A moving and original story of family, friendship – and fish."What's it like, Dad – being a fish?"Grief takes many forms, and manifests itself in strange ways. Sometimes very strange indeed. When, on an ordinary morning, Dak's father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Dak's mother falls apart. Desperate to escape the atmosphere at home, Dak finds himself going to his dad's favourite place – the local aquarium. And there, to his amazement, is Dad, who it seems is alive and well as a clownfish! With his mum so ill, Dak decides that, for now, this will have to be his secret, and his alone. But he visits the clownfish tank as often as he can, which is how he comes to meet Violet, the owner's niece. She's offhand and unfriendly – yet when the aquarium is threatened with closure, Dak and Violet need to work together to save it. For Dak, the stakes couldn't be higher: if the aquarium shuts down, what will happen to Dad? Gently funny,...

It’s been two years since Peter Nimble and Sir Tode rescued the kingdom of HazelPort. In that time, they have traveled far and wide in search of adventure. Now Peter and Sir Tode have been summoned by Professor Cake for a new mission: find a 12-year-old girl named Sophie Quire. Sophie knows little beyond the four walls of her father’s bookshop, where she works as a bookmender and dreams of leaving the confines of her city walls. But when a strange boy and his talking cat/horse companion show up searching for a rare and mysterious book, she finds herself pulled into an adventure beyond anything she has ever read.

Perfect for fans of Rain Reign, this middle-grade novel The Braveis about a boy with an OCD issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother.Collin can't help himself—he has a unique condition that finds him counting every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies, and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe, and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his condition. Collin's quirk is matched by that of his neighbor, Orenda, girl who lives mostly in her treehouse and believes she is turning into a butterfly. With Orenda's help, Collin works hard to overcome his challenges. His real test...

Tom and his friends' service project cleaning up a local lake becomes a deep dive into suspicious behavior in in the eighth novel in Tom Swift Inventors' Academy—perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider.Tom and his friends are excited to be spending their spring break out at Lake Carlopa, where they'll be camping and testing inventions to clean up the shores as part of a service project sponsored by Swift Enterprises. Rock star of the engineering world Jonathan J. Jefferson is even set to make an appearance as part of the event. Tom's also really looking forward to using the trip as an opportunity to test out his most ambitious creation yet—a two-man submarine! Lake Carlopa is a haven for scuba divers because of its clear waters, and it will be the perfect place for the sub's maiden voyage. But when a scuba diving team shows up at the campsite and seems to be there for more than just pleasure diving, Tom and his friends wonder what they're...

The Titus Brothers Contractors company have won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunnel through a mountain and connect two isolated railroad lines. The deadline is approaching, and the contractors have hit a literal wall: excessively hard rock which defies conventional blasting techniques. The company is under pressure to finish, or else the contract will default to their rivals, Blakeson & Grinder. Mr. Job Titus has heard of Tom Swift and Tom\'s giant cannon, which is used in protecting the Panama Canal, and wants to hire Tom to develop a special blasting powder to help them finish the excavation.

With more than one million copies in print, READY, FREDDY! has been a huge success in Scholastic's Book Clubs.It's Valentine's Day, and Freddy wants to make a special card just for his friend Jessie. But Freddy is afraid the other children in his first grade class will laugh at him. How can he keep it a secret? Join Freddy as he tries to cut and paste his way to Jessie's heart.With content, humor, characters, and vocabulary that are perfect for the chapter-book reader—it's time to get ready for Freddy!

The world's #1 female Super Hero, Wonder Woman, is back in another breathtaking adventure! This time, Diana will travel to the Underworld to take on Hades—but will she make it out alive?After Diana thwarts a stunning attempt to defeat the Amazons and Themyscira for good, she has finally been granted permission to start training as a warrior! Except, the goddess Artemis brings news that children all over are disappearing without a trace. Diana is the only one who can be trusted to save them—even if she must confront Hades, Persephone, and all of the undead souls and mythical creatures of the Underworld. That is, until she discovers that a far more sinister villain is out to capture her—and will do whatever it takes to find her. With her warrior training barely underway, will young Wonder Woman be able to rely on her strength from within to save the missing children and defeat Hades? Or will she instead be dragged to the Underworld—forever?

