Losing control could mean losing everything.The Elemental Assembly has suffered a devastating blow, but no one feels it more keenly than Sophie. The authorities' attempts to set things right are going nowhere fast. Lost in his own guilt and grief, her guardian Aidan pushes her away just when they’ve finally given in to the attraction between them. To prevent the unthinkable, Sophie must take matters into her own hands, which means betraying her family to ask for help from the person who least deserves her trust. Compounding the problem is Sophie’s out-of-control powers that are threatening to consume her.With everything she loves hanging in the balance, Sophie sets out on a solo mission to reclaim what she lost. The stakes are high, and success is uncertain. The only thing Sophie is sure of is that she’ll never be the same again.
The truth about her past may define her future.Sophie loves being an elemental. Being able to bend the natural world to her will is thrilling, even if the need for secrecy is putting a cramp in her dating life. Lately, though, her powers have been growing, making it difficult to resist the heady temptation to use her gifts.Trying to balance the elemental world with having a normal life is tough enough without her overbearing, way-too-perfect, and way-too-good-looking guardian Aidan watching—and judging—her every move. The trouble is she’s not sure where she fits in and she’s sure as heck not ready to conform to stringent elemental rules.But when secrets about her life are revealed and outside forces threaten everything Sophie holds dear, she must embrace who she is or risk losing it all.
M IS FOR MONSTER MONSTERS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE FIFTH GRADE!Danny Keegan wants his fifth grade class to be different and, well, exciting. But when he meets four new kids who give new meaning to the term “weird” he realizes he’s in for more excitement than he bargained for!! There’s C.D. Bitesky, who has sharp little fangs and a pet bat named Spike . . . Howie Wolfner who gets pretty hairy whenever it rains . . . and Elisa and Frankie Stein, sister and brother, who insist the metal shafts sticking out of their necks are just braces—the result of an auto accident. Danny’s sister Barbara says his new friends should go back to whatever nightmare they came from. But Danny thinks he’s in for a frighteningly good time. He just hopes fifth grade won’t be his last! WELCOME TO P.S. 13!
Death has come to Rochester. Saving the the lost children of Hamelin unleashes the most ruthless enemy Jon has ever faced. Blood saturates his nights, and demons stalk his every step. He might've gotten the children out of Shiloh's void, but he put them in the cross-hairs of an old grudge.When a trio of Daughters brings their kill list into the Grith, magic users turn against one another. Allies become enemies. Safety counterbalances freedom, and everyone wants a piece of Jon.Killing Gerhard, one of the Daughters sends Wilhelm running to Jon and Jordan for sanctuary, they must decide who to trust. The mage Jon pulled from the void, or a community of hunters prepared to slaughter children and level cities in the name of Greater Good.
Join Faith and the Hollow Hills Explorers as they solve the mystery of the strangest happenings occurring right in their very own neighborhood. Marbles fall from the sky as the explorers observe bizarre goings-on at the neighbor's house on garbage day. There's a garbage can stuffed with hundreds of marbles. Then a discovery is made of a very large footprint. Of course, the Hollow Hills Explorers take off with their dogs, Spirit and Keeper, at their sides, tracking this new discovery through forests into the unknown and even other dimensions, where they witness mysterious paranormal happenings, secretive beings, and another meteor shower. These explorers have been through past adventures together, survived teen bullying, enjoyed friendship, and even learned how to track with their dogs helping them to sniff out the trail of a teen runaway. I dare you to come along and enjoy the adventure with the HHEs.
They all came from the mud. The people of the Southern Village fulfill their duty to the field of mud at the village's center, helping unearth people just like someone once unearthed them. But Mukisa is not mud-born, and for that she is scorned. Her sister has fallen under the mud, and the tension is rising between neighboring villages. When a threat is discovered under the mud, Mukisa must rally the villagers to defend themselves and save her sister -- and the village.
Lizbet and Declan are on the brink of their lives. After graduation, Declan plans to leave for college on the East Coast, but his world is turned upside down when his grandfather is attacked by wolves. Lizbet draws upon her ability to communicate with animals to try and find the wolves responsible, but she soon discovers the wolves have terrifying abilities of their own, capable of destroying not only Lizbet and Declan's plans for their future but also their hearts.
BLACKTHORNE VALLEY is far from your average town. The people are strange, the history is morbid, and everything is shrouded in mystery and secrets. When Jessica, a mute orphan, moves into town with her new family, this becomes all too evident. After stumbling upon a gruesome crime scene that shakes her to the core, she discovers a conspiracy infecting the highest local offices, and even learns that she was in this town before. Even worse, she's become the focus of a war between two underground cults. With the help of her new friends, her talking reflection, and her particularly violent guardian angel, she must quickly uncover the truth about this mysterious town and retrieve years of repressed memories before she ends up dead...or worse.
