AUGIE BORETSKI KNOWS how to get by. If you're a scrawny loser in the destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, you keep your head down, avoid the drug dealers and thugs, and try your best to be invisible. Augie used to be good at that, but suddenly his life is changing. . . .First, Augie accidentally steals a strange book of fairy tales. Then his mom makes him join the Big Brothers program and the chorus. And two bullies try to beat him up every day because of it. Just when it...

Good looking, athletic, and smart, Gill Marsh is the most popular kid at Uruk High School, even though he is only a junior. When Enko, a new kid from Montreal, shows up, Gil is wary. Yet Enko is easy going and matches Gil's athletic prowess without being a threat. Soon, the two become inseparable friends, practicing, studying, and double-dating.Then suddenly, to everyone's shock, Enko succombs to an aggressive cancer.When Enko's parents take his body and return to Canada, G...

Lu Zimmer's best friend moved away last summer. Salman Page is the new kid in school. Blos Pease takes everything literally. Three kids who are on the fringe of the middle school social order find each other and warily begin to bond, but suddenly things start going wrong. Salman becomes the object of the school bully's torment, and Lu's pregnant mother has some unexpected complications. Is something conspiring against them?In fact, through no fault of their own, Salman and Lu have ...

AUGIE BORETSKI KNOWS how to get by. If you're a scrawny loser in the destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, you keep your head down, avoid the drug dealers and thugs, and try your best to be invisible. Augie used to be good at that, but suddenly his life is changing. . . .First, Augie accidentally steals a strange book of fairy tales. Then his mom makes him join the Big Brothers program and the chorus. And two bullies try to beat him up every day because of it. Just when it...

The apocalypse has hit Monument, Colorado, and Jake Simonsen, captain of the football team, is caught in the middle of it. A series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a terrible chemical weapons spill that affects people differently depending on blood type, has torn the world as he knows it apart. Now Jake has to decide how to pick up the pieces."Jake and the Other Girl," an original story by Emmy Laybourne acquired for Tor.com by Holly West,...

What if you did something when you were six that would change the course of your lifea?only you didna??t know it? Thata??s what happened to Jake. Now 13, he finds himself an unwilling participant in an ancient war between light and dark, against vampires, werewolves, and powerful spirits in which he must restore the balance between the real and the spirit world before all of humanity is lost.

In this sixth issue of Jake: Vampire Hunter, Jake is eagerly awaiting the start of his training. Scheduled to begin a week after his assignment, and the limited information provided to him by Lucien, Jake is beside himself with the anticipation of starting. And so he begins the long week of waiting. But the day that training is supposed to begin, requiring Jake to log into his computer at 8pm sharp, he's set upon by a pack of werewolves and their king with orders to destroy him on sight.

When it comes to cross-country running, Jake does everything right, but he still comes in second.He eats all the right foods, trains like crazy and reads articles about running in his spare time. There's nothing easy about running, but the hardest part for Jake is that, at the end of the day, Spencer Solomon always wins first place. Determined to take the lead for once, Jake continues to push himself even more. His rigorous training schedule leaves no time for frie...

Meet Captain Justice, the superhero star of A MUTANT NAMED MIZZIE in Lee Bacon's funny original digital story set in the exciting world of his JOSHUA DREAD series for ages 9-12. Who knows what to do with a poor little mutant baby better than Captain Justice?

Ever wondered what the life of a Minecraft Zombie looks like?In the first episode of this hilarious Minecraft adventure series, we take a peak at the diary of Jake, a 6th Grade Minecraft Zombie, and we discover what really lies behind the lifeless look of the infamous Zombies of Minecraft.In this book we will dive into the marvelous World of Blocks, which is a fun and strange place to be in, especially if you are a 12 year old Zombie attending the famous Academy of Zombies,...

Please note: this is a short story. Flash fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.History is told from one person's perspective. Sometimes they don't get it right.The witch of the tower has been portrayed as being mean and evil spirited for too long. Now it is time for her tell her side of the story.While Rapunzel laments her imprisonment in a tower, the witch Thalia tries to convince her it's for her own good. Afraid to go outside, Thalia fears the...

When gargoyles last walked the earth eight hundred years ago, the proud race traveled in close-knit packs and could turn to stone at will. They were strong, beautiful creatures whose throats were marked with ancient runes. Throughout time, their greatest enemies were the ugly and brutal harpies that people today mistake for gargoyles. The same harpies were responsible for the gargoyles' downfall.Like all gargoyles, and the rest of his pack, Valor is driven by instinct to protect th...