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*Solo Medalist Winner of the New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Publishing* One ordinary teenager. One extraordinary mission. And a destiny she never expected. With final exams behind her, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Cross is looking forward to a long, lazy summer on the beach, shopping, and going to the spa with her friends—anywhere but at home with her hypocritical stepmother and preoccupied father. Her entire life is flipped upside-down when her father disappears, and rumors he’s a traitor begin to fly. Selected to join an expedition to an alternate reality called the Living World to retrieve a priceless relic, Van plans a secret mission of her own. Find her father and prove his inn...
*Official Selection of the New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Publishing* Van’s light protects her world. But to defeat an unspeakable evil, she’ll have to embrace her darkness… Sixteen-year-old Vanessa Cross’s first clue that summer break will be anything but fun? She wipes out on her surfboard and envisions monsters. Back on land, life is its own kind of nightmare. Her hypocritical stepmother has a secret boyfriend. She can’t find the necklace her father left her. Her spirit guide talks in riddles. Her team isn’t taking junior Grigori training seriously, except Brux, the love of her life who can never be hers. Fearing that emotions could lead her down the dark path of her ...
*President's Award Gold Metal Winner Florida Authors and Publishers Association* *Winner, Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Young Adult Epic Fantasy* Deep in enemy territory, a sudden change of mission could seal Van’s fate. At seventeen, Vanessa Cross has lived a somewhat charmed life—aware life can be unfair but never feeling deeply the cruel bite of injustice. Until now. Now, it seems everywhere she turns, undeserved karma is slapping her in the face. The Jaychund games—a vital part of senior exams—should’ve been an effortless victory. Instead, the last minute addition of an off-islander tripped her up. So, losing her temper? Completely justifiable....
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What about this book? For one thing, at first look, it seems to be poorly organized. Granted, it does seem to be confusing. However, as disorganized as it appears to be, all four of the chapters are connected quite logically. All four of the chapters exist for one purpose: each one of the four has something important to say about why Diamond City is so unique and has a very bright future. The focus now is to make that bright future a reality. Chapter I: Let us consider the unique kind of people our residents are. For example, read this chapter and find out how our people demonstrated the strong humanitarian traits that are embedded in the folks of Diamond City. They are the core of Diamond C...
Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel (2007). Shortly after Emily Tempest returns to Moonlight Downs, the Aboriginal community of her childhood, her best friend's father is murdered. Blame immediately falls upon Blakie, the community's violent renegade, who evades arrest and vanishes into the outback. Only gradually does Emily come to believe that there is more to her old friend's death than anyone else is prepared to consider. Determined to uncover the truth Emily applies her traditional insights and university education and sets upon a course of action that will place her, and possibly her friends and family, in mortal danger.
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