The students in Mr. Grizley’s class are each setting a goal for themselves. Chad sets a goal to run to the top of a big hill near school. But when it comes time to tackle his goal, he starts to doubt himself. Will Chad reach his big goal? Readers of this social-emotional-learning-focused story can enjoy a related activity at the end of the story.

'A CINEMATIC RECORD OF HOW AN ACTOR SHAPES A CAREER' Tom Hanks'FUNNY, SAD AND HEARTFELT' Vince Gilligan'GRITTY, FUNNY AND SAD' Entertainment Weekly'A SUPERB ANECDOTALIST' Sunday Times Culture'RIVETING... ENGROSSING' Huffington PostBRYAN CRANSTON maps his journey from abandoned son to beloved star, recalling the many odd parts ...

Sometimes it's the people you think you know best who are keeping the biggest secrets.Charlotte Denver is preparing to move into her new home. All is well with the world in the English coastal town of St. Eves and life couldn't be sunnier.However, when old friends return to the town, tragedy follows close behind and it's not long before Charlotte finds herself trying to clear her best friend's name as long-hidden secrets and a scandal from years gone by are...

Grief, greed and grudges - the perfect recipe for murder.The death of a much-loved member of the community is the catalyst for another murder in the bustling coastal town of St. Eves.When relatives of the deceased arrive in town, intent to get their hands on the family fortune, and consumed by greed, it's not long before tempers flare.As hostilities go from bad to worse, Charlotte Denver inherits a new addition to her family and becomes involved in ...

It's summer in Bliss Bay.Ladybirds have descended upon the village and event organiser Megan Fallon has a diary as clear as the sky.Although her wedding to American fiancé Jack Windsor is a year away, excitement surrounding the biggest event of her life (after the birth of her daughter Evie, of course) is already building, and she's determined that nothing will take the edge off it.However, when a visitor to Bliss Bay is found dead in suspicious circumstances—alone ...

This newly revised edition of Bryan Peterson's most popular book demystifies the complex concepts of exposure in photography, allowing readers to capture the images they want.Understanding Exposure has taught generations of photographers how to shoot the images they want by demystifying the complex concepts of exposure in photography. In this newly updated edition, veteran photographer Bryan Peterson explains the fundamentals of light, aperture, and shutte...

When a ghost from the past resurfaces at Halloween, it soon becomes apparent that they will stop at nothing to get what they want.When a dead body is discovered during the annual St. Eves Halloween fair, it isn't long before reluctant amateur sleuth, Charlotte Denver, finds herself up to her neck in helping to solve yet another murder mystery.This one, however, proves to be a little too close to home for her liking as she finds herself, and the man she love...

So many secrets, so many schemers, So many lies and misdemeanours...Event organiser, Megan Fallon, is gearing up for a concert in honour of the oldest tree in the county: the ancient village oak on Bliss Bay's village green.What she’s not gearing up for, though, is stumbling over the dead body of Bliss Bay’s most unpopular villager, under the oak tree's sprawling boughs.With a murder investigation underway, a mystery that has everyone looking like a...

What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner?Old friends, best friends, dead friends…When a belated honeymoon to London coincides with an international tattoo awards ceremony, things take a horrific turn when a celebration with new friends abruptly ends with the untimely death of one of the guests.There are twists, turns, and red herrings at every corner as the investigation into the death gathers pace and, as Charlotte and Nat...

The sensational thriller from iconic Aussie actor and storyteller Bryan Brown.'A work of rattling and serpentine suspense ... gripping and sinuous and so, so good.' Trent DaltonThe body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble ... at least, that's what it looks like.Three weeks before, Leila, a young backpacker, didn't turn up for her ...

What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted cafe owner?Christmas comes but once a year, but murder visits more often...When an unpopular St. Eves' resident is found dead, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a familiar face returning to the town; a group of visiting newcomers; and a trusted friend to many.As Charlotte Costello digs ever-deeper in her quest to find the murderer, more lives are thrown into peril, and the race to sto...

The Chiveis Trilogy takes readers hundreds of years into the future. War and disease have destroyed civilization as we know it. Much technology has been discarded and history is largely forgotten. Slowly, the few survivors have begun to build new communities, and kingdoms now prosper in a kind of feudal order. But the Word of God has been lost for centuries.After the finding of an Old Testament in book one of the trilogy, The Gift picks up the story of Teo and Ana...