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The Capture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

The Capture

"A young Barn Owl named Soren lives peacefully with his family. After he is pushed from his nest by his older brother, his idyllic world transforms into one of confusion and danger, as he is captured by evil chick-snatching owls and taken to the St Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls"--Goodreads.com.

The Siege (Guardians of Ga'Hoole #4)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

The Siege (Guardians of Ga'Hoole #4)

A war breaks out in the owl kingdom when an evil group tries to take control of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Soren and the other Ga'Hoolian owls must fight to protect their tree and restore peace.Soren's beloved mentor, Ezylryb, is finally back at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There's a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. On one side is a group led by Soren's fearsome brother, Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his battle-scarred face. On the other side are the owls of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, who must fight to protect their legendary tree from Kludd's attacks.Soren, his friends, and the other owls at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree enter into fierce combat against Kludd's forces. They win a major battle, but warfare will continue in Book #5.

Double Trouble Squared
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

Double Trouble Squared

In London with their family, telepathic twelve-year-old twins Liberty and July receive strange emanations from an early residence of Arthur Conan Doyle and discover a literary ghost.

True North
  • Language: en

True North

It's 1858, and fourteen-year-old Lucy would rather go sailing with her grandfather than get ready for her sister's fancy, high-society wedding. Hundreds of miles south, a girl named Afrika is running for her life and her only guide is the North Star. After Lucy discovers her grandfather's secret life as a stationmaster for the Underground Railroad, she's unexpectedly called to action. Together, Lucy and Afrika will make a break for freedom, and together they must fight to keep each other on the right course - true north.

Hannah (Daughters of the Sea #1)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 177

Hannah (Daughters of the Sea #1)

A terrific new historical fiction quartet from Kathy Lasky, acclaimed author of the best-selling Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Daughters of the Sea tells the story of 3 mermaid sisters who are separated at birth by a storm and go on to lead three very different lives. Book 1 is about Hannah, who spent her early days in an orphanage and is now a scullery maid in the house of rich, powerful family. She is irresistibly drawn to the sea and through a series of accidents and encounters discovers her true identity. Hannah relizes that she must keep the truth a secret but she also knows that soon she will have to make the choice - to be a creature of the land or the sea.

Blood Secret
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 308

Blood Secret

The minute she had opened the trunk, she knew there wasn't anything like hope in it. Just awful musty things, but each one with a kind of terrible dark halo around it. She picked up that piece of old lace. She saw that stain -- pale, brownish in color. She knew it was blood. Somebody's blood. There was violence in that trunk, and dark secrets, and she did not want to know them. Curious about the old homestead where she now lives, Jerry finds an ancient trunk in the basement that contains, among other things, an old piece of bloodstained lace, some letters, and a battered doll. The objects in the trunk have stories to tell -- stories about the Spanish Inquisition spanning nearly five hundred ...

Night Witches: A Novel of World War Two
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Night Witches: A Novel of World War Two

From bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes an explosive adventure following the teen girl fighter pilots who took on Hitler's army . . . and won. 16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches-a brigade of young female pilots. Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches' base . . . and that's when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they'll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they'll face death . . . or even worse horrors.Historical fiction master Lasky sheds light on the war's unsung heroes-daredevil girls who took to the skies to fight for their country-in an action-packed thrill ride that'll leave you electrified and breathless.

Faceless
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

Faceless

Newbery Honor winner Kathryn Lasky, author of the Guardians of Ga’hoole series, delivers a riveting adventure about young British spies on a secret mission in Germany in WWII. “Fascinating and riveting, especially for history buffs and spy aficionados.” —Kirkus “A page-turner, particularly for readers intrigued by WWII.” —Booklist “With a well-detailed historical backdrop and a puzzling familial mystery, this novel delivers intrigue.” —Publishers Weekly Over the centuries, a small clan of spies called the Tabula Rasa has worked ceaselessly to fight oppression. They can pass unseen through enemy lines and “become” other people without being recognized. They are, essent...

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 55

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.

May
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 338

May

"New York Times"-bestselling author Lasky delivers the second novel in her shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.