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For nearly sixty years, Bennytown has been America's most exciting family theme park destination. Under the watchful eye of cultural icon Benny the Bunny, the park has entertained generations of children with its friendly atmosphere and technologically innovative rides. Park founder Fletcher Dorian's dream lives to this day, with Bennytown acting as a beacon of joy and wonder, where magic is real and dreams come true.Bennytown once saved sixte...

The power of the dragon totems is no longer a secret, but it may also be a curse...Koji Owens isn't just a superhero anymore. With his fame and reputation spreading around the world, the scaly, lightning-wielding dragon-boy is struggling to keep his Noxius identity hidden as others clamber to discover the source of his incredible power. But while Koji attempts to balance high school and family life with hero-work, enemies are watching-waiting ...

From a secluded boarding school in Central Pennsylvania, where the action begins, to the Southern Utah Wilderness where it concludes, Rare as Earth is as entertaining as it is educational. Jake Goddard and Susan Brand take us on another thrill ride involving arson, assault, abduction, attempted murder, car chases (well, trucks, really), and a little sex -sprinkled in like adding Slap Ya Mama Cajun spices to Louisiana delicacies.The first two n...

One of "our most insightful social observers" ("Los Angeles Times") cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans.

A renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Ekman assembles his research and theories to provide a comprehensive look at the evolutionary roots of human emotions, including anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and happiness.

Why should a reader pick up Blue Mar? How do we find belonging in a world ravaged by climate change? For some, the answer is to build a new home. Blue Mar takes us to a time in the near future, when the world's first plastic island-called Blue Mar-has been geo-engineered in the middle of the rising seas, out of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The story centers on two half-Latina sisters, who search for identity and belonging in...

What if the life of your grandmother, even a grandmother you never knew, is somehow woven into the fabric of your dreams, your desires, and your destiny? Knowles' riveting novel, The Inevitable Past, challenges the notion of who we are and what compels us to make life changing decisions as it carries us from the past to the present through two cities, two centuries, and some terrible secrets buried in the past.It's a timely look at women's rig...

It's not easy being a teenage witch. Seventh grader Abby Shepherd is just getting the hang of it when weird stuff starts happening all around her hometown of Willow Cove. Green slime bubbling to life in science class. Giant snakes slithering around the middle school gym. Her best friend suddenly keeping secrets and telling lies.Things only begin to make sense when a stranger named Miss Winters reveals that Abby isn't the only young witch in to...

A gift book for young children, celebrating creativity and how it applies to everyday life

Carrie Jane Knowles provides sage advice, examples and exercises to inspire both new and seasoned writers. The author discusses writing and editing fiction and shows students where to place punctuation in dialogue, why internal and external conflict is vital for any successful novel or short story, and more.

Jayde Walker is left for dead. Somehow she survives and is the only witness to the murder of her best friend Carrie. Fighting amnesia she tries to get on with her life, with the killer still on the loose. Then one night she remembers. The truth terrifies her and breaks her heart. She has to run. She has to hide. Leave behind everything. And everyone. She runs with no clear direction in mind. Halfway across the country, lost in the Midwest, she...

WHEN THE RIDE ENDS contains the winning stories from the Autumn 2019 Owl Canyon Press Hackathon Winners, featuring 26 stories by authors from around the world. The winners are, "There Is One So Endlessly Winter" by Desirae Matherly (FIRST PLACE), "So Many Infinitely Precious Things" by Michelle Denham (SECOND PLACE), and "How We Watch What Is Burning" by Emily Polk (THIRD PLACE).

Never trust a witch.For four hundred years, generations of the Family Del Toro and their battle-savvy warhorses have secretly guarded their corner of Colorado from all things creepy.But when a menacing woman with some wicked witch powers shows up at the Del Toro ranch and demands the return of the Red Casket, twelve year old Matt Del Toro must team up with his best friend Perry-along with the warhorses Rigo and Isabel-to out-wit, out-ride, and...

A centuries-old curse plagues the island of Viaii Nisi and an ancient enemy lurks beneath the depths of the surrounding water.Annie Mayfield has heard all the stories and rumors about the island that is now home to the brand new Mayfield Villa resort, and she is definitely not psyched about having to spend her summer working there. The island's name alone-Viaii Nisi, or violent island-is enough to make any sane person seriously reconsider it a...

Imagine you had a road map for writing the book you've always dreamed of writing-a step-by-step guide from testing your story ideas, to visualizing your characters' types and voices, to building a world that comes to life, to navigating the publishing industry, and going the distance to reach your writing goals.As co-founder of Teen Author Boot Camp, one of the nation's largest writing conferences specifically for teens, and Young Adult author...

Max Caruthers, a born-again Christian with a hard-living past, tracks his father, Norman Caruthers, who abandoned him decades before to the lawless wilds of present-day Guatemala. All Norman wants is to be left alone to drink away his remaining days undisturbed in the little bar that serves as home. Up north in California, Vicki Valle, former girlfriend of a recently assassinated Los Angeles gang leader, is deported over a triviality into Tiju...

roken, beaten, and exiled to the Sump, Anna has battled her way back to reality, but she returns to find her friends scattered and her enemies have grown in strength and number. And just like in nightmares, every time she runs away, the monsters lie in wait ahead.Anna's only hope for survival lies with new friends and a desperate plan to walk the Moonlight Road-a ghostly passage of frozen moonlight through worlds she can never touch-straight i...

If you, Jakob Bronsky, meet a girl like that, she's going to ask herself: Who is this Jakob Bronsky? ... What does Jakob Bronsky know about the American way of life? Does Jakob Bronsky know that success is the only thing that counts? Is he the kind of guy who gets ahead no matter what and still believes in God Almighty? Does he know that our world is an ideal one? ... Is he familiar with the ideals of our forefathers who, back then, arrived on...

Ride hard, swing hard, and take out as many of those creepy critters as you can."Twelve year old Matt Del Toro is the greenest greenhorn in his family's centuries-old business: riding down and destroying wolf-like monsters, known as skinners. Now, with those creatures multiplying, both in number and ferocity, Matt must saddle up and match his father's skills at monster whacking. Odds of doing that? Yeah, about a trillion to one. Because Matt's...

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