Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick Almost everyone had a bomb shelter. You had to have one, in fact, you needed the latest model because the Russians were always developing new weapons that could penetrate the old bomb shelters.
From Star Science Fiction Stories in 1955 - It's a bare three years since Philip K. Dick's first story appeared in print - but they have been busy years for the man who has be come one of the newest of the 'old pros.' Science-fiction magazines differ among themselves as the night from the day; but almost all of them have one feature in common, and that is the appearance, with frightening regularity, of the name 'Philip K. Dick' on their contents pages. A writer is not born with such popularity; he must earn it, and a good way to earn it is by producing stories as deft, and as revealing as -- Foster You're Dead
Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks - Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please?
At last he was second in line. He squared his shoulders and pulled at the lower edges of his black double-breasted suitcoat to erase the travel wrinkles. The applicant ahead of him exploded the words, 'Nuts! I'll leave town first. I just came from the Phony-Plaza. You can take that squirrel-cage and—'
'Next!' the employment agent called sadly. Sextus Rollo Forsyte moved up and sat in the oak chair before the oak desk and faced the oak-featured man with the jobs.
'Forsyte is the name,' Sextus reminded. The man riffled through the application cards.
'Yes. Indeed. Lucky you came back. I have a fine position for you, Mr. Forsyte. Right in your line.' He held out a blue slip. 'The general manager's position is open at the Mahoney-Plaza. Six hundred a month, board and room. Now if you will....'
Sextus staggered from the employment office stunned.
He could handle the job, all right. As he'd said on the application form, in his forty years he had managed half a dozen large hotels. But they were handing him this plum without comment on his failure to fill in the spaces marked: COMPLETE REFERENCES (names and addresses).
He shrugged. They did a lot of things different in California. The most he had hoped for was a waiter's job or maybe a short order cook in a fry joint. But if they wanted to ignore the hotel associations' black list, he wouldn't argue.
Sextus Forsyte craved anonymity with the passion that most men seek fame and glory. Beneath his suave, mature exterior beat the shrinking heart of a perennial hermit whose delight was an adventure book and a bottle of whiskey.
A spooky, original ghost story with fantastic characters, chilling scenes -- and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an
abandoned segregated cemetery.
"Do you know what it feels like to be forgotten?" On a cold winter night, Iris and her best friend, Daniel, sneak into a clearing in the woods to play in the freshly fallen snow. There,
Iris carefully makes a perfect snow angel - only to find the crumbling gravestone of a young girl, Avery Moore, right beneath her.
Immediately, strange things start to happen to Iris: She begins having vivid nightmares. She wakes up to find her bedroom
window wide open, letting in the snow. She thinks she sees the shadow of a girl lurking in the woods. And she feels the pull of the
abandoned grave, calling her back to the clearing...
Obsessed with figuring out what's going on, Iris and Daniel start to research the area for a school project. They discover that
Avery's grave is actually part of a neglected and forgotten Black cemetery, dating back to a time when White and Black people
were kept separate in life - and in death. As Iris and Daniel learn more about their town's past, they become determined to restore
Avery's grave and finally have proper respect paid to Avery and the others buried there.
But they have awakened a jealous and demanding ghost, one that's not satisfied with their plans for getting recognition. One that
is searching for a best friend forever - no matter what the cost.
The Forgotten Girl is both a spooky original ghost story and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an abandoned
segregated cemetery.
With a dangerous criminal on the loose, will Jennie make it to safety in time?
In many ways, Jennie McGrady is just your average high schooler-but she has a peculiar knack for stumbling upon trouble. As a result, her detective skills are first-rate.
In her latest adventure, Jennie manages to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. After witnessing a bank robbery, she is abducted by the thieves and left for dead. She wants more than anything to identify her captors for police, but she can't remember them. What's worse, remembering could prove deadly.
Gilmore Girls meets A Snicker of Magic in this sweet debut novel about twelve-year-old Rosie Flynn, whose film-making skills may be the answer to uncovering the miracles of her town and bringing her father home. There’s no accounting for Miracles, at least that’s what the folks of Glimmer Creek say. Every year, one lucky inhabitant survives danger, and bits of magic cling to them for a lifetime. Rosie Flynn doesn’t know how to get a Miracle but knows for sure they’re real. It’s the same way she’s certain she’ll always have her two best friends, Henry and Cam, that she’ll be a famous film director someday, and that she and her Mama are the perfect team of two. But when someone Rosie loves goes missing, she just might discover that the true Miracle of Glimmer Creek is much different than she’d always believed and that the relationships she holds dear are the most fortunate gift of all.
