What if, after a very long time, you got what you thought you wanted?Reilly, a teenager with extraordinary abilities, lives in an idyllic island town in the Pacific Northwest. After his sixteenth birthday, everything changes! Unforeseen events threaten his confidence, his peace—even his life—and he needs answers. His friend, Eilam, an old guru from another time and place guides him to find a magical heirloom—a Stelladaur. With this treasure, Reilly travels through invisible portals...

Reilly, a teenager with extraordinary abilities, lives in an idyllic island town in the Pacific Northwest. After his sixteenth birthday, everything changes! Unforeseen events threaten his confidence, his peace--even his life--and he needs answers. His friend Eilam, an old guru from another time and place (who most people call crazy) guides him to find a magical heirloom--a Stelladaur. With this treasure, Reilly travels through invisible portals to different dimensions where he learns how t...

Life at the Bleak was anything but a game. There were rules to follow. What if Reilly didn't follow the rules?Something bizarre happens to Reilly when he returns from Ireland 1896 through the portal to the library near his home. He feels different. Almost as if he's not the same person that he was before he left ... or worse!Finally, he kisses Norah! But that leads to haunting flashbacks of people and places he doesn't remember. A surprise voyage through an...

When Reilly goes through the next portal, he arrives in Ireland 1896, but the only thing that comes with him is the Fireglass, the ruby, and the red flower he had given to Norah.Change comes from the most intimate part of one's soul ...Just beyond the Embassy lies Black Castle. There the Deceptors hold their captives until the eleventh hour of Hallow's Eve, when every demon of that Hell takes possession of a body.Your contempt in delicious! Now come clo...

The heavens — the sun, the stars, and the moon — have inspired, intrigued, and mystified us from the beginning of time. We’ve always searched for ways to comprehend their beauty and their meaning. Mohawk artist and author C. J. Taylor has drawn from First Nations legends from across North America to present a fascinating collection of stories inspired by the night skies.The legends — Salish, Onondaga, Blackfoot, Netsilik (Inuit), Wasco, Ojibwa, and Cherokee — are by turns funny, be...

For many hundreds of years, people wandered into the great northwest. They came from all directions across Canada and the United States. These early people were not only skilled farmers, they were also clever builders, engineers, and weavers. They loved games of skill. They created stories, songs and poetry. Although they spoke many different languages, and had many different customs, they had at least one thing in common - they were the first immigrants.These people lived in the U...

Caribou and Eskimos need each other. They work together so that both of them can survive. You may not know a lot about caribou or Eskimos, so let me tell you a little bit about them.This book introduces you to the nomadic life of the caribou and how they survive in the Alaskan wilderness. You also find out how the Eskimo hunted the caribou and how they used their fur, meat, sinew, bones, and the other parts of their bodies.Learn how the two survive together, and why each of t...

Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them. The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee collects 27 stories that are great for kids and are still being told by storytellers today.Presented by members of the Eastern Band...

Brian returns to the wilderness to discover where he truly belongs in this follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back to ordinary life, he can't make sense of high school life. H...

Beware a tooth fairy queen scorned in this, the third chapter book of Academy Award winner William Joyce’s The Guardians series. There’s a lot more to this tooth-swiping sprite than meets the eye!When last we heard, the Guardians were resting easy with the knowledge that the children of Santoff Clausen were finally safe from Pitch’s dastardly plans.But is it all a ruse, a scheme, a lull the evil Nightmare King has deviously concocted?Whatever Pitch’...

Brian sets out on the hunt of a lifetime in this follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!Brian Robeson has stood up to the challenge of surviving the wilderness in Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return. Now, while camping alone on a lake in the woods, he finds a wounded and whimpering dog. As Brian treats her wounds, he worries about who or what did this to ...

Sometimes wars aren't fought on the battlefield, but deep within ourselves.Marin's love for Favian is tested when his identical twin resurfaces after being stolen at birth. She's overcome with confusion as her heart battles against her senses every time she looks at Sebastian. And knowing Favian will soon be courting female elves only breaks her heart more.But when Favian and Kato are sent on a mission she can't participate in, she runs away, ready to escape it all. Finding...