They didn't ask for fame. They were born with it.
In the first Daughters novel, Lizzie confronted her issues with beauty and self-image and took the modeling world by storm. Now readers will shift to Carina's perspective. . .
As the sole heir to Metronome Media, spunky Carina Jurgensen has a complicated relationship with money. While she loves hitching a ride to an Outward Bound trip on her father's private jet, she also cringes at the way people kiss-up to her dad and treat her differently from other kids.
Impetuous Carina infuriates her father by leaking a story to the press and gets cut-off from his unlimited financial resources. Out to prove that she doesn't need her father's money, Carina fibs her way into a job as a party planner for an upcoming charity dance. She's been to plenty of opulent Jurgensen events and assumes that she can put together one little soiree. But, when it turns out the committee was expecting freebies from Metronome's deep pockets, Carina scrambles to defy expectations.
Award-winning author and former schoolteacher Jonathan Friesen has a knack for crafting exciting stories teenagers want to read. Rush features 18-year-old Jake King, an adrenaline junkie who jumps at the chance to join an elite group of firefighters who rappel into wildfires. Known as the Immortals, these heroes have a habit of dying young. But Jake's sort-of girlfriend thinks there's more to the Immortals' high death rate than bad luck.
"The up-tempo plot keeps the story interesting, and the stunts keep the reader on the edge of their seats."-VOYA
Jill Jekel always obeys her parents' rules. But after her father is murdered, Jill begins to embrace her wild side. Teaming up with handsome but troubled Tristen Hyde, Jill sorts through the secret papers her father left behind. Soon, she and Tristen are recreating the experiments that inspired the classic monster novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
"This novel is filled with compelling plot devices; one particularly nice touch is the way that Jekel and Hyde alternate telling their stories, embodying a double perspective. Fans of the genre won't be able to resist this slick genre update."-Booklist
In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Mr. Poop is parading the streets, shouting LOUDER and LOUDER, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is getting in a flap. And watching it all is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after Dad and thinking how beautiful the birds are. What's behind it all? It's the Great Human Bird Competition, of course!
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children.Breathtaking, evocative illustrations by award-winning artist Loren Long at once capture the personalities and achievements of these great Americans and the innocence and promise of childhood.This beautiful book celebrates the characteristics that unite all Americans, from our nation's founders to generations to come. It is about the potential within each of us to pursue our dreams and forge our own paths. It is a treasure to cherish with your family forever.From the Hardcover edition.
READ BY LOUISE RENNISON. Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison's second audiobook about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson.
What is the matter with my life? Why is it so deeply unfab?
It's a day and a half now since I snogged the Sex God...
I think I have snog withdrawal. My lips keep puckering up...
I tried snogging the back of my hand, but it's no good...
It's been over a week. I wonder if it's my nose...
I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home.
READ BY LOUISE RENNISON. Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison's first audiobook about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson.
There are six things very wrong with my life:
1. I have one of those under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for the next two years.
2. It is on my nose.
3. I have a three-year-old sister who may have peed somewhere in my room.
4. In fourteen days the summer hols will be over and then it will be back to Stalag 14 and Oberführer Frau Simpson and her bunch of sadistic 'teachers'.
5. I am very ugly and need to go into an ugly home.
6. I went to a party dressed as a stuffed olive.
Follow Georgia's hilarious antics as she tries to overcome the dilemma's that are weighing up against her, and muddle her way through teenage life and all that it entails: how to replace accidentally shaved-off eyebrows; how to cope with Angus, her small labrador-sized Scottish wildcat; her first kiss with Peter - afterwards known as Whelk Boy; annoying teachers; unsympathetic friends and family, and how to entice Robbie the Sex God! Phew - she's really got her work cut out!
For decades Value Tales has been one of the most popular children's picture book series for children. In simple language Value Tales are stories based on the true lives of real men and women from various places, cultures and times. The stories ask children to imagine how a real person's life from the past is like their own. Now collected in one volume, #1 New York Times Bestselling author Spencer Johnson tells of the lives of Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Will Rogers and Confucius to inspire young readers to be their best. Imagine the past--envision your future.
Included stories:
THE VALUE OF BELIEVING IN YOURSELF -- Louis Pasteur
THE VALUE OF HELPING -- Harriet Tubman
THE VALUE OF HONESTY -- Confucius
THE VALUE OF DETERMINATION -- Helen Keller
THE VALUE OF HUMOR -- Will Rogers
Big sister Beezus Quimby tries to be patient with her four-year-old little sister, Ramona, but it isn't easy, not when Ramona powders her nose with marshmallows and invites her nursery school class to a party without telling her family. Sometimes Beezus doesn't like Ramona, but the girls are sisters and that means they will always love each other'just not every single minute.
When her father loses his job, Ramona decides to help out. Maybe she could earn a million dollars making a TV commercial, or get her father to stop smoking to save money (and his lungs)'she is full of ideas. Some work, some don't. But when her father says he wouldn't trade her for a million dollars, Ramona knows all is right in her world.
Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works. If Mrs. Quimby didn't work, Mr. Quimby couldn't return to college. On top of all that, third grade isn't turning out as Ramona expected, even though she enjoys her class's new reading program, D.E.A.R. Danny the Yard Ape teases her, and, on one horrible day, she throws up'at school. Being eight isn't easy, but it's never dull!
Ramona feels this is the awkward age'too little to stay by herself after school when her mother is at work, but too big to enjoy playing with pesty Willa Jean at her sitter's house. These days, all Ramona really wants is to twitch her nose and be her mother's little rabbit like she used to be. Can't she be her mother's little girl forever?