The third book in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series
Join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter's Warriors series a bestselling phenomenon. More thrilling adventures, epic action, and fierce warrior cats await in Warriors #3: Forest of Secrets.
Allegiances are shifting among the Clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want.
Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of the former ThunderClan deputy Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that might be better left hidden....
Asher has a secret. A secret that, if the ever-watchful government or vigilantes find out, would kill him. Living in the secluded Willow Wood manor has kept him away from prying eyes for 16 years, but one night, everything changes. When his safe haven is compromised, Asher must seek out his father for the first time and find a way to hide in plain sight onboard a junior academy starship. Asher has to deal with his past while forming an unexpected future among the stars and ensuring that no one finds out who...or what...he is.
Members of three tribes are drawn by fate into the menacing Rift Valley. They come from opposing tribes yet follow individual paths that lead to love and friendship. The story opens with a tough-minded, take-action woman fleeing the brute who replaced her father as leader of the Mila Tanari tribe. She chooses to jump into the Rift rather than be the pawn of the tribe's new leader. A cute and brilliant inventor descends into the valley via ropes and pulleys with his lover, Kareel, to escape the persecution of his Geneer tribe. Together they make a home and are happy until Kareel's untimely death. A handsome and sensitive healer, a member of the MeTech tribe, is so troubled by the greed of his new stepmother that he trips while gathering plants and tumbles into the Rift Valley. These three are as different as their tribes. Chased by the beasts that patrol the valley floor, the unlikely allies must forge a path toward friendship to survive. Curiosity lures them down a dangerous path in a quest to understand the ruins long protected by the carnivores. The secret they discover changes everything they thought they knew about their tribes and their world. Forbidden Paths is Book One of an exciting trilogy by Rod Mortin. Filled with non-stop action, powerful relationships, and a quest for truth, the Paths Trilogy will inspire you to examine your own beliefs about those outside your tribe.
This book provides 15 outer space-themed poems, perfect for young readers. With these fun, imaginative poems, children will be exposed to figurative language and rhyming as they read about the moon, the stars, planets, meteors, aliens, and more! With colorful, full-page illustrations, this selection of poems is sure to captivate readers and encourage them to explore the exciting world beyond our own.
Chasing through Bluebell Woods after a strange green-furred rabbit, twelve year old Bryony and Bethany, her eight year old sister, inexplicably end up in the 'olden times'.
Life in the village where they find themselves is hard under the wicked lord of the manor. The two girls are thrown into a desperate struggle in which the evil lord will stop at nothing to hold onto his power over the village.
Soon everyone's hopes are pinned on Bryony and her new companions, Toby, who is under a 'severe warning' for humiliating the disliked village pastor, and Tommy, who mysteriously arrived in the village one day and can't or won't speak.
Together they set out on a mission to bring help from a higher authority, but their journey is beset with difficulties. Will they be in time to save their friends from the hangman's noose?
A thrilling story for readers aged 10 and above, and for anyone who enjoys losing themselves in a fantastical adventure!
Best-selling author Carol Plum-Ucci received the Michael L. Printz Honor for The Body of Christopher Creed. In this intense follow-up, Plum-Ucci returns to Steepleton, where the disappearance of Christopher Creed exposed the town's darkest secrets and moral failings. Still devastated by the loss of his brother, Justin Creed continues to search for an explanation, even as his fragile mental state continues to disintegrate.
When Jack and his family moved into their new house, he thought his life was getting an upgrade. A manor, rather than his old
small apartment? He could have many adventures, even if his family did move from the city to a tiny town. Except, he's started
seeing the ghost of a young girl holding a teddy bear at the edge of his vision. Following him. Everywhere he turns, he sees her.
Getting slowly closer. He's heard horror stories from his new friends of what will happen if she catches you. Can he escape her?
Or will he become another ghost haunting the halls?