We choose our future, not our past.Before Eva Thorne can accept her destiny, she must learn to accept herself. Eva leaves her family behind for boarding school (that’s a good thing when your family includes necromancers and crime lords), but the foreign city of Gernwold has its own dangers. An intruder, a teacher injured, a stolen necklace left in her room… Either someone is trying to frame her, or they know what Eva really is.In this prequel novella to the Eva Thorne series, enjoy mystery and magic melded with technology, as you explore the Three Kingdoms and meet all the friends who will one day help Eva become the famous (or notorious) detective we know and love her to be.
Twilight Station has a long history of paranormal activities, but Jenny has no choice other than to catch the train to school from its platform every weekday. For real. Jenny doesn't believe in ghosts until she starts seeing things... Who is that girl clinging at the edge of Platform 24? Hasn't the train just gone past Twilight Station? Why are trains and people constantly reported missing? Soon, Jenny will uncover the disturbing truth of the station... Something she is not supposed to know... Just another urban legend, right?
Alice has a lot of trouble sleeping. Each night, she is woken by bad dreams. Recurring dreams. Terrifying dreams. Each night, her dreams revealed themselves more and more.... One day, Alice met a guy, who seemed to have the same symptom. Apparently, they discovered all their dreams are linked to a diary... A diary that does not belong to their world... What are the hidden secrets behind the diary? What tragedy was behind the village of Vambia? Why is Alice foreseeing horrors no one can see? Can she find out the messages behind her dreams? Just another urban legend, right?
Carrie and Marco love to study the evolution of life. One day, Uncle Dino surprised them by offering them a rare opportunity to visit the first Genetic Park in the world. It was like a dream come true! But, the Genetic Park is no ordinary theme park. Something unnatural is going on in the park... Something paranormal... Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the park... Just another urban legend, right?
Sam and Sarah lost their brother, Eric, in an unfamiliar mountain called Highdread Hill. In their search of Eric, they accidentally discovered a mansion. Too bad, this mansion was no ordinary. Beneath the mansion laid a forbidden secret... A secret that they were not meant to know... Who are those staggering figures in the tunnel? Where do the mysterious red mists in Highdread Hill come from? Why is this village called Dreadland? Just another urban legend, right?
Long Shot is a science fiction/horror novel set in the near future where a space-borne virus has killed most of the human population. Those still alive after being infected have now turned into flesh hungry mutants. Those normal humans left have organized into an army to annihilate them. Our hero, a once recreational marijuana dealer now turned reluctant leader and hero, must now face overwhelming odds to beat them.
Graceland Johnson and Noble Chavis had a secret he took with him to the grave. Now, Noble is back and Graceland must find a way to keep him around. As eyes shift and lips meet, Graceland knows he's using Jamie Locklear to communicate with her. What is Noble trying to say? Will Graceland figure it all out before the Reaper finds him and carries him to Heaven? What's so special about Angel Creek, North Carolina that keeps the undead around? Find out in this sweet paranormal romance series by Jen Lowry.
This novel is not so much about the exploits of a recently bereaved fourteen year old boy called Todd but intrinsic to bereavement itself and how death affects different people in very different ways. Todd attempts to overcome his grief by focusing his attention on a mystery surrounding Rolf Schnee the sole survivor from a war time submarine who escaped and left his shipmates to die. Schnee returned to Germany without making any attempt at a rescue. Laden with guilt he suffers a Life in Death punishment as a recluse ceremoniously returning once a year to the wrecked submarine to revive his dead shipmates in the most macabre manner. Todd, with the help of a disabled fisherman called Pepe and an amateur schoolgirl biologist discover the location of the wrecked submarine. Pepe' investigates the interior of the sub and discovers the dead seamen wired to their work stations.
All the children love to go to their Uncle Bob's house every Friday night to hear him tell ghost stories around his fire pit.One night when Uncle Bob decides to host a marshmallow pig roast, the kids are excited, even though they have no idea what a marshmallow pig roast is! After Uncle Bob carves big marshmallows into pigs to roast on a stick in the fire pit, he begins telling chilling tales of monsters and aliens, ghouls, and ghosts that lurk in the darkness. Even though the stories are scary, they also help make lasting memories for all the children as they listen intently and learn how to use their imaginations.In this fun tale, an uncle tells entertaining ghost stories around the fire pit to a group of enraptured children.
Something Inside London:Disturbing coincidences cause a loving family to question what they believe and who they trust.Chicago:Strange occurrences leave one family wondering where they went wrong.Winston-Salem:Something is very wrong, but no one in this family is prepared for who or what is behind that eerie feeling.Discover how one seemingly innocent man alters the lives of everyone he meets and ensures he will always be needed, no matter the cost to them, their lives, or their sanity. Uncover the truth behind the man with three names.
Julie had lived her life at 912 Linton Street. But the things she was telling me now had nothing to do with Linton Street. She dragged a sled up a snowy hill behind her house...but there was no hill on Linton Street. She scratched patterns with her fingernails on frosty windowpanes that looked out on a brick courtyard that was not on Linton Street. People came and went around her with the rustle of long skirts. Pleasant memories of some childhood that the Julie Wintcomb I knew had never known. But not all memories were pleasant...
