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His hero in the novel, Domi, portrays the life of a typical Jaba boy hardworking and highly sensitive, brave but very vulnerable, confident, and courageous, with so much intellectual potentials and re

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .Scotty

Someone?s been setting animal traps in the nature preserve behind Brenna?s house. She and her older brother, Sage, are furious?not only is that illegal, it?s hurting and killing defenseless animals wh

Five books in one box! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have young video game fans begging for just one more chapter.Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this best-selling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games—and the people making those games—can be.Kids ages 8-10 who like video games love this best-selling series about Jesse and the wild adventures he encounters inside different video games. Perfect for avid gamers,Trapped in a Video Gamewill make even reluctant readers realize how much fun reading can be.Book One:Trapped in a Video GameJesse hates video games—and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked into the new gameFull Blastwith his best friend, Eric, Jesse quickly discovers that he's being follow

The robots are here, and they’re not happy. At all. After accidentally releasing the robot villains from Super Bot World 3 into the real world, Jesse Rigsby’s got to figure out a way to make everythin

While exploring the Triassic era, the X-Venture Xplorers are split in two- not by rampaging creatures or primal danger, but by simple squabbling! Stone and Emily continue on foot, while Rain and Sean

While exploring the Triassic era, the X-Venture Xplorers are split in two- not by rampaging creatures or primal danger, but by simple squabbling! Stone and Emily continue on foot, while Rain and Sean

Alistair Gregory, the man who figured out how to put people into video games, is not what he seems. Jesse Rigsby is sure of that. Jesse’s sure of something else too — he’s being watched. To unravel th

From the author of the Unofficial Minecraft Early Reader Stories comes the first installment of a brand new Minecraft series for ages 7-12!Red is a seasoned adventurer, but he is not prepared to be tr

準備揚帆出航，展開一場爆笑又驚險的海盜冒險！威爾伯一點也不相信自己能成為偉大的海盜：他怕高、會暈船，更不敢發射大砲。然而，他仍得和夥伴艾莉、吉爾伯特一起參加「一級海盜資格考」，與其他船隊競賽，尋找傳說中的海洋寶石——世上最珍貴的寶藏之一。面對遭到詛咒的寶物、虎視眈眈的競爭對手、砲火猛烈的海戰，以及機關重重的神祕島嶼，威爾伯一路上危機不斷。他能否克服恐懼、平安度過暴風雨，搶先找到寶藏，成為命中注定的真正海盜？一段笑料百出、刺激滿點的航海旅程即將啟程！"THIS BOOK IS SERIOUSLY FUNNY!!!" Phil Earle, author of Finn's Epic FailsGet ready to set sail on a hilarious new swashbuckling adventure series from bestselling and award-winning author, Jenny Pearson.Wilbur doesn't believe he's destined to be a great pirate. He hates heights, gets seasick and is too scared to fire a cannon.But Wilbur, together with shipmates Ellie and Gilbert, is taking his Level One Pirate Grading. They're in a race to find the greatest treasure of all: one of the legendary Jewels of the Sea. How's he ever going to win?With cursed treasure, rival crews, cannon-blasting battles and booby-trapped islands, danger is never far away. Can Wilbur survive the storm and become the pirate he's meant to be?

【陽光、沙灘、私人島嶼……以及一具接一具的屍體。】★《紐約時報》六大暢銷天后再度集結，首部「致命系」驚悚力作！★《Blackout》浪漫系列華麗轉身，揭開優等生最黑暗的秘密。★ 在這場春假，你最該擔心的不是風暴，而是身邊的朋友。「這本該是一場完美的逃離，直到秘密開始殺人。」瑟古德·馬歇爾學院的五名精英學生，身懷不可告人的過去，受邀前往佛羅里達的一座私人豪華度假村。他們渴望洗刷去年的悲劇陰影，卻沒想到踏入了一個更深不見底的陷阱。一場熱帶風暴切斷了與外界的聯繫，五星級的避風港瞬間變成奪命的牢籠。隨著同伴接連倒下，那些關於背叛、謊言與死亡的真相，正隨著浪潮一步步逼近。這不只是一場度假，這是一場關於「誰能活到天亮」的殘酷遊戲。六位全美頂尖作家聯手編織，節奏緊湊到讓你不敢呼吸。當每個人都有殺人的動機，你還能相信誰？Trapped at a luxurious resort off the coast of Florida, a group of elite teens are about to have a spring break they will never forget . . . but not all of them are coming home. The star-studded team of authors behind New York Times bestsellers Blackout and Whiteout returns with a thriller full of intrigue, betrayal, and heart-stopping romance.For Thurgood Marshall Academy's best and brightest--five friends who've been thick as thieves since kindergarten--this spring break is all about forgetting: they want nothing more than to wash away last year's tragedy, and the human-shaped hole it left in their friend group.It's a hole the new ki

