive blocks they were carrying falls to the lava. They...

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart.

In the city of Drakopolis, dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the city's garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and even compete in vicious underground battles for ganglike kins.

But the dragons also compete in legal

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"Josh and Amanda just moved into the oldest and weirdest house on the block. It might even be haunted. But their parents don't believe them. You'll get used to it, they say. Go out and make some new friends. So Josh and Amanda do. But these creepy new friends are not exactly what Mom and Dad had in mind... Because they want to be friends ... forever ..."--Page 4 of cover.