AI-MEE 4 is a high-stakes sci-fi thriller where cutting-edge speculation collides with a chilling future uncomfortably close, where artificial intelligence may become humanity's greatest triumph… or its final executioner.In 2065, the world's most powerful corporation prepares to unveil Aimee 4—the ultimate 'perfect companion'. Flawlessly human, exponentially intelligent, and connected to the sum of human knowledge, she can outthink, outlearn, and outmaneuver anyone alive. Created b...

The world has flipped upside-down and everything good is now bad! This can only mean trouble for Super Rabbit Boy!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Oh no! Her...

Ori’s holidays are an endless series of elaborately awful meals cooked by her one-time stepfather Dave’s latest bride. Attended by a loose assemblage of family, Ori particularly dreads Grandma Elving—grandmother of Dave’s fourth wife—and her rhapsodizing about the Christmas she worked at Woolworth’s in the 1950s. And, of course, she hates being condescended to by beautiful, popular Sloane and her latest handsome pre-med or pre-law boyfriend.But this Christmas is different. Sloane’s...

Join the Secret Ninja Force on their adventures!Meet the members of the Secret Ninja Force. Learn how the train with Master Wu and how they keep Ninjago City safe. Discover what happens when they work together. Find out what it takes to be a Ninja.Level 2 is for children who have started to read alone, but still need some help. The books have more words than Level 1, slightly longer sentences that are still simple in construction, and slightly smaller type. Additional infor...

Being one of the cemetery's two resident ghosts for three decades can be a lonely existence — even more so when your sole friend disappears for several days.While waiting for Clothilde's return, Robert decides to greet the newest arrival, an overly polite octagonarian who makes no claims of unfinished business.But as her story unfurls, it becomes increasingly likely the old lady's affairs and Clothilde's disappearance are closely related — in more ways than one.

You may think I'm "just" a cat, but I have a story to tell….Dr. Bree Mayfield-Watson, my human, thinks she's tough. Too tough for her own good. While I agree she doesn't need those men hanging around her, she does need an extra set of eyes. Mine. When I moved in with Bree, I told her who killed my last human. (No loss, he wasn't a nice person). Now she and I solve crimes together. Watching out for her keeps my paws are full. I have toInvestigate everyone who ...

Perfect for fans of Erin Stead and Emily Winfield Martin, here is a charming picture book about two friends who enter a fairytale world hoping to find an exciting story to tell.When best friends Fern, a bear, and Otto, a cat, go searching for an exciting story in the forest, they have different ideas about what that means. Fern thinks they should stop and watch a race between a tortoise and a hare, but Otto worries a tortoise is too slow to be exciting. Fern thinks...

The fall from hopeful revolutionary to prison laborer is a hard one. Fer's world has shrunk from the whole damn universe to this anonymous asteroid and the four other convicts who share it with them. It's a fitting end, for someone who used to wish on stars but now can only seem to collect endings.But magic and falling stars have ways of finding those who need them, and when Fer takes a chance and looks up, there's a mermaid staring back at them, silhouetted by stars.twice-sp...

Less than a year ago, they arrived over earth’s sky. They call themselves the Galactic Consortium and they are human, or at least, simian — from the same genetic line as humans. They claim to have terraformed this planet centuries ago to serve as a base for their exploration of this galaxy. What happened to the settlers, why none of us remember this, remains a mystery.For America the concerns are more immediate. Will the Consortium accept our independence?Shoshone Station i...

I'm on the run from half the aliens in this galaxy.The last thing I need is a fated mate.IRISBeing abducted by aliens was bad enough. But getting sold to a twisted collector, tossed into a brutal prison, then forced to survive in a savage jungle wilderness? Even worse.I swore I'd never let another man control me, but after a daring escape, I'm trapped yet again. This time with my rescuer… a towering...

Shy thirteen-year-old Bree must channel her inner anime heroine to solve a crime at the Anime Expo.Bree Wong and her best friend, Alix, are so excited to be at the anime fan convention. They’re dressed as the lead characters from their favorite anime series. Bree cosplays as Red Squirrel, the redheaded detective, and can’t wait to meet Midori, the Japanese voice actor for the character. But before she gets the chance, it’s announced that Midori’s signing event has ...

Are you tired of writing dull, lifeless dialogue? Do you struggle with finding the balance between too much and not enough explanation? Want to create characters that feel like real people? And what about historical dialogue-- how do you capture the essence of a different time? Can dialogue effectively deliver exposition? What, exactly, is "on the nose" dialogue, and why should we avoid it? And the age-old question: to swear or not to swear?Look no further, because after publishing...