Author: Christian Schoon
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1908844566
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Zenn Scarlett is a bright, determined, occasionally a-little-too-smart-for-her-own-good 17-year-old girl training hard to become an exoveterinarian. That means she’s specializing in the treatment of exotic alien life forms, mostly large and generally dangerous. Her novice year of training at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars will find her working with alien patients from whalehounds the size of a hay barn to a baby Kiran Sunkiller, a colossal floating creature that will grow up to carry a whole sky-city on its back. But after a series of inexplicable animal escapes from the school and other near-disasters, the Cloister is in real danger of being shut down by a group of alien-hating officials. If that happens, Zenn knows only too well the grim fate awaiting the creatures she loves. Now, she must unravel the baffling events plaguing her school, before someone is hurt or killed, before everything she cares about is ripped away from her and her family forever. To solve this mystery – and live to tell about it – Zenn will have to put her new exovet skills to work in ways she never imagined, and in the process learn just how powerful compassion and empathy can be.
Zenn Scarlett
Author: Christian Schoon
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1908844566
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Zenn Scarlett is a bright, determined, occasionally a-little-too-smart-for-her-own-good 17-year-old girl training hard to become an exoveterinarian. That means she’s specializing in the treatment of exotic alien life forms, mostly large and generally dangerous. Her novice year of training at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars will find her working with alien patients from whalehounds the size of a hay barn to a baby Kiran Sunkiller, a colossal floating creature that will grow up to carry a whole sky-city on its back. But after a series of inexplicable animal escapes from the school and other near-disasters, the Cloister is in real danger of being shut down by a group of alien-hating officials. If that happens, Zenn knows only too well the grim fate awaiting the creatures she loves. Now, she must unravel the baffling events plaguing her school, before someone is hurt or killed, before everything she cares about is ripped away from her and her family forever. To solve this mystery – and live to tell about it – Zenn will have to put her new exovet skills to work in ways she never imagined, and in the process learn just how powerful compassion and empathy can be.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1908844566
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Zenn Scarlett is a bright, determined, occasionally a-little-too-smart-for-her-own-good 17-year-old girl training hard to become an exoveterinarian. That means she’s specializing in the treatment of exotic alien life forms, mostly large and generally dangerous. Her novice year of training at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars will find her working with alien patients from whalehounds the size of a hay barn to a baby Kiran Sunkiller, a colossal floating creature that will grow up to carry a whole sky-city on its back. But after a series of inexplicable animal escapes from the school and other near-disasters, the Cloister is in real danger of being shut down by a group of alien-hating officials. If that happens, Zenn knows only too well the grim fate awaiting the creatures she loves. Now, she must unravel the baffling events plaguing her school, before someone is hurt or killed, before everything she cares about is ripped away from her and her family forever. To solve this mystery – and live to tell about it – Zenn will have to put her new exovet skills to work in ways she never imagined, and in the process learn just how powerful compassion and empathy can be.
Under Nameless Stars
Author: Christian Schoon
Publisher: Angry Robot, Limited
ISBN: 9781908844866
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Zenn Scarlett's novice year of exoveterinarian training on Mars isn't quite going to plan...After facing a plot to destroy her school and its menagerie of alien patients, could things get worse? Yes, they could: her absent father has been kidnapped.Desperate to find him, Zenn stows away aboard the Helen of Troy, a starliner powered by one of the immense, dimension-jumping beasts known as Indra. With her is Liam Tucker, a Martian boy who is either very fond of her, very dangerous to her, or both. On the verge of learning the truth about her father, Zenn's quest suddenly catapults her and Liam thousands of light years beyond known space, and into the dark heart of a monstrous conspiracy. Braving a gauntlet of lethal environments and unearthly life forms, Zenn's courage is tested as never before. With the fate of entire worlds in the balance, she is racing headlong into trouble... again.
Publisher: Angry Robot, Limited
ISBN: 9781908844866
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Zenn Scarlett's novice year of exoveterinarian training on Mars isn't quite going to plan...After facing a plot to destroy her school and its menagerie of alien patients, could things get worse? Yes, they could: her absent father has been kidnapped.Desperate to find him, Zenn stows away aboard the Helen of Troy, a starliner powered by one of the immense, dimension-jumping beasts known as Indra. With her is Liam Tucker, a Martian boy who is either very fond of her, very dangerous to her, or both. On the verge of learning the truth about her father, Zenn's quest suddenly catapults her and Liam thousands of light years beyond known space, and into the dark heart of a monstrous conspiracy. Braving a gauntlet of lethal environments and unearthly life forms, Zenn's courage is tested as never before. With the fate of entire worlds in the balance, she is racing headlong into trouble... again.
