Questions can be tricky things. Everyone has their own way of dealing with them. India Tompkins can charm her way out of answering most of them. Finn Tompkins is too quiet to be asked in the first place. And Mouse Tompkins? She's a genius-she's used to having all the answers.
But when they find themselves trapped in Falling Bird-a city seemingly without logic-the Tompkins kids are facing a whole slew of impossible questions, all demanding answers, and not even Mouse knows how to solve these.
How do you find your way home when you aren't even on the map? What's the fastest way to wrap your brain around a problem when time itself keeps getting away from you? And if your life at home wasn't perfect, can you be sure you really want to go back?
They've been to three worlds in less than a day. Time isn't just running out … it's running wild.
David King is reeling from his travels through history—and from the evil he's found there. The last thing he needs is his great-great-uncle Jesse's hospital-bed instructions: You can't simply do nothing. You must fix things.
David and his brother Xander's search for their abducted mother has repeatedly led them on strange and terrifying journeys as they've stepped through the portals of the creepy old house and into some of history's most turbulent moments—and confronted an unimaginably bleak vision of the future. Now Jesse's words saddle them with an obligation not only to visit the past, but to rewrite it.
Fulfilling their purpose will take everything they have, both mentally and physically. But they have no choice … because everything in the past—and the future—is on the line.
Praise for the Dreamhouse Kings series: "With a house of so many great, haunting stories, why would you ever want to go outside?"—R. L. Stine, bestselling author of Goosebumps
Cowboy stories and movies about the Wild West are full of amazing characters. Yet many of the lawmen we think of as heroes were anything but - some were violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. In his day, Bass Reeves was the most successful federal marshal in the United States. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. He rounded up hundreds of outlaws and was shot at countless times but was never hit. Bass Reeves was born into slavery. And though the laws of his country enslaved him and his mother, when he became a free man he served the law with such courage and honor that he was known and respected all over the Indian Territory. Gary Paulsen's dramatic account of the life of Bass Reeves, through stories both real and imagined, makes him come alive as a boy and a man. Listeners will truly understand why he became a legend.
Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel could care less about adventure and they really do not like excitement. They'd rather be watching television. Unfortunately for them, their thrill-seeking parents have dragged them from continent to continent their entire lives. But when their mother goes missing and their father makes a bet with the devious explorer Sir Edmund, the twins are forced into action. They head to Tibet where they fall out of airplanes, battle Yetis, poison witches, and encounter one very large yak. If they can unravel the mysteries and outwit Sir Edmund, they might just make the discovery of a lifetime . . . and get cable television!From the Trade Paperback edition.
When Henry H. Neff published the second book of his Tapestry series, Kirkus Reviews proclaimed that "young readers will clamor for more." With The Fiend and the Forge, Neff unveils his most riveting adventure yet. Astaroth has claimed the Book of Origins, and the world is thick with goblins and trolls. The land needs a hero, so Max McDaniels sets out from the relatively safe confines of Rowan into the nightmare landscape beyond-but whether he fulfills his destiny or falls to the blight plaguing mankind is far from certain.
Inspired by Norse mythology, James Jennewein and Tom S. Parker created a fantastical saga with the RuneWarriors series. In Ship of the Dead, the third in the thrilling series, Dane the Defiant questions his heroic actions after the return of Thor's Hammer brought drought to his village, his mother was kidnapped, and his beloved Astrid was lost. Yet Dane must find the courage to continue on if he's to fulfill his destiny.
Acclaimed author Will Hobbs has won numerous awards for his fiction, and seven of his novels have been named ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Inspired by Hobbs' own journey through the Rio Grande's canyons near the border with Mexico, Take Me to the River is a thrilling tale. Fourteen-year-old Dylan and his cousin are paddling the Rio Grande when they see six Black Hawk helicopters fly into Mexico. The army won't say what's happening, but they do tell the boys a hurricane is approaching. Undeterred, the boys continue their journey, unaware of what lies ahead.
Adam Gidwitz makes a sparkling debut with a work that children are sure to request again and again. Not content within the confines of their own tale, Hansel and Gretel skip out on their story and jump into eight other classic Grimm fairy tales. But all is not sugarplums and candy houses. Danger lies ahead, and Hansel and Gretel have much to learn about avoiding witches' ovens and making sure "The End" isn't their end.
After Kyle's ordeal at school, his mother packs him off to the safety of the countryside, where there will be no temptation to use his powers, and he can forget the bad things - like the fact that his dad is a monster determined to destroy the world.After Kyle's ordeal at school, his mother packs him off to the safety of the countryside, where there will be no temptation to use his powers, and he can forget the bad things - like the fact that his dad is a monster determined to destroy the world.But here's the thing about the countryside: it's full of nature, and nature sometimes has claws.Followed by a spindly figure in the woods and attacked by crows, Kyle is about to discover that NOWHERE is safe from the invisible fiends...
Talented children's author Kersten Hamilton pens this thrilling tale, the first in her Goblin Wars series. Tyger Tyger introduces Teagan Wyllston-a 16-year-old whose world is about to change forever. Despite her best friend's crazy dreams that goblins are after her, Teagan's only focus at the moment is getting into college. But that's before Finn Mac Cumhaill shows up on her doorstep-sporting a dreamy Irish accent and a mysterious past. ". the plot grabs readers from the start ."-Kirkus Reviews
When a Hag, an orphan boy and a troll called Ulf get sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, they expect it to be a fairly standard magical mission. But the ogre is depressed and the princess doesn't want to be rescued. The Norns who rule their fates decide to take things in hand - will the Ogre meet a bloody end, or will he get a happy ending?
With readings by some of stage and screen's most talented performers (including Bryce Dallas Howard, Paula Poundstone and Margot Rose), and music by renowned composer Laura Hall, these tales of Women of Wonder will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From England to Siberia and New Zealand, from the United States to Cambodia and East Africa, listeners will be transported as legendary heroines and goddesses seek and struggle, win and lose, laugh and cry, in magical stories and marvelous music from around the world.
