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Assumptions can be deadly... After seven years, it's clear... she's not one of the lucky ones. No new parents to whisk her away to a better life. No, she's stuck within the confines of Riverbrook Academy's heavily fortified grounds. For another three years. But then the kids become sick with an undisclosed illness and a series of mysterious deaths occur. Now their future doesn't look so certain. Who will be next? In this chilling ghost thriller, Marris learns the horrible truth about the place she's called home for seven years. Everything she believed was wrong. Now armed with the truth, can she stop the academy and save her friends before it's too late? Shattered is the first book in The Hexon Code series, a story about pain, loss, and the fight for love in a messed up world. If you love psychological thrillers, dramas, and love stories, you're bound to love this series. Start reading it today!
Lies only get you so far... Tessa thought she was happy. She had a boyfriend, she was the lead gymnast at her school, and she had just received a full-ride scholarship for a degree in mathematics. Until she met Damien at a dance workshop over winter break... Everything changed that day. She had been living a lie. And most importantly, she was lying to herself. But when she tried to be honest, everything blew up in her face. And to make matters worse, she was recruited by Faction 73. All she wanted was to feel something. To feel love. To feel all the things she had felt at the workshop. But now with her whole world turned upside down, is her chance at love gone? And how can she have it when Faction 73 rules her life? Breakout, the sixth book in The Hexon Code series, is an emotional tale of lost love and lost memories set in a dystopian society.
Punishments are for those who show up late... Sixteen-year-old Ivy Gould's world has turned upside down and all she wants to do is survive the rest of the school year and start her summer internship at the medical center. But then a mysterious agency shows up at her school and recruits a select group of students. And she's one of them. They claim terrorists are attacking the country and the agency needs students to join their cause to fight back and protect what's left. Are they telling the truth? Or is it a lie? She might never know. Because the students who fail to report on time for transportation to the training facility aren't lucky enough to find out. Now she faces a much bigger challenge... and something far more horrifying. Will she overcome the odds? Or is she lost forever? Outcast, the fourth book in The Hexon Code series, is an emotional story of terrible mistakes, huge regrets, and solid determination to make things right.
Mistakes can get you killed...or locked away forever. Escaping Faction 73 was hard enough, but now Gabe and Emerson face a new set of problems. Dangerous, life-threatening problems. And ones that will test their resolve and their trust in each other. If they survive the round-trip trek across the fallen city to search for their friends, will their love be enough to forgive all? Ivy thought she had Shane figured out. Things were great. Well, as great as they could be stuck inside the prison walls with criminals and creepers. But then Shane reveals a disturbing secret. Now that her world is turned upside down once more, can she ever trust him again? The plot to escape DC Prison continues in this fifth installment of The Hexon Code series. No Way Out (The Hexon Code, Book 5) is a chilling young adult dystopian thriller/drama.
One mistake can ruin everything… until you are redeemed. Dieran, a young boy who died at the hands of Riverbrook Academy, made a huge mistake. He thought being trapped there was bad enough when he was alive. But now he’s dead. And he’s got nowhere to go. For weeks he’s been trapped, unable to leave. Unable to move on. But then one day, a mysterious new property owner shows up at the academy. And weeks later, all the kids, the ones he thought had escaped Riverbrook, return. And to his horror, the blonde-haired girl returns, too. The new owner claims the experiments on the kids are over. But Dieran knows it’s a lie. Now is his chance to redeem himself. The only problem is, ever since he attacked the doctor, he’s been unable to make contact with the living world. But the girl is there because of him and he won’t stop until she’s either safe or dead… Redeemed is the chilling sequel to Shattered, the first book in The Hexon Code series. Look for the third book in the series – Blackout.
Finish the fifth grade: Check! Start summer break: Check! Spend summer break with Tom and Gina: Wait! What?! When eleven-year-old Ryan Ericksen learns he'll be spending three months helping his aunt and uncle on their chicken farm, he thinks his whole summer break is ruined. No more playing video games or having super-soaker fights with his older brother. Nope. He'll be stuck on the eastern plains of Colorado with five hundred stupid, crummy chickens. Little does he know, his life is about to change in a big way. Maybe life isn't always as bad as he expects. And maybe there are things in life worth fighting for, even when obstacles and heartache are there at every turn. But when disaster strikes at the farm, will he have the courage to risk his neck for a cause greater than himself? Or will he chicken out when everyone needs him the most? Chickens, Girls, and Other Life Problems is a contemporary coming-of-age middle-grade novel for both boys and girls (ages 8 to 12).
The people have revolted. The guards are dead. The city has fallen. When the gangs overtake the city of Detroit, killing the city officials and the guards, Kallis finds herself in her worst nightmare. Fast-forward three years and her life is still a living hell. It's been a year since she was sold last, but Henry, her new owner and one of the gang's leaders, is anything but kind. She walks on eggshells, worried she'll do something wrong. She's wanted out, to escape Detroit—not that she would have attempted to escape. She's certain getting caught would result in something far worse. But when Henry tells her he's taking her out of the city, she's not sure if that's a good thing. Leaving with...
To survive, you must escape. Emerson Wesler and Gabriel Marconne lead a fairly normal life, given the circumstances... Until their city's cell towers shut down unexpectedly two months before their high school graduation. Then the next morning, there's an explosion at their home and Gabe's parents are believed to have been inside. But before social services can arrive to take them away, a mysterious agency shows up at their school, claims terrorists are attacking the nation, and forcibly recruits them along with thirteen other students. Now they must train to fight for their country... Only it isn't long before they discover things aren't what they seem. And their best chance of survival is escaping the one facility no one seems to know how to exit... All before they complete the training and advance to field agent. Because if that happens, everything's lost. Blackout, the third book in The Hexon Code series, is a chilling young adult dystopian thriller/drama.
Magnolia Goldsteen has pretty much one thing on her mind: watch the nose! That is, until a particular mishap involving her nose has her dad grasping at straws for a reasonable explanation for his daughter's clumsiness. When doctor's visits lead to inconclusive results, there's only one thing left to do: take a cooking class. Never in her wildest dreams did Magnolia think her dad would go on a mission to start healthy habits. But that might just work out for everyone. Because in the pursuit of healthy eating, they meet a woman who seems to be the perfect match for her dad. Now, she has one extra thing on her mind: devise a plan with the woman's daughter to spark a budding relationship between their parents. Oh, and make sure the neighbor's grandson never sees her wearing spandex ever again. There's just one big problem to her matchmaking plan. Sometimes allowing love again isn't easy when grief stands in the way. Mishaps & Fairy Dust is a funny, quirky, and heartfelt tale of new friendships and a budding career in matchmaking. The Parent Trap meets Boy Meets World. Ages 8–12
Conceptual Landscapes explores the dilemma faced in the early moments of design thinking through a gradient of work in landscape and environmental design media by both emerging and well-established designers and educators of landscape architecture. It questions where and, more importantly, how the process of design starts. The book deconstructs the steps of conceptualizing design in order to reignite pedagogical discussions about timing and design fundamentals, and to reveal how the spark of an idea happens – from a range of unique perspectives. Through a careful arrangement of visual essays that integrate analog, digital, and mixed-media works and processes, the book highlights difference...