Thirteen-year-old Houston Williams is smart. Very smart. So, no one is surprised when he earns a scholarship to attend a prestigious NASA space camp. At the training facility, he immediately bonds with his new team, including a girl named Teal. He also clashes with a girl on a rival team named Ashley, who matches or beats him in every exercise. The three of them impress the directors so much they are invited to join a top-secret research project that...

Thirteen-year-old Houston Williams is smart. Very smart. So, no one is surprised, when he earns a scholarship to attend a prestigious NASA space camp. At the training facility, he immediately bonds with his new team, including a girl named Teal. He also clashes with a girl on a rival team named Ashley, who matches or beats him in every exercise. The three of them impress the directors so much they are, invited to join a top-secret research project...

The hunt for his killer leads a dead professor of supernatural phenomena into the perilous intrigues of aliens, fairy folk, and time-travelers in this classic of science fiction. Until the day he was murdered, Professor Peter Maxwell was a respected faculty member of the College of Supernatural Phenomena. Imagine his chagrin when he turns up at a Wisconsin matter transmission station several weeks later and discovers he's not only dead but unemployed....

What happens when a bullied boy finds out he's so much more than he thought? World-changing adventure!As a special needs boy living in foster care, Ezekiel Taylor has always struggled with fear and insecurity.But when EZ meets a mysterious man named Friar, he learns that not only does he have special needs, he also has a special gift…The ability to slay demons.Despite his fears, EZ must embark on a journey to a hidden realm where he must confront...

A story where every goodbye isn't gone and every eye closed isn't sleep, Alice must find the answer to the Looking-glass question, much to the rage of infamous book reviewer, Paige Turner who threatens to jeopardise Alice's writing career in Authorland. Hoodlemania descends, and together Alice and her predatory blonde alter-ego, Miss Penopause walk the Critical Path to set forerunning hazards and high-jinks in motion in a bid to make Paige Turner...

The great battle at the Rumour Mill is over. Hordes of Meddlers have been destroyed. But not all. Their leader, crafty Sir-Meddle, always has a plan, and already the evil creatures are preparing to rise again. Hot on their heels, the Aletheian Swift Response Team is tracking the Meddlers through the land of Err. They are determined to discover the creatures' location and learn more of Sir-Meddle's plans. Will they uncover the Meddlers' new hiding...

Just when he thought his life ended, something else began. Lauren DiTullio's When a Soul Walks tells the story of Edward Long, a brilliant neurosurgeon whose career is tragically cut short. Three months after his brain tumor diagnosis, Edward succumbs to his illness and leaves his family behind...that is, in World One. Edward ends up in a purgatory known as the Waiting Room. Here, he attempts to heal from past traumas, facing the feelings...

16-Year-Old Micah Goodman is a typical American boy born and raised in the small town of Maytone, Georgia. His life takes a drastic turn, when his power of choice collides with the inescapable reality of fate. After reliving a prophetic dream of a treacherous storm, Micah awakes to find himself inhibiting superhuman abilities with a mysterious symbol engrained on his right hand. To his surprise he is drawn into the Cosmic Conflict between the powers...

Dylan, Jack, and Tripp are looking for adventure, but when they find an entryway into a magical land, plagued by the malevolent Stranger, the cost of their new, exciting journey might prove to be too much. While on vacation at their grandmother's farm, cousins Dylan, Jack, and Tripp learn of a long kept family secret and the power of wishing on a star. The boys are swept away to the Valley of the Oasis-a strange, primal paradise, where monsters and...

Décryptez l'univers de Guy de Maupassant en moins d'une heure! Considéré pendant longtemps comme un auteur trop simple et trop superficiel, Maupassant figure aujourd'hui dans le panthéon de la littérature française. Auteur de six romans, il est surtout passé à la postérité pour ses contes et nouvelles. Refusant de se laisser enfermer dans une école littéraire, il ne s'inscrit pas moins dans l'esthétique réaliste qui domine son époque,...