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Daily survival is a battle for Raykin Smythe, a fifteen-year-old cabin boy aboard a Sardonian slave ship. For years, he has learned to stay a second or two ahead of trouble. When the ten-ship armada raids the island of Rocky Cove for slaves, they are decimated by a little, pale girl named Minty Nothingmore. The Captain and the crew are now dead! Raykin flees for his life with a handful of the surviving raiders. They must sail The Last Red Ship to Sardonia and tell the king of a weapon so great it might threaten the whole empire. Getting home won't be easy with storms, mutinies, starvation, and sea battles threatening.

A funny two-colour illustrated book, the first in a series about a girl dropped at a summer camp with a very dramatic difference... for readers graduating from picture books.

The fourth and final instalment in the epic saga of Larten Crepsley - vampire, hero and victim of fate...Just as Larten is finding a new place for himself in vampire society, and helping vampires escape the Nazi menace, horrifying tragedy falls on his own family thanks to the nefarious Vampaneze.With his old friend Wester calling for war against the ancient enemies of vampires, Larten finds himself a figurehead of the campaign.But there are more evil things than just the Vampaneze stirring. And soon, Larten might find himself grieving again - as he faces the worst and final betrayal...

Chandraloka is the prequel to AbracaDebra. The story explains why Deb, the magician in AbracaDebra, chose to read the tarot cards instead of doing magic shows. This prequel introduces some of the mysteries that evolve in the second book. The intrigue continues with the third and last volume of the saga.

It's five months since the nightmare Year Six School trip to Crater Lake, and something has gone very wrong in Lance's home town. There's been an explosion at the University, a mysterious test creature is missing. On top of this Lance has lost touch with his friends since starting at his new school. Can Lance reunite his team and save his town?!

The first official Choose Your Own Adventure graphic novel!From the hit Choose Your Own Adventure® novels comes a newly adapted graphic novel taking readers on their own visual adventure! Enter a ghoulish world of nightmares, witches, ghosts, and dreaded the eighth grade as Rabbit, the new kid on the block! As Rabbit, readers will get to choose which adventure--or nightmare--they'll embark on. From learning about the mysterious witch Prudence Deadly, to trouncing through spooky graveyards, to meeting ghostly ancestors or channeling some witchcraft with classmates, no one path leads to the same destination. Will you choose a path that leads to the light? Or will the path you choose lead to a gruesome end? You get to decide!

Ancient enemies have returned to exact vengeance on the Oracle. The Dead Club is fractured, but they must prepare to fight a final battle that will determine the fate of the Underworld.

BORN TO HOWLONCE A WEREWOLF ALWAYS A WEREWOLF?Fifth grader Howie Wolfner comes from a long line of hairy relatives, but lately he's found his sudden transformations into a wolfboy embarrassing. He wants to be a real boy like his friend Danny Keegan. The only question is-can he do it?Howie's other monster friends at P.S.13 are full of suggestions. C.D. Bitesky thinks an old gypsy woman might have just the right spell. Frankie Stein's computer recommends a stake through the heart at midnight. Yet it's Danny's sister Barbara and Elisa Stein who come up with the best cure for Howie's problem-by leading him on a truly hair-raising adventure!WELCOME TO P.S. 13 and the crazy classroom of THE FIFTH GRADE MONSTERS!

For eons,as many a parent can attest, many children have claimed that there are monsters that dwell under their beds, waiting for a chance to come out, grab them and devour them. Of course, most parents usually dismiss this concern as their child having an overactive imagination, but for Carol Anne Smith, that almost becomes a reality. Now her parents; Bill and Sandy Smith, who themselves have experiences with what they come to believe is a demon, must find a way to rid their house and their daughter, Carol Anne's bedroom of this unwanted creature that has taken up residence in their daughter's bedroom.

THE MONSTER IN CREEPS HEAD BAYIS THERE REALLY A SEA SERPENT IN CREEPS HEAD BAY?Lots of people think they''ve seen one, and Captain Long John Silverman is offering a reward to anyone who can prove it exists. Danny isn''t sure he believes in the creature, but his new friend Gilly Finn is positive the sea serpent is out there, and she intends to find it. Could Gilly''s sympathy for the beast have anything to do with the tiny fins that seem to glimmer on her wrists? Or the pale green color of her skin?One thing is for sure: there''s something mysterious going on in Creeps Head Bay, and if the Fifth Grade Monsters can''t get to the bottom of it, no one can!WELCOME TO P.S. 13 and the Crazy classroom of THE FIFTH GRADE MONSTERS!

SAVE THE MONSTERS!Danny Keegan and his monster pals C.D. Bitesky, Howie Wolfner, and Elisa and Frankie Stein are thrilled when their old friend Zelda Bella-who they think may be a witch-turns up as the star of the new TV show Mother Scary''s Matinee.But Zelda Bella''s TV career may be short-lived. Weird Arthur Debarber and his Monster Mashers want to keep Brooklyn monster-free, and they''re determined to see Mother Scary off the air-and deported to Rumania.It''s up to Danny and his friends to save Zelda Bella. If the Monster Mashers succeed, they won''t stop until C.D., Howie, and the Steins have been sent back to where they came from, too!WELCOME TO P.S. 13 and the crazy classroom of THE FIFTH GRADE MONSTERS

A MICROCHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCKAll his fifth grade friends at P.S. 13 think Frankie Stein has inherited the electronic genius of his namesake, Baron Frankenstein. But Frankie isn''tso sure. When he hears his father complain about the younger generation, he knows he is being put to the test. Can Frankie prove he is as good an inventor as his ancestor-or will his disillusioned parents turn him back into spare parts?C.D. Bitesky, Howie Wolfner, Elisa Stein and Danny and Barbara Keegan are willing to do anything to help their friend. But when Frankie finds the disassembled pieces of a mechanical dog, only he can put them together-and finally bring the pet of Baron Frankenstein to life!WELCOME TO P.S. 13!

WHAT DO VAMPIRES EAT FOR THANKSGIVING?C.D. Bitesky realizes he has a big problem when his fifth-grade teacher asks everyone in class to bring in an old family recipe for a Thanksgiving celebration. Sure, his Transylvanian ancestors all had their favorite nourishment-but then vampires have such peculiar tastes!Danny Keegan, Howie Wolfner, and Elisa and Frankie Stein help C.D. stir up just the right traditional concoction. But when they feed it to the class bully, they find out that C.D.''s ancestors had more than one trick up their capes-bloodcurdling fun!WELCOME TO P.S. 13!

Fourteen of the most gruesome fairy tales from around the world are re-told for contemporary readers and restored to their original, grisly versions.

I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently. I'd tell my sister no. I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad. I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words. Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time. I'd tell them I love them. I wish...

Stella Cross's heart is poisoned. After years on the transplant waiting list, she's running out of hope that she'll ever see her eighteenth birthday. Then, miraculously, Stella receives the transplant she needs to survive.Determined to embrace everything she came so close to losing, Stella throws herself into her new life. But her recovery is marred with strange side effects: Nightmares. Hallucinations. A recurring pain that flares every day at the exact same moment. Then Stella meets Levi Zin, the new boy on everyone's radar at her Seattle prep school. Stella has never felt more drawn to anyone in her life, and soon she and Levi can barely stand to be apart.Stella is convinced that Levi is her soul mate. Why else would she literally ache for him when they are apart?After all, the heart never lies...does it?