Parents should pass down stories, not spirits...Avery and Carlos Tam have built their lives on logic, not legends. Carlos, the host of a hit reality show that exposes paranormal hoaxes, has made a name disproving the supernatural.But when they travel to his ancestral home in the Philippines, darkness clings to every corner. The mirrors are shrouded. The housekeeper won't stay in the house alone. And no one will speak of the tragedies the family has seen.Then a brutal car crash leaves Carlos trapped in his own body--silent, helpless, and utterly vulnerable. As Avery tends to him, the house begins to stir. It watches. It listens. And it speaks--in a voice only Carlos can hear--offering a twisted kind of comfort.And as the lies buried by Carlos and his family begin to surface, Avery must confront the truth: if the past won't rest, their future may never begin.Some inherit memories. Others inherit monsters.

A slow-brewing, increasingly exciting, and deeply provocative fantasy world. --Booklist Against the backdrop of a desolate and mystical town, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst writes an arresting, fantastical novel of one woman's impossible journey--and her quest to find her fate. Lost your way? Your dreams? Yourself? Welcome to Lost. It was supposed to be a small escape. A few hours' driving before turning around and heading home. But once you arrive in Lost...well, it's a place you really can't leave. Not until you're Found. Only the Missing Man can send you home. And he took one look at Lauren Chase and disappeared. So Lauren is now trapped in the town where all lost things go--luggage, keys, dreams, lives--where nothing is permanent, where the locals go feral and where the only people who don't want to kill her are a handsome wild man called the Finder and a knife-wielding six-year-old girl. The only road out of town is engulfed in an impassable dust storm, and esc

THE LATEST FEEL GOOD ROM-COM FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ROM-COMMERSIt''s a thin line between loving and hating...****Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past―now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole''s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom "Hutch" Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West.The catch? Katie''s not exactly qualified. She can''t swim―but fakes it that she can. Plus: Cole is Hutch''s brother. And they don''t get along. Next stop paradise!But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two.Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue―along with chances to t

媽媽成為全國最重要的政治人物後，艾莉兒一夕之間成了「總統的女兒」，全國關注的焦點。大家都說她應該成為自閉症青少年的榜樣，但她只想安靜地當自己。朋友開始變得陌生，說話變得困難，世界變得好大──卻沒有容身之處。這是一個關於十三歲女孩如何在眾聲喧嘩中，找回自我聲音的故事。溫柔描繪成長的不安與勇氣，也寫進了那些無法被簡單定義的青春心事。From the award-winning author of A Kind of Spark comes a new heartfelt and timely novel for middle-grade and teen readers. Aeriel Sharpe doesn’t want to be anyone’s role model. But, when her mother is elected to be the most important politician in the country (yes, that one), she is thrust into the spotlight. With the world’s eyes on her, friends don’t seem that friendly and she feels trapped by everyone’s expectations. They want her to be the voice of every autistic teenager, but Aeriel must find a way to speak for herself…It’s not easy being thirteen… and it’s even harder when you’re the most famous teenager in the country“One of the most exciting talents on the children’s publishing scene and... has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature." The Bookseller

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series comes a new blockbuster thriller about a road trip that turns deadly. Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night. . . . With edge-of-your-seat tension and a gripping mystery, Holly Jackson has written another instant classic! And don

Men go to war, gods scheme, and the choices of a queen will change the course of the world, in this powerful sequel to Ithaca from multi-award-winning author Claire North.On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband, Odysseus, sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, king of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes's hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's sands. Now, racked with guilt, he is slowly losing his mind. Penelope knows destruction will follow in his wake as surely as the Furies circle him. His uncle, Menelaus, the battle-hungry king of Sparta, longs for Orestes's throne--and if he can seize it, no one will be safe from his violent whims. Trapped between two mad kings, Penelope fights to keep war from Ithaca's shor

