When Sonya learns that a woodpecker is putting holes in her playhouse at Nana and Papa’s house, she don’s her super persona and does everything in her power to protect the yard while Papa goes to the store to get repair supplies.
Mik Murdoch is just a regular, everyday kid…until he decides it is his destiny to become a superhero. But, just how does one become a superhero anyway? Mik doesn’t have any of the normal things that would fulfill his dream; he doesn’t have special powers, nor billions of dollars or technology. He isn’t even the world’s greatest detective. It shouldn’t be all that hard though, should it? People get super powers in the comic books all the time. So Mik tries everything he can think of to get powers. Radioactive bugs, super powered armour, even putting on a cape so he can fly. Will he get super powers? Are there villains to battle? Does his small town of Cranberry Flats even need a superhero? So many questions. The biggest on of all? Is the world ready for Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero?
Politicians are nothing more than thieves and crooks, as everyone surely knows. Nowhere is this statement truer than in Harael, a city where a thief-lord’s reputation is everything, and stealing jewel-encrusted valuables in the dead of night is more about political intrigue than monetary gain.
So when Lord Vincent Tucat learns he’s to be robbed, the idea of embarrassingly turning the tables on his unknown enemy and further enhancing his own reputation proves too tempting to resist. However, in a city ruled by thieves, burglary and politics often go hand in hand, and things are rarely as straightforward as they appear.
Careful what you wish for. It just might come true. Ava Marshall, driven by a desire to learn more about her mother’s past, moved across the country to attend St. Augustus. But her mom’s secrets will have to wait, because she finds herself instantly hated for her family’s connection to her new school and is forced to fight alone against a classmate who is setting Ava up to be expelled. Fleeing campus, she takes a shortcut to her Gran’s house through the forbidden West Woods and discovers a mysterious fountain that has the power to grant a wish and change it all. But can she live with the consequences? Or will she end up breaking every school rule and risking the love of her life to make it right…
An interdimensional whirlpool transports Adam Danburg to Atlantis, a world filled with powerful forces, talking crystal skulls and a fluid space-time continuum. Adam, with his strange power drawn from nature, is prophesied to be part of a trio that must save the fabled city from destruction. Evil forces, natural disturbances, problems within the trio, and Adam’s inability to control his special talent all threaten the safety of the ancient city. Adam must find his true path in a labyrinth of deceit and turmoil, or will he be trapped in Atlantis forever.
Being a Scout is more than just helping old ladies cross the road. Scouts have a responsibility to their communities and the greater world around them. Part of that responsibility is training and being prepared for disasters. When a Scout troop comes home from a weekend of survival training in the deep woods, they find that nothing about the world they left is the same. Shambling hordes of undead wander the countryside killing anything that lives. Can the Scouts survive the trip home and is there even a home to return to? It will take all of their training and smarts to overcome this disaster.