The Almost Girl
Author: Amalie Howard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510701745
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Riven comes from a world parallel to Earth, a world that has been ravaged by a devastating android war. As a Legion General, she is the right hand of Prince Cale, the young Prince of Neospes. In her world, she's had everything: rank, responsibility, and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to rescue his long-lost brother, Caden, who has been spirited to modern day Earth, Riven finds herself in uncharted territory. Armed with the mindset of a soldier and racing against time to bring Caden home, Riven must learn how to blend in as a girl in a realm that is the opposite of all she's ever known. Will she be able to find the strength to defy her very nature? Or will she become the monstrous soldier she was designed to be?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510701745
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Riven comes from a world parallel to Earth, a world that has been ravaged by a devastating android war. As a Legion General, she is the right hand of Prince Cale, the young Prince of Neospes. In her world, she's had everything: rank, responsibility, and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to rescue his long-lost brother, Caden, who has been spirited to modern day Earth, Riven finds herself in uncharted territory. Armed with the mindset of a soldier and racing against time to bring Caden home, Riven must learn how to blend in as a girl in a realm that is the opposite of all she's ever known. Will she be able to find the strength to defy her very nature? Or will she become the monstrous soldier she was designed to be?
Grouch Bag
Author: Jim Gullo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692506202
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In GROUCH BAG, Josh Markowitz, the class clown of Patton Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon, goes back in time to save comedy! In this time-travel adventure, an ageless clown named Slivers enlists the help of Josh, the funniest 12-year old kid in school, to go back in time to convince the youthful Marx Brothers that their futures lie in being funny. Josh is sent back to New York City in 1908, where he meets three very funny brothers named Julius, Adolph and Leonard -- long before they would become known to the world as Groucho, Harpo and Chico, the hysterical, wise-cracking Marx Brothers of the movies, vaudeville and Broadway stage. In 1908 the brothers have a singing act that is going nowhere, but they don't even realize their comedic destinies until Josh shows up. But living in the past is tricky and dangerous. Josh gets chased by a cop on the take and is sent upriver to work in forced labor in a textile factory before the Marx Brothers can save him in a hysterical scene that foreshadows one of their greatest and funniest movies. Josh's friends in 2012 also are trying to figure out where he is, and how to save him. Say the secret word and be returned to your own time...or be stuck forever in the past! GROUCH BAG is a funny story that kids will enjoy on its own merits, and a tribute to a bygone era of comedy that adults will love to revisit. And remember the immortal words of Groucho Marx: "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. And inside of a dog, it's much too dark to read."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692506202
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In GROUCH BAG, Josh Markowitz, the class clown of Patton Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon, goes back in time to save comedy! In this time-travel adventure, an ageless clown named Slivers enlists the help of Josh, the funniest 12-year old kid in school, to go back in time to convince the youthful Marx Brothers that their futures lie in being funny. Josh is sent back to New York City in 1908, where he meets three very funny brothers named Julius, Adolph and Leonard -- long before they would become known to the world as Groucho, Harpo and Chico, the hysterical, wise-cracking Marx Brothers of the movies, vaudeville and Broadway stage. In 1908 the brothers have a singing act that is going nowhere, but they don't even realize their comedic destinies until Josh shows up. But living in the past is tricky and dangerous. Josh gets chased by a cop on the take and is sent upriver to work in forced labor in a textile factory before the Marx Brothers can save him in a hysterical scene that foreshadows one of their greatest and funniest movies. Josh's friends in 2012 also are trying to figure out where he is, and how to save him. Say the secret word and be returned to your own time...or be stuck forever in the past! GROUCH BAG is a funny story that kids will enjoy on its own merits, and a tribute to a bygone era of comedy that adults will love to revisit. And remember the immortal words of Groucho Marx: "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. And inside of a dog, it's much too dark to read."
