The children were disappearing.And the worst thing about it?No one noticedA rainmaker brings rain to a drought-stricken town. The stranger amazes the townspeople with magic mirrors and bewitches the children with his beautiful butterfly.First, one child vanishes. Then another. And another.Only one young man sees through the lies and decides to act.You'll love this dark, mysterious young adult...

A thrilling YA fantasy novel from award-winning author Arthur Slade!Carmen is a student at Red Assassin School. She's an expert at bladed weapons and poisons; and she's desperate to finish at the top of the class, ahead of her twin brother. The students have been trained to hunt using giant black swans, but Carmen has discovered a dragon. All she has to do is get on his back.One problem: he's killed everyone who gets near him.Then the Emperor declar...

An ancient enemy rises from the seas....Brax and Carmen are exploring the ocean when they come across the dead body of a dragon on an island. He was an outcast, living far away from Drachia, and he was only recently killed. It turns out that the old enemy—one that the dragons believed were all destroyed—have returned. And they want revenge, one dead dragon at a time.The only way to defeat the mightiest of giants is to face him on his home turf. It is a land...

He's the greatest spy of the Victorian era, but he's facing his greatest challenge...Get the complete collection of the bestselling Mission Clockwork series. It's a steampunk-powered, action-packed adventure featuring brilliant heroes and bloody brilliant villains.Almost since birth, Modo has been rigorously schooled as a secret agent. His master, a British Lord, took advantage of Modo's unique shape-shifting talents, training him to morph from his unsightly...

*Winner of the $15,000 Governor General’s Award*Winner of the Mr. Christie's Award*An American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults*Nominated for an Edgar Award (Mystery Writers of America)*Over 60,000 copies soldFor fans of Stephen King and Ray Bradbury...Imagine a depression-era town where it hasn’t rained for years. A pale rainmaker with other-worldly eyes brings rain to the countryside and mesmerizes the townspeople, but the childr...

The Emperor Sargon is at war. Can a dragon and an assassin stand in his way? Only with the help of a few friends.Carmen and Brax are searching for the Nameless one: a wizard who can bring people back from the dead. But he is not at all who or what they were expecting, and he has goals and plans of his own. Time is short because the emperor is at the gates of Avenus. The final battle will be epic.Includes the next two episodes in the Dragon Assassin series: ...

Carmen est une tueuse. Son arme secrète : un dragon.Au cours de leur traversée des Eaux-Glaciales, Brax et Carmen s'échouent sur le territoire draconique. Quand un seigneur dragon tente de les capturer, un nouveau pouvoir se révèle en Carmen...La jeune fille découvre avec effroi la réalité des royaumes draconiques, d'immenses villes dans lesquelles les humains sont réduits en esclavage. Le passé sombre de Brax ressurgit et Carmen s'interroge sur l'identité de son compagnon. ...

"That's the city of Megiddo. Armageddon will begin on the plains below.""Maybe it just did," Cheevers said.A novel that captures the harrowing and sometimes heartbreaking life of a soldier during World War One. Fueled by anger at the death of his brother, sixteen year old Edward enlists and abandons his father and their farm in Canada for England. After proving that he can tame any wild horse, he's sent to Palestine to battle the Turks. A trooper's horse is the key to life a...

Carmen est une tueuse. Son arme secrète : un dragon.Carmen n'a qu'un objectif : devenir tueuse professionnelle. Hélas ! le fait d'avoir perdu un oeil la condamne au bas du classement de son école. Certes, elle ne sera jamais au niveau de son surdoué de frère jumeau, mais elle déborde d'énergie pour faire ses preuves.Tout bascule lorsqu'elle découvre Brax, un dragon enchaîné au fond d'une grotte. Sa loyauté est mise à l'épreuve : doit-elle libérer cette créature à la fois mag...

It all begins with a scream…Isabelle and Beatrice live a glamorous lifestyle in 1920s Hollywood. As orphaned twins, they’re the wards of Mr. Cecil, a mysterious and influential movie director who tightly controls every aspect of their lives. He turns beautiful Isabelle into a popular silent film star. With the advent of “talkies” he takes great pride in his latest effort: a horror flick that will showcase the actual sound of Isabelle’s already famous scream.

Contains books one and two of the Mission Clockwork series.Mission Clockwork, Book 1:He's the greatest spy of the Victorian era, but he's met his match.Almost since birth, Modo has been rigorously schooled as a secret agent. His master, a British Lord, took advantage of Modo's unique shape-shifting talents, training him to morph from his unsightly, hunchbacked-self into anyone he liked.When Modo is teamed up with th...

At the age of nine, John Diefenbaker announced, "I'm going to be prime minister when I grow up." He never lost sight of his goal. Diefenbaker was prime minister of Canada from 1957-1963. He believed in social justice, opening up the North, and making things better for western farmers. Canadians responded to his campaign call to "Follow John." This compelling book recreates the tensions of the Diefenbaker era - the time of the Cold War, spy scandals, and the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the ...