Thunderdog


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Can they save thousands of teens from becoming weapons of mass destruction? In Japan, sixteen-year-old Miyuki always felt like a square being pounded into a round hole. She turned her back on tradition and earned the fury of her father, who sent her off to live with strangers in a strange land. Now Miyuki is one of the Gems, a group of four talented teen girls who spy for a mysterious world-wide organization known simply as The Authority. When a new energy drink called Thunderdog causes a rash of violence at their high-school, Miyuki and the Gems are sent to Japan to find out why. The visit forces Miyuki to see her father, now a senior executive of the company that produces Thunderdog. As Miyuki struggles with family, the Gems uncover a dark trail of conspiracy, bigotry, and a diabolical plan that would see most of the great cities of the world burn. Thunderdog is the third novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This story has plot twists, a clash of cultures, unlikely allies, fascinating settings, with a heat-warming father-daughter story. Click or tap the Buy button and experience Miyuki's unique adventure today! For ages 13 to adult.




The Adventures of Kayla and Emma


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This Adventure Ends


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A contemporary novel about a girl who finds friendship and love following a fateful move to a new town.




Girls Only Live Twice


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She wants out... When sixteen-year-old Emma finds out the truth about her mother's death, it makes her question everything, including her loyalty to The Authority, a secret organization she joined. Feeling trapped, Emma comes up with a desperate plan to escape their control. But Asset One, the leader of Venomous, holds all the cards. Using them to play his own game against the Authority and the Gems. A game with a dramatic ending that will destroy the Authority and kill millions under a mushroom cloud. Emma can refuse to play his game and live happily ever after with her grandmother. Or she can be a hero...and risk losing everything. Girls Only Live Twice is the fifth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a complex story with a desperate girl, a conflicted boy, a plot with twists and turns and emotional truths, a cute dog, two bad twins, and an evil dude with a deadly falcon. Click or tap the Buy button to read the most emotional Gems novel yet! For ages 13 to adult.




The Boy from Barcelona


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It could save the world... When a runaway steals a government lab sample, the Gems are sent to the streets of Barcelona to find him, only to discover the sample he carries could end global warming. But if Venomous finds it first, then the world's new future will come with a heavy price tag. Olivia leads the Gems into Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, an area of narrow medieval streets and dark alleyways to find a depressed runaway who unwittingly holds the secret to earth's future. But to win the boy's trust, Olivia must face her own troubled past. The Boy from Barcelona is the sixth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a story of street chases, ruthless spies, dangerous dead-ends, gorgeous settings, a fast-paced plot with twists and turns, and a high-school romance as a bonus. Click or tap the Buy button to start reading this riveting street by street spy chase today! For ages 13 to adult.




Adventures of Emma


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This book contains two stories that takes our young readers to Emma’s world of adventure. Emma is a young girl with a zest for adventure, and unlike other girls of her age, she dares to explore the untrodden paths of wilderness. Nevertheless, her bravery and doughtiness come in handy to overcome all the perilous obstacles that she encounters during her adventures.




Bread for Words


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Frederick Douglass knew where he was born but not when. He knew his grandmother but not his father. And as a young child, there were other questions, such as Why am I a slave? Answers to those questions might have eluded him but Douglass did know for certain that learning to read and to write would be the first step in his quest for freedom and his fight for equality. Told from first-person perspective, this picture-book biography draws from the real-life experiences of a young Frederick Douglass and his attempts to learn how to read and write. Author Shana Keller (Ticktock Banneker's Clock) personalizes the text for young readers, using some of Douglass's own words. The lyrical title comes from how Douglass "paid" other children to teach him.




Man With The Golden Falcons


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He has a plan... Sixteen-year-old Emma loves dogs, theater class, and her grandma. But after school she's a spy for a secret organization known as The Authority. When Emma's crush invites her to spend the weekend, she accepts, even though Emma knows he's a member of Venomous, a ruthless worldwide criminal organization. Emma thinks she can turn him. But can she resist the boy's charms and a powerful enemy that sees Emma as a potential weapon? When the remaining three Gems are sent to investigate a teen-centered environmental group, they find themselves trapped on a heavily-armed cruise ship named The Falcon's Claw, home of Asset One, the leader of Venomous. As three of the Gems struggle to find a way off the ship, Emma must choose between the boy she loves and the Authority...which might be hiding the truth about how Emma's mother died. But the Gems must hurry. The Royal Navy is closing in. Ready to blow The Falcon's Claw out of the water. And no one on board is safe. Man With The Golden Falcons is the fourth novel in The Gems Young Adult spy thriller series, although all books in the Gems world can be read as standalone adventures. This is a story with two strong teenage villains, a complex romance, tough choices, lots of twists and turns, and a girl who struggles to find the truth in a world where the truth is always subjective. Click or tap the Buy button to read this explosive novel today! For ages 13 to adult.




When Charley Met Emma


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Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Bronze Medal, When Charley Met Emma teaches kids about disability, empathy, and the beauty of friendships with people who are different from you. When Charley goes to the playground and sees Emma, a girl with limb differences who gets around in a wheelchair, he doesn't know how to react at first. But after he and Emma start talking, he learns that different isn't bad, sad, or strange--different is just different, and different is great! This delightful book will help kids think about disability, kindness, and how to behave when they meet someone who is different from them.