Daniel Melvin sailed from Scotland as a cabin boy and was captured by the pirate Blackbeard. Daniel escaped to the Colony of Carolina. This story of Daniel Melvin's early life seeks to provide an accurate account of his time-from spelling of names, education standards, to the relationships of nations and cultures he may have encountered. The intent is for the reader understanding factors that may have influenced his life, inasmuch as they are relevant to understand the lives of immigrants ...

Ethan, a boarding school student, learns his spring break trip with his father is abruptly cancelled by a call from his father's satellite phone. With few choices, he reluctantly decides to spend his break with his grandfather. His journey during becomes one of exploring his individuality and appreciation for others. He encounters opportunities to learn to drive and to fly representing growth in his confidence and ability to control his destiny. His grandfather teaches him about his herita...

An analysis of the Gospel of Matthew as being based on the Gospel of Mark and presented in the format of a novel. This study investigates possible Greek and Roman cultural influences on the development of the Gospel of Matthew. It postulates that