Author: Mark Millar
Publisher: Top Cow Productions
ISBN: 9781582404806
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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What would happen if your girlfriend left you for your best friend and your boss gave your job away, then someone revealed that you were the next in line to join a secret society of super-villians that controlled the entire planet? Here is a look at one man who goes from being the world's biggest loser to the deadliest assassin alive. Ages 17 and up
Author: Betsy Schow
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492636002
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Robin Hood's daughter, Rexi, must stop the Wicked Witch from finding Excalibur, come spell or high water in this exciting and wickedly funny sequel to Spelled, perfect for fans of the Villains series by Serena Valentino and Jen Calonita's Fairy Tale Reform School series Fairy-Tale Survival Rule #52: No matter how difficult the obstacles or all-powerful the evil villain, one can rest assured that the hero of the story never dies. The sidekicks though...they should be worried. Rexi Hood is proud to be an outlaw. After all, she's the daughter of the infamous Robin Hood. But sidekick? Accomplice? Sorry, that wasn't in her story description. Yeah, she and Princess Dorthea of Emerald have been inseparable since they teamed up to fight the wickedest witch. But if Rexi doesn't figure out how to break the curse that binds them, forget being overshadowed by the spirited princess, Rexi's going to become a Forgotten, wiped from the pages of Story and reduced to a puddle of ink. Not happening. No way in Spell. Rexi's plan? Steal the sword Excalibur and use its magic to write her own tale. But Gwenevere has opened a new Academy of Villains in Camelot and danger lurks behind every plot twist. And you know how it goes in Story: keep your friends close and your enemies closer... Fast-paced and delightfully unique, Wanted is perfect for readers looking for: a fresh and clever Wizard of Oz retelling a new take on Robin Hood and other timeless fairy tales young adult books with adventure, humor, and magic whimsical fantasy for tweens and teens dynamic and relatable heroines with snark The Storymakers Series: Spelled (Book 1) Wanted (Book 2) Banished (Book 3)
Author: Betsy Schow
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492608726
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
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Somewhere over the rainbow, all spell is about to break loose in the first installment of this clever and hilarious YA fairy tale retelling trilogy, perfect for fans of Dorothy Must Die and Jen Calonita's Fairy Tale Reform School series Fairy Tale Survival Rule #32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day. Yeah, no thanks. Dorothea is completely princed out. Sure, being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks—like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the not-so-charming prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future. Talk about unhappily ever after. Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called "Kansas." Now it's up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse...before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The End for the world of Story. Fast-paced and delightfully unique, Spelled is perfect for readers looking for: a new twist on the Wizard of Oz fairy tale retellings and mashups whimsical fantasy for tweens and teens dynamic and relatable heroines with snark The Storymakers Series: Spelled (Book 1) Wanted (Book 2) Banished (Book 3)
Author: Allison B. Hanson
Publisher: Lyrical Shine
ISBN: 1516103386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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Who said mixing work and pleasure was a bad idea? For Kenley Carmichael, getting fired for sleeping with the boss’s husband is almost funny—at 28, she’s still a virgin. Not that her now ex-boss would believe it—Kenley’s got the face and figure to attract plenty of men, even if she’s never found the right one. A job at New Haven Custom Boats is a chance to start fresh and learn a whole new skill set. Trouble is, she can’t stop wishing her incredibly hot new boss would introduce her to some decidedly un-businesslike pleasure . . . Zane Jackson needs a new assistant, but when his pregnant sister hires her replacement, she chooses a girl who reminds him of the kind who broke his heart in high school. Zane might not be that shy boy anymore, but sweet, sexy Kenley makes him feel every bit as awkward as he did then—and even hungrier to kiss her. She’s the perfect woman for the job—but he wants her to be so much more. Interoffice dating can only lead to trouble—unless it leads to true love . . .
