Escaped slaves. Secret tunnels. Risky hiding places. Fifteen-year-old Hannah uncovers her family's secret past when she stumbles across a long-lost diary in her grandmother's attic. Discovering the story of her family's courage during a dark period of our country's history, stirs her heart and changes her life.

Secret diary. War-torn country. Incredible courage.Seventeen-year-old Owen Petrov expects to be bored out of his mind when he has to accompany his immigrant grandmother back to Russia for a reunion. He is polite, but counts the hours until he can return to his comfortable suburban life back in Ohio.His boredom suddenly evaporates during their journey when she chooses to reveal a diary she's kept hidden all these years. Owen quickly discovers that she is not...

During World War II a top secret battalion made up of magicians, actors, and artists saved over thirty-thousand lives without firing a single shot. They were known as The Ghost Army.In 2014 the battalion saves one more life when an unlikely friendship with a surviving veteran pulls a troubled teen from the edge of self-destruction.

A mystified archeologist, an Amish ghost, and avenging angels are just a few of the stories found in Beyond the Door, Volume 1, a twelve-story supernatural anthology.When multi-published authors get together for a play date, and are presented with a writing challenge they can't resist, the results are not only surprising, they sometimes stretch the limits of their storytelling abilities.In the pages of Beyond the Door, the...

Four authors. Twelve stories. Another writing session with only the unknown before them.In the pages of Beyond the Door Volume 2 can be found stories about:a dangerous beauty seeking revengethe power of wordsan alien invasionespionage during the Civil Warfraternity hazing with a dangerous edgeelection tampering from the futureThe authors from Beyond the Door Volume 1...

Dust storms. Crowded tents. Travel to exotic locations. Taliban. Danger. Patriotism. A civilian can make over $100,000 tax-free working in a war zone. Worth it? Your decision. But this no-holds-barred handbook, written by an experienced HR professional will teach you how to get and keep a job overseas as a military contractor.Derek Miller's Human Resource career spans nineteen years of civilian industries, education, and military environments. Five of those years have been spent in...

Detroit's mean streets. Two orphaned boys. The beginning of a life of crime. An elderly Japanese grandmother fights for her grandson's life with her only weapons - good food, tough love, and a forbidden diary. Eleven year old Mu-Chan learns the meaning of true courage when he and his friend, Johnathan, discover the stirring words of his kamikaze grandfather, a man who chose to live.

A daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War.Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother’s rigid expectations forbid Lilly from following her heart. When war breaks out, the spirited young woman seizes her ch...

The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen. The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!

When Maddy's best friend moves away, Maddy feels like she'll never be able to replace her. To cheer her up, her parents get her a kitten - a gorgeous tortoiseshell who she calls Biscuit. Biscuit quickly settles into her new home, and can't wait to go out for the first time and explore. But little does she know that a neighbour's two big tom cats see the garden as their territory. Together, the mean cats do their best to scare off the new arrival, and soon poor Biscuit is frightened to go o...

Eva and her friends are opening a bakery, in the seventh installment of this New York Times bestselling series!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!Eva's friend M...

A funny and clever illustrated early chapter book series in the Flytrap Files universe, from New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger and Newbery Honor winner Cece Bell!Meet Inspector Flytrap! He's a Venus flytrap and world-class solver of BIG DEAL mysteries.Meet Nina the Goat! She's a goat and Inspector Flytrap's trusty assistant—except when she eats the clues!Together, they're a great mystery-solving duo! Follow along as they dec...