In 1862, a teenaged engineer fights murderous traitors with steam-powered war machines for the sake of the Union. In 1750 Poland, a police officer picks a fight with the wrong bagel vendor. In 1874, a young clerk investigating the use of Chinese laborers in Cuba finds herself working for the dead as much as for the living. The sequel to the World Fantasy and Locus Award-nominated anthology Long Hidden, Hidden Youth focuses on children: underage protagonists marginalized in their time. 22 excellent stories ranging across nearly 2,400 years and spanning the globe, Hidden Youth reveals the storie... View More...
Life Goals List: Decide on a unique and innovative career path.Increase contact with people outside of immediate family.Learn to drive a car.Some sort of boy-girl interaction? (Possibly best left until after high school. Maybe best left until middle age.)Publish paper comparing teenagers and chicken peer groups.Read entire Lord of the Rings series. View More...
Nancy's in San Francisco trying to solve a crime involving a woman who is both a budding artist and potential heiress, trapped in a tangled web of deception, jealousy and greed. Hidden in the web is someone with a very long memory for murder. View More...
An evening of ballet leads Nancy into a dance with danger Madame Dugrand's Dance Academy is in rehearsal for "The Nutcracker Ballet," and it could be a huge hit this year. Shana Edwards, a recent graduate who has made a big splash in New York, is returning to River Heights to star in the show. But the closer the dancers get to show time, the clearer it becomes that the stage is set for disaster. Someone is determined to bring the production down before the curtain goes up. Theft and arson threaten to darken the theater and doom the dance. But Nancy will have to conduct her investigation with ... View More...
Kids love making crafts, and no one knows that better than Heidi Kenney, creator of the popular blog My Paper Crane. In this festive how-to book, Heidi shares a year's worth of classic and not-so-classic projects that the whole family will enjoy, from the National Bird Day embroidered handmade book to the St. Patrick's Day mini leprechaun pin. Fifty fully photographed projects are geared to all age levels and abilities. Somelike the New Year's Day newspaper hatsare simple enough for small kids to make themselves with minimum assistance, while more complicated projects require a little extra he... View More...
Betrayal has never been so fashionable than in Autumn Krause's glamorous debut, perfect for fans of The Belles and The Luxe.True to its name, the sleepy town of Shy in Avon-upon-Kynt is a place where nothing much happens. And for eighteen years, Emmaline Watkins has feared that her future held just that: nothing.But when the head of the most admired fashion house in the country opens her prestigious design competition to girls from outside the stylish capital city, Emmy's dreams seem closer than they ever have before.As the first "country girl" to compete, Emmy knows she'll encounter extra hur... View More...
It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers--his uncle and aunt--in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock's true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.
A solid reading copy. Tight, wear and scuffing on the green cloth covers, clean pages with faintest age tanning, square. No jacket, but has illustrated exterior showing a biplane and an eagle. 239 pages, + two preview chapters + ads. 5.25x7.5x1.25". Vintage boy's adventure series featuring the Bird Boys. This features their new biplane. Book #3 in the Aeroplane Boys Series. NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
Solid reading copy. No jacket, but has illustrated exterior showing a biplane and an eagle. Age soil, wear and scuffing on the tan cloth covers. Binding intact, but starting to separate in front (cracked endpaper and mesh showing). Pages slightly tanned due to age, mostly along edges. Previous owner's name written on first free page. 250 pages + ads. 5.25x7.5x1" Number 4 (Flights; or a Hydroplane Round-up) in the Vintage boy's adventure series featuring the Bird Boys. (This series was also published as the Aeroplane Boys.) This features their adventures with hydroplanes. NOT KEPT AT STORE- o... View More...
No jacket, but has illustrated exterior featuring illustration of biplanes. Grey cloth covers have soiling to edges. Slight bump to corners. Pages a little tanned, mostly along the edges. Previous owner's name written on flyleaf and on edge of pages. Some soiling to edges of pages. First edition but, apparently 2nd printing ("Published, April, 1918. Reprinted, April, 1918") 335 pages. 5.25x7.5x1.5" Fiction about World War I. Thrilling adventures of a New York boy who enlists with the French flying corps at the outbreak of the war. The author is an authority on aeronautics. NOT KEPT AT STORE-... View More...
Tight, light age tanning to pages and covers, clean, square. Sticker remnant and creased corner on front cover. Owners name on title page. " You think you're the only one in the world who has problems - with parents, friends, school, dating? Here's a book that tells you you're not alone." Still relevant today! NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
The fourth book of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series John Smith--Number Four--thought that things would change once he and Nine reunited with the others. But he was wrong. After facing off with the Mogadorian ruler and almost being killed, the Garde realize they are drastically unprepared. Now they're hiding out in Nine's Chicago penthouse, trying to figure out their next move.Even with the return of an old ally, these superpowered teens aren't strong enough yet to take on an entire army. To defeat their enemy, the Garde must master their Legacies and learn to work toge... View More...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw. Playing shortstop is a way of life for Hutch--not only is his hero, Derek Jeter, a shortstop, but so was his father, a former local legend turned pro. Which is why having to play second base feels like demotion to second team. Yet that's where Hutch ends up after Darryl D-Will Williams, the best shortstop prospect since A-Rod, joins the team. But Hutch is nothing if not a team player, and he's cool with playing in D-Will's shadow--until, that is, the two shortstops in Hutch's life betray him in a way h... View More...
What do you do when your prom is a disaster and your fairy godmother shows you that your lives are going nowhere? If you're like Zola, Min, Olivia, and Sally, you band together and make a pact to change things for the better-no matter what it takes. View More...
World-renowned musician Dave Matthews and popular children's book writer Clete Smith teamed up to write a nature fantasy about a girl who saves her community from a gigantic threat.Kirra, a curious, agile, and outgoing girl, lives in an idyllic community hidden inside a dormant volcano. She and her father are the only two people allowed to venture beyond its walls. Kirra is in training to become a Storyteller like him, and together they travel from village to village spreading fearsome tales designed to keep outsiders away from their secret nest. One day, after hearing rumors of strangers call... View More...
Downtown & Out of control - as new. Heartbeat - Crease on back cover corner. 3 Sisters - corner crease on each cover and shelfwear to edges. Being a teenager is never easy - each book deal with the story of a different challenge. "My name is Pete Connors and I've been leading a double life for eight years..." "It starts as an ordinary school day...Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves the auditorium. and three boys decide to follow her..." "Tod has no idea what he will do after graduation, and he can't shake the empty feeling he's had since his mother died..." "You can stop being friends.... View More...
HEATHER BARLOW HAS always been idealistic, and now that she has finished high school, she s ready to make a difference in the world. After graduation she joins a mission group on a hospital mercy ship sailing to Africa. Praise for "Angel of Mercy" There s a huge audience for McDaniel s romance fiction, and this one has all the features her readers look for. "Booklist" Most readers will be caught up in the passion and sorrow of Heather s missionary experiences. "School Library Journal" Praise for "Angel of Hope" The love between the sisters is realistically portrayed, and Amber s slow matura... View More...
Kings and Queens rise and fall, loyalties collide, and romance blooms in a world where the sea is rising--and cannot be escaped. Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she's allowed to dance an uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy--she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match. Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty i... View More...