Author: Mark Forman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781606410295
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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What is courage? What is honor? What does it feel like to have friends you would give your life for? And what role do fear and apprehension play when a person is faced with life-changing choices? Slathbog's Gold, the first book in an exciting new YA epic fantasy series, sends fifteen-year-old Alex Taylor on the adventure of a lifetime. Right at a time when Alex is wishing his life could change, he sees a sign in Mr. Clutter's bookshop window: "Adventurers Wanted. Apply Within." The sign seems to be referring to him. Moreover, not just anyone can enter Mr. Clutter's bookshop. But Alex does, and the adventure begins. Alex is the eighth man needed to complete a band of adventurers seeking the lair of Slathbog the Red - and evil dragon with a legendary treasure. Along the way, Alex learns about honesty, integrity, honor, and, most importantly, friendship.
Author: Chris Hoke
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062321382
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Interweaving his own story with moving vignettes and gritty experiences in hidden places, a jail chaplain and minister to Mexican gang and migrant worker communities chronicles his spiritual journey to the margins of society and reveals a subversive God who’s on the loose beyond the walls of the church, pursuing those who are unwanted by the world. Wanted follows a restless young man from the sunny suburbs of his youth to the darker side of society in the rainy Northwest, where he finds the direct spiritual experience he’s been seeking while volunteering as a “night shift” chaplain at a men’s correctional facility. The jail becomes his portal to a mysterious world on the margins of society, where a growing network of Mexican gang members soon dub him their “pastor.” As he comes to terms with this uncomfortable title—and embraces the role of a shepherd of black sheep—his adventures truly begin. Hoke shares comic, heartbreaking and sublime tales of sacred moments in unlikely situations: singing with an attempted-suicide in the jail’s isolation cell, dodging immigration and airport security with migrant farm workers, and fly-fishing with tattooed gangsters. Set against the misty Washington landscape, this unconventional congregation at times mirrors the Skagit Valley’s fleeting migratory swans and unseen salmon. But Hoke takes us with him into riskier terrain as he gains and loses friends to the prison system, and even faces his own despair—as well as belovedness—on the back of a motorcycle racing through Guatemalan slums. In these stories of “mystical portraiture,” like the old WANTED posters of outlaws, Hoke bears witness to an elusive Presence that is still alive and defiant of official custody. Such portraits offer a new vision of the forgotten souls who have been cast into society’s dumpsters, helping us see beneath even the hardest criminal a fragile desire to be wanted.
Author: Emily MacKenzie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1681192209
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Some rabbits dream about lettuces and carrots, others dream of flowering meadows and juicy dandelions, but Ralfy dreams only of books. In fact, he doesn't just dream about them, he wants to read them ALL THE TIME--even if it means he has to STEAL them. Soon his obsession sends him spiraling into a life of crime! This laugh-out-loud funny story is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere.
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101209178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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Arley Mowbray is young, smart, and lonely. Very lonely. And then she strikes up a correspondence with a prison inmate—and, under the spell of his poetic, seductive letters, falls helplessly, stubbornly in love. Annie Singer is a tough, dedicated Texas lawyer hired to help Arley unite with her beloved. She does so, but against her own better judgment—and soon she’s caught up in this disturbing and dangerous romance, and in her feelings for Arley, who’s become the daughter she never had. When Dillon LeGrande comes after the girl he loves, Arley finds herself both aching for his touch and fearing for her life. And Annie begins to question her own choices—and to wonder what price she would pay for passion.
Author: Crystal Hickerson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557091330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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Cailyn Roberts survived a brutal attack that left her 11 year old daughter dead and herself in a coma. When she awoke her world was shattered. With nothing left she searched for a reason to live, she found it, vengeance. When your soul is empty, darkness finds a great place to live."Wanted" is the new novel from the mind of Crystal Hickerson waiting to get out, however there are some doors that should never be opened. Do you dare?
Author: George Harrar
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571316332
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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When 12-year-old Andy meets Laurie and Jeff at an adoption party, he has already been in eight foster homes. Andy s alcoholic mother has given him up to the state as too hard to handle, and his father is in jail. Andy longs for a loving home and parents he can trust, but his attention deficit disorder, combined with the legacy of his dysfunctional parents, causes him to constantly challenge authority. He steals, destroys property, gets in trouble at school, tries to make a gunpowder bomb, and accuses Jeff, his soon-to-be father, of touching him inappropriately. To make matters worse, Andy s real father shows up asking for money. But Andy s new parents refuse to give up on him, and Andy must fight to save his soon-to-be-father s reputation and his own chance at having a real family."