Under Nameless Stars
Author: Christian Schoon
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1908844884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
After barely surviving a plot to destroy her school and its menagerie of alien patients, could things get worse for novice exoveterinarian Zenn Scarlett? Yes, they could: her absent father has been kidnapped. Desperate to find him, Zenn stows away aboard the Helen of Troy, a starliner powered by one of the immense, dimension-jumping beasts known as Indra. With her is Liam Tucker, a Martian boy who is either very fond of her, very dangerous to her, or both. On the verge of learning the truth about her missing dad, Zenn’s quest suddenly catapults her and Liam thousands of light years beyond known space, and into the dark heart of a monstrous conspiracy.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1908844884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
After barely surviving a plot to destroy her school and its menagerie of alien patients, could things get worse for novice exoveterinarian Zenn Scarlett? Yes, they could: her absent father has been kidnapped. Desperate to find him, Zenn stows away aboard the Helen of Troy, a starliner powered by one of the immense, dimension-jumping beasts known as Indra. With her is Liam Tucker, a Martian boy who is either very fond of her, very dangerous to her, or both. On the verge of learning the truth about her missing dad, Zenn’s quest suddenly catapults her and Liam thousands of light years beyond known space, and into the dark heart of a monstrous conspiracy.
The Diversion (Animorphs #49)
Author: K. A. Applegate
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133821781X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
The Yeerks are finally starting to realize that the "Andalite bandits" are probably not aliens at all. That maybe they've been dealing with humans all along. And no one -- especially the newly appointed Visser One -- is happy about this revelation.When Tobias and the other Animorphs realize that the Yeerks are about to find them, it's by accident. But that doesn't make the discovery any less serious. Because in a war, one side wins and one side loses...
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133821781X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
The Yeerks are finally starting to realize that the "Andalite bandits" are probably not aliens at all. That maybe they've been dealing with humans all along. And no one -- especially the newly appointed Visser One -- is happy about this revelation.When Tobias and the other Animorphs realize that the Yeerks are about to find them, it's by accident. But that doesn't make the discovery any less serious. Because in a war, one side wins and one side loses...
The Keeper of the Isis Light
Author: Monica Hughes
Publisher: Thorndike Press
ISBN: 9780783892955
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a humanlike space suit.
Publisher: Thorndike Press
ISBN: 9780783892955
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a humanlike space suit.
Winger
Author: Andrew Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442444940
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in this unforgettable novel that is “alternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlightening” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications with the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442444940
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in this unforgettable novel that is “alternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlightening” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications with the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
Starglass
Author: Phoebe North
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442459530
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
For all of her 16 years, Terra has lived on a city within a spaceship that left Earth 500 years ago seeking refuge. But as they finally approach the chosen planet, she is drawn into a secret rebellion that could change the fate of her people.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442459530
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
For all of her 16 years, Terra has lived on a city within a spaceship that left Earth 500 years ago seeking refuge. But as they finally approach the chosen planet, she is drawn into a secret rebellion that could change the fate of her people.
Fair Coin
Author: E.C. Myers
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1625672454
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
When you have magic on your side, anything is possible. At least that’s what Ephraim Scott thinks when he first discovers the unusual coin that grants his wishes. With it Ephraim overhauls his troubled home life and also his nonexistent love life. He even tries to help his friends with their problems. But every wish comes with a twist. Each flip of the coin gives Ephraim what he wants, but bad things happen too--ripples of dark consequences he doesn’t intend and can’t predict. The more Ephraim tries to fix the situation, the worse it gets. The people closest to him are changing in terrible ways and Ephraim must figure out how to harness the coin’s power before anyone gets hurt...or worse. Fair Coin is the winner of the 2012 Andre Norton Award and was a finalist for both the 2013 British Fantasy Award and the 2013 Compton Crook Award.
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1625672454
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
When you have magic on your side, anything is possible. At least that’s what Ephraim Scott thinks when he first discovers the unusual coin that grants his wishes. With it Ephraim overhauls his troubled home life and also his nonexistent love life. He even tries to help his friends with their problems. But every wish comes with a twist. Each flip of the coin gives Ephraim what he wants, but bad things happen too--ripples of dark consequences he doesn’t intend and can’t predict. The more Ephraim tries to fix the situation, the worse it gets. The people closest to him are changing in terrible ways and Ephraim must figure out how to harness the coin’s power before anyone gets hurt...or worse. Fair Coin is the winner of the 2012 Andre Norton Award and was a finalist for both the 2013 British Fantasy Award and the 2013 Compton Crook Award.