We all want to make great decisions, but frequently, we don't. When the moment of truth arrives, we make choices that we later regret. It causes us to wonder if we actually can begin to make better decisions for our lives.Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands this dilemma that we all face. From both personal experience and as a minister and counselor to others, he knows what it is like to be trapped in a cycle of bad decision-making. But over time, he has discovered how to short-circuit the bad-decision cycle, make wise decisions, and begin to become the person God wants us to be.In the Think Ahead Workbook, which accompanies the book of the same name, Craig draws on the truth of Scripture and the latest research in human behavior to reveal the power of making decisions in advance--what we might call "pre-deciding"--to position ourselves to make the choices we really want to make and avoid those choices that we do not want to make. In the process, he reveals: The sc

Plunge into stormy waters with Zeus the hamster and his gaggle of gods as they meet a shape-shifting soothsayer and uncover the mysteries of the deep in the spellbinding fifth book in this hilarious romp through Greek mythology.After an earthquake rocks the Aegean Sea, Zeus and Demeter set sail in a not-so-seaworthy vessel to find out what really happened. When their ship is capsized by a slithering sea monster, the duo find themselves trapped in a mystifying underwater realm. The other Olympians mount a rescue mission, only to encounter enchanting mermaidlike creatures with hypnotic songs and a tentacled shape-shifter who tells tales of the future. His uncanny abilities make the Olympians question themselves--and each other. Can the god squad stick together, or will the strange currents of this underwater world tear them apart? Join Zeus the overconfident hamster, Athena the wise cat, Ares the treat-loving pug, Poseidon the proud pufferfish, Demeter the loyal grasshopper, and Hermes t

In the thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Minecraft: The Island, a stranded hero stumbles upon another castaway--and discovers that teamwork might just be the secret to survival. Wandering a vast, icy tundra, the explorer has never felt more alone. Is there anything out here? Did I do the right thing by leaving the safety of my island? Should I give up and go back? So many questions, and no time to ponder--not when dark is falling and dangerous mobs are on the horizon. Gurgling zombies and snarling wolves lurk in the night, and they're closing in. With nowhere to hide, the lone traveler flees up a mountain, trapped and out of options . . . until a mysterious figure arrives, fighting off the horde singlehandedly. The unexpected savior is Summer, a fellow castaway and master of survival in these frozen wastes. Excited to find another person in this strange, blocky world, the explorer teams up with Summer, whose impressive mountain fortress as a safe haven . . . for

《迷霧之子》作者科幻系列《天防者》第三部。Spensa終於證明自己是最優秀的飛行員之一，穿梭銀河保護星球。當神秘古老的外星力量入侵，為戰勝這場戰役拯救銀河系，她意識到唯一的機會是她必須先解開自己身上的駭人謎團。From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.Spensa has flown through the sky and voyaged past the stars in her quest to save humankind from the forces that threaten to destroy it. But now she must navigate a dangerous new frontier, which not one person has returned from alive: the mysterious realm of the Nowhere. In this eerie interdimensional world, time and space have come loose from the rules of reality and bands of rouge pirates fight for control of relics called momentos, without which, Spensa learns, a human trapped in the Nowhere may begin to forget their very identity. As it turns out, though, remembering where she came from is the least of Spensa's problems. Even in a pla

In this cheeky and whip-smart YA contemporary, debut author Michelle Quach follows an ambitious Chinese Vietnamese American girl who finds herself trapped between leading a feminist movement and falli

As if being an awkward, bullied 15-year-old weren't enough, suddenly "Fergie" Ferguson can see ghosts. Well, one ghost specifically... a certain punk rocker named Sid. Sid's spirit has been trapped i

本書是 K.A. Tucker 代表作之一，描寫年輕女子在巨大創傷之後，學習重新呼吸與生活的過程。Kacey 在一場車禍中失去最親近的人，留下的不是時間能輕易撫平的傷。她帶著妹妹遠離過去，來到佛羅里達，試圖以新的城市掩蓋記憶。生活並不寬裕，卻還能承受；真正讓她措手不及的，是隔壁那位難以忽視的鄰居。Trent 的靠近既溫柔又執著，迫使 Kacey 面對自己築起的防線。本書以細膩的情緒描寫結合高度張力的情感互動，書寫哀傷、慾望與復原，獲得多家書評肯定。After a terrible car accident destroys her life as she knew it, twenty-year-old Kacey escapes to Florida, where she encounters an irresistible man determined to capture her wounded heart.Just breathe, Kacey. Ten tiny breaths. Seize them. Feel them. Love them.Four years ago Kacey Cleary’s life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. Still haunted by memories of being trapped inside, holding her boyfriend’s lifeless hand and listening to her mother take her last breath, Kacey wants to leave her past behind. Armed with two bus tickets, Kacey and her fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in Miami. They’re struggling to make ends meet at first, but Kacey’s not worried. She

