There are only three things that matter to twelve-yea-old Alice Alexis Queensmeado: Mother, who wouldn't miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it's been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she love…
Against the backdrop of World War II, The World in the Evening charts the emotional development of Stephen Monk, an aimless Englishman living in California. After his second marriage suddenly ends, Stephen finds himself living with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town, haunted by memories of his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands. The world traveler …
J.k. Rowling invites you to explore a new era of the Wizarding World....rnExplorer and Magizoologist Newt Scamander has just completed a round-the-globe trip search of the most rare and unusual magical creatures. Arriving in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when Newt's case is misplaced and some of his fantastic beasts escape into the city, it spells trouble f…
Young Cedric is quite happy living with his widoded mother in New York and visiting with his best friend. Then Cedric learns that he is Lord Fauntleroy and will one day become an Earl. But in order to claim his title, he will have to leave behind everything he knows to live with his hart-hearted grandfather in England. Can Cedric win over his grandfather? And is he even the real Lord Fauntleroy…
Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever.rnrnWhen his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone-who knows April better than anyone-has answers.rnrnAs fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase …
Reichs #1 bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the television hit Bones - returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, in her 11th novel in the which Riveting Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly mix of voodoo and devil worship. Happy reaing
Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. Smuggled into Iran, Gulwali began a twelve month odyssey across Europe, spending fime in prisons, suffering hunger, making a terrying journey acrooss the Mediterranean in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate maonth in the camp at Calais. Somehow he survived, and m…
Jack Morgan, head of Private Investigations, the global PI agency of the rich and famous, is being pushed to the limit. His car bas been firebombed, his ex is dating someone else, and his twin brother is still out to destroy him.rnrnBut Privatae doesn't rest, and nor do its clients; not the LAPD who need Private's help catching two scumbags with diplomatic immunity, and not the client who has j…
The new novel by America's beloved queen of suspense, Mery Higgins Clark, is abrilliantly crafted story of adoption, love, and murder, as a young television journalist seeks to uncover the truth behind a headline-making trial and about herself.rnrnWith her promotion to evening news anchor, plus the plum assignment of covering a sensational murder trial for her network, television journalst Del…
Meet toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger, four great pals who live in the country. Whether they're rowing lazily on the river, defending Toad Hall from the wicked creatures of the Wild Wood, or getting a member of their group out of trouble - again! they share rousing adventures and an enduring friendship that rises above species and lasts a lifetime.rnrnWith Classic Starts, young readers can experienc…