In this thrilling conclusion to the USA Today Bestselling Siren Prophecy Trilogy, the Dome is under it's greatest threat yet. Myreen struggles to adapt to life under the thumb of her vampire leader father. Kol battles his feelings over the family curse while trying to save her. Kenzie dives headfirst into the vampire school to rescue her best friend and Leif, who is so broken down by torture he can barely decipher what's real and what's not. The final battle between the shifters and vampires is coming. Will the prophecy prove to be true, or will Myreen fail everyone she cares about?
Enjoying a Fourth of July picnic, nine-year old Pollye Franklin overhears a bitter argument involving Mr. Archer, an older man, and Rose Esther, a beautiful teenager. Rose Esther disappears after the picnic and the Sheriff concludes she's run away from home. A year later Pollye and her friend Mary discover Rose Esther's mummified body embedded in salt in the bottom of an abandoned pickle vat. Archer is charged with murder and Pollye, the only person who can identify him as the man arguing with Rose Esther, testifies as the prosecution's key witness. Archer is convicted and sentenced to death.Pollye later finds Spot, Mary's pet rabbit, in a neighbor's yard. Determined to return the little rabbit to the safety of its cage, she gives chase until it darts into a garage and hides under a workbench. Crawling under the workbench after Spot, Pollye is startled when Mrs. Archer enters the garage and discovers her. When Pollye attempts to escape, the woman captures her and brutally knocks her unconscious. Sometime later Pollye regains consciousness, stuffed in the trunk of a moving car with her hands tied. The car stops, the trunk lid pops open, and Pollye gasps - the car is at the edge of a pickle vat brimful of salty water and half-pickled cucumbers. Mrs. Archer drags Pollye out of the trunk and … you may be too young to read what happens next!
Once again Stevie encounters a phantom in need of assistance. This time it happened in a prison graveyard in Amarillo, Texas. That’s also where she found her dad, Big Steve, but it didn’t end there. This phantom not only coaxed Stevie and Jase across state lines, she coaxed them across all kinds of other boundaries, too. Of course she did, after all, this one was the Phantom of Forever.
Sefira Carrington is no stranger to tragedy. The death of her father as well as the curious mental decline and subsequent imprisonment of her mother, have left her truly and utterly alone. Despite her misfortune, she has managed to carve out a decent life for herself. She's found a good family, friends and at sixteen, she's finally realizing a semblance of normalcy. That is, until she moves to Southern California. Strange things begin to happen. Things that become increasingly difficult for her to ignore. Suddenly, she finds herself thrust into a supernatural underworld that defies human comprehension. In this new world, a war is raging and in a cruel twist of fate, Sefira is somehow at the center of it. Something's coming, and it will force her to reevaluate everything she's ever been told and unearth the demons she thought she'd left behind. Once she travels down this road, there's no turning back….
THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a modern day fantasy adventure.A ghost. A school girl. A family secret.City girl, Evie Watson, hates that her family has moved to the small country town of Barralong away from her friends. Until she meets a ghostly being in the garden of a deserted old villa. Evie hears her sad tale and decides on a mission to help the dark soul and set her free.With her new friend, Cooper, they snoop around the villa grounds at the risk of being caught. But they can't finish the mission alone. How to convince their parents to believe in a ghost and help them achieve their goal?THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a story about dealing with change, the importance of family and believing that sometimes miracles do happen.
Worlds apart, and just 'round the bend...For years, Jack Parsons dreamed of escaping the tiny community of Maple Bend, West Virginia. Now he is trapped in another world entirely. Seeking help to protect the crossroads from the immortal "man in the white suit" and his Coven, Jack ventures into the world 'Round the Bend, a mirror-image of West Virginia more wondrous, and more dangerous, than he had ever imagined.On the other side of the crossroads, the Coven pursues Jessabelle Rose with plans to use her shape-shifting powers for their own dark ends. Jessabelle must choose between flight or fight; to escape the Coven forever, or risk everything to protect her family.What began with mysterious deaths deep in the Appalachian Mountains now threatens to engulf two worlds. Witchcraft and creatures of folklore mix with shadowy high-tech organizations and political intrigue in this thrilling tale of magic and adventure.
When the Unseen turn dreams inside out, they become nightmares. With both Bond-Rites hanging over Tevin's cloak and the Unseen closing in on Alexcia, this reluctant reaper finds his control decomposing. Will Alexcia jeopardize what Tevin has tried to protect for the last ten years... her life?
The illustrious E6 NO. 466 locomotive ("Lundbergh Engine") is a historic tribute to humanity's ingenuity, strength, and determination...and she's making her final journey from Newark to Atlantic City, New Jersey before her permanent retirement. Within the crevices of her iron body and fiery belly, there is something most peculiar about the Lundbergh Engine. A young passenger, named Tommy, soon discovers that Walter, the train's conductor, is in possession of a special pocket watch that harbors a strange secret connected with the mysterious occurrences on board the antique train. Find out what happens next when the secret of the pocket watch falls into the wrong hands, as you embark on this railroad adventure, descending the tracks of time! This book is also available as a fully dramatized audio book on https: //mychildstorytime.com/kids-stories-ages-8/ and on Audible.com.
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