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. This is the

I wrote this book to help others who find themselves trapped in a relationship that is not good for them. It does not need to be abusive, though it may be, but just wrong for them and the fact they f

Have you ever wondered why some people attract wealth while others stay financially trapped? The key is learning wealth-friendly, upside-down thinking. In this New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and

Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games.Dagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revoluti

Recession-Proof Your Mind and Rewire Your Brain for WealthAs financial stress mounts and an economic crash looms, Wired for Wealth shows you that the biggest threat to your financial health is not a

This book opens new vistas for people who feel trapped in a career they see as unfulfilling or limited.

Title In This Set:1. Adventure on the Way Home2. The Humbug Adventure3. An Afternoon With the Secret Seven4. Where Are The Secret Seven?5. Hurry, Secret Seven, Hurry!6. The Secret of Old MillDescription:Adventure on the Way HomeA big fight has broken out, and the Seven need to stop it before someone gets hurt. But is the fight all it appears to be?The Humbug AdventureWhen the gang go star-gazing, they soon get bored and spy on the town - and see someone setting a haystack on fire. Will the Seven act fast enough to save the barn?An Afternoon With the Secret SevenPeter is running the hoopla-stall, but when Fred offers him a pony ride, Scamper is left in charge. When Peter returns Scamper and the money are missing!Where Are The Secret Seven?When the Secret Seven visit a haunted house they discover it is not empty after all. Soon, they are trapped inside. How will they escape?Hurry, Secret Seven, Hurry!An injured signalman tries to give his rescuers an important message - but only the Secr

Are you ready for Bonds of Hercules? The sequel to the viral hit Blood of Hercules is finally here! Packed with spicy romance, Greek mythology, and dangerous husbands, Bonds of Hercules is perfect for fans of tension, betrayal, and choosing sides. Pre-order your copy today!I'm Hercules, but my powers are not what they seem.I'm trapped in a marriage with my two enemies and I've accidentally joined a cult. To make matters worse, Augustus and Kharon are trying to seduce me. It doesn't help that my mentors, Achilles and Patro, are acting really strange.Now, a dangerous prisoner has escaped from the Underworld, and things are spiraling out of control.Men are fighting over me.Mysteries are unfolding left and right.And I've had enough.Everybody better beware because I'm fighting in the Gladiator Competition and seizing my power.Things are about to get very messy.For Sparta.Perfect for readers who love: "Who did this to you?"Kickass heroineExtreme Enemies to LoversMorally Gray Alpha HeroesGree

本書是《The Last Life of Lori Mills》的續集，講述11歲的蘿莉與摯友「鞋帶」被困在神秘的11月時間循環中。面對「星光之王」的威脅，兩人在這場顫慄科幻冒險中奮戰，並試圖揭開有關「鞋帶」的巨大秘密。A Spine-Tingling Horror Sci-Fi Thriller for GamersAn exciting, funny, eerie, and deeply moving one-of-a-kind adventure – the extraordinary follow up to The Last Life of Lori Mills.Eleven-year-old Lori is home alone for the FIRST TIME EVER in her life – yet she can’t shake the sensation that things feel too familiar for comfort. Like this isn’t the first time she’s been left alone. Like she has, in fact, experienced this exact same evening before.It’s not long before she pieces together the truth: that The Starlit King, a mysterious entity as old as galaxies, has trapped Lori and her BFF, Shoelace, inside of a stormy November evening. That, for reasons of his own, he is forcing them to live the evening over and over and over.If Lori and Shoelace are to escape, they’re going to have to fight like never before: yet deep down, Lori knows that escape isn’t enough. That maybe the rea

The Great Recession punished American workers, leaving many underemployed or trapped in jobs that do not provide the income or opportunity they need. Moreover, the gap between the wealthy and the poor

The Great Recession punished American workers, leaving many underemployed or trapped in jobs that do not provide the income or opportunity they need. Moreover, the gap between the wealthy and the poor