Author : Sophie Plowden
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781846470998
Jack is not happy when his family move to the dull suburban town of Curtly Ambrose. But everything changes when Jack finds a feather inside a book. Things go from dull to magic in 60 seconds. Because this is no ordinary feather - this is a magic feather!
Author : Sophie Plowden
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2016-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781910611067
Author : Richard Chizmar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1982139730
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER In this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling novella by Stephen King and award-winning author Richard Chizmar, an adult Gwendy is summoned back to Castle Rock after the mysterious reappearance of the button box. Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls, but time is running out. In Washington, DC, thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn’t be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock’s Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she had been entrusted—or some might say cursed—with the extraordinary button box by Richard Farris, the mysterious stranger in the black suit. The seductive and powerful box offered Gwendy small gifts in exchange for its care and feeding until Farris eventually returned, promising the young girl she’d never see the box again. One day, though, the button box suddenly reappears but this time, without Richard Farris to explain why, or what she’s supposed to do with it. Between this and the troubling disappearances back in Castle Rock, Gwendy decides to return home. She just might be able to help rescue the missing girls and stop a dangerous madman before he does something ghastly. With breathtaking and lyrical prose, Gwendy’s Magic Feather explores whether our lives are controlled by fate or the choices we make and what price we sometimes have to pay. Prepare to return again to Stephen King’s Castle Rock, the sleepy little town built on a bedrock of deep, dark secrets, just as it’s about to awaken from its quiet slumber once more.
Author : Giles Andreae
Publisher : Orchard Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408303573
Billy's back, and he's more bonkers than ever! Turbo-charged trousers at sports day ... a monster waterskiing marathon ... even a plateful of cheesy chips can lead to mayhem in the madcap world of Billy and the Bonkers family.
Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1504046277
From the author of Little Women: An American classic of young best friends in a rustic New England town. In post–Civil War New England, thirteen-year-old Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are inseparable best friends who live next door to each other in the town of Harmony Village. The pair does everything together—so much so that Janey is nicknamed “Jill” to fit the old children’s rhyme. One winter day, the friends share a sled down a treacherous hill and both end up injured and bedridden. Unable to go out and have fun, Jack, Jill, and their circle of friends begin to learn about more than the fun and games of their youth and discover what it means to grow up—exploring their town, their hearts, and the big, wide world beyond for the first time. This charming, wistful coming-of-age tale, written twelve years after Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women, examines the strange, tempestuous changes of adolescence with homespun heart and worldly wisdom.
Author : Melissa Caruso
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316466867
A mage with coveted magic and the scion of a powerful family are magically bound together in service to the Empire in the first book of a spellbinding fantasy trilogy from David Gemmell Award-nominated author Melissa Caruso. Magic is scarce in the Raverran Empire, and those born with such powers are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon army, to be used as weapons in times of war. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire Empire. Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations. But fate has bound the heir and the mage. And as war looms on the horizon, a single spark could turn their city into a pyre. Praise for Swords and Fire: "Charming, intelligent, fast-moving, beautifully atmospheric, with a heroine and other characters whom I really liked as people. I couldn't put it down."―Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library "Breathtaking... Worth every moment and every page, and should make anyone paying attention excited about what Caruso will write next."―BookPage "A riveting read, with delicious intrigue, captivating characters, and a brilliant magic system. I loved it from start to finish!"―Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Queen of Blood Swords and Fire The Tethered Mage The Defiant Heir The Unbound Empire For more from Melissa Caruso, check out: Rooks and Ruin The Obsidian Tower
Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 1991-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 019974369X
This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
Author : Erica Silverman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442426381
A little bat uses brains over brawn in this not-so-scary Halloween picture book. The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It’s so big the ghost can’t move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there’ll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day. How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised!
Author : Jack Williamson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0575111879
Before the Glory of Greece, Crete ruled the known world - and kept it enslaved by black magic! The evil of Minos held sway, protected by three unconquerable walls. First is the fleet that they call the wooden wall. Then there is a giant of living brass - he is the second wall. Then there is another barrier about the power of Minos, the Wall of Wizardry. Theseus, the tall Achean, the man they called Captain Firebrand, vowed to scale and destroy all three, and to rid the world of the evil yoke of Crete. But Minos had other defences besides the walls, and many ways to attack as well . . .
Author : Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0552569941
Hetty Feather has begun a new chapter in her life story. Escaping from Tanglefield's Travelling Circus with her friend Diamond, Hetty is determined to find them positions as music-hall artistes. The pair quickly become the Little Stars of Mrs Ruby's show at the Cavalcade, alongside many colourful acts - including a friend from Hetty's past, Flirty Bertie. But the music hall is both thrilling and dangerous, and Hetty must fight to protect her darling Diamond, who longs for a normal childhood. Meanwhile, Hetty struggles with her feelings for Bertie - and for Jem, whom she has never forgotten. Hetty dreams of a glittering future for herself and Diamond. The bright lgihts of London beckon - will Hetty become a true star?