Life is tough for Jay Webber. His friends are distant and his Mum is ill in hospital.To make matters worse Jay believes there is something under his bed. Ultimately, Jay's 'special powers' will lead him to a different era, an era scarred by six years of war. And there is one last battle left to fight. A battle preventing an evil thought buried in the rubble of 1945 breaking into the 21st Century.A teenage boy, Jay Webber, believes there is something ‘under’ his bed. Jay lives with his dad because his mum is in hospital. Mum has cancer. Jay tries to convince his dad that there are noises and voices coming from under his bed but his dad doesn’t believe him. The story opens with Jay telling his dad that he heard someone asking for help. One night Jay is visited by the ghost of a little girl in what seems like another dream. She asks him to help her find her brother with his ‘special powers’.On Dad’s insistence, Jay tells his doctor about the dreams and voices. Here we meet the villain, Dr Meen. Both Lizzie and Dr Meen have one thing in common – they are keenly aware of Jay’s ‘special powers’.Special powers? This is a new one on Jay. Nevertheless, on insistence from ‘Lizzie’, one night Jay follows his new friend down a long forgotten flight of stairs and a strange relationship with the people who inhabit the age of our grandparents begins where the ghost of the man in Jay’s dreams tells him of his life, his changing world, stories from the first war and of his son lost in the second.His newly discovered ‘special powers’ aid Lizzie’s dad in a quest to find his missing son. However, whilst discovering the hardships of life after the war, these powers also uncover a plot to rekindle an evil thought buried in the rubble of Nazi Germany and now threatening to rewrite history and an evil that Jay and Lizzie have no choice but to try and overcome.

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte's Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Now that Truly Lovejoy's father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work back home, the family moves from Texas to tiny Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, to take over Lovejoy's Books, a struggling bookstore that's been in the family for one hundred years. With two older brothers and two younger sisters clamoring for attention, her mother back in school, and everyone up to their eyebrows trying to keep Lovejoy's Books afloat, Truly feels more overlooked than usual. So she pours herself into uncovering the mystery of an undelivered letter she finds stuck in a valuable autographed first edition of Charlotte's Web, which subsequently goes missing from the bookshop. What's inside the envelope leads Truly and her new Pumpkin Falls friends on a madcap treasure hunt around town, chasing clues that could spell danger.

Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there is always something exciting going on. And Zoe has an amazing secret... She can actually TALK to the animals! Bouncer the baby kangaroo is new to the rescue zoo, and she's interested in everything and everyone! But will the little joey's curiosity get her into big trouble...? **

Bilingual English/Spanish. Best friends Carlos and Jacob are on the same soccer team. They are playing their last game of the season but are having a few problems. Their coach tells them about their super soccer shoes, and how they can help them win the game. What are the super soccer shoes and what is their secret?Nate Bray and Cady Steward were an average eighteen year old couple. They juggled their time between enjoying each others company and enjoying the company of their friends Mike, Cera, and Taylor. But one disrupted summer solstice party and militant ambush later, everything changed. Now, with Cady and Cera taken hostage by these mysterious terrorists, Nate and the remaining group must work against time as well as their own shortcomings to ensure they save their friends and survive the night. And maybe they'll have a decent epiphany along the way...maybe.

Computer crime, or cybercrime, is any crime that involves a computer and a network.[1] The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.It has been a good few years since Lucian had learned that he was the Protektor, one of the members of the foretelling known as the Profecia. After an argument with his father, he storms off. This escape soon turns even more sour, when Lucian gets dragged into an organization known as MonReneix. Sensing the evil Seeker's energy nearby and seeing the poor depressed children being held captive, Lucian makes his decision to stay there, undercover, and try to learn more about this organization.However, when the leader sets his eyes on 'recruiting' Kimberly, the love of Lucian's young life, he must learn to embrace the Protektor within and send the Seeker a message:You mess with my life, and you will pay.Account #4 of the Tales of Terrara Vikos story saga.Prior stories in this saga:Cross of Faith (#1)Trees in the Storm (#2)Blood on a Broken Hand (#3)

Three short stories about love:1. aNgel2. GENIE3. Paper Cranes"aNgel": What are you willing to give up just to be with the person you love? Would you chuck your job as an angel and become mere mortal"GENIE": Love is a powerful feeling that makes us work miracles, but sometimes it also makes us blind to reason. Dr. Johnson lost his wife and he's desperate to get her back. How far will he go in his quest? And will he get what he really wanted? "Paper Cranes": The first kiss is always a memorable experience. But what if it happens while you're in someone else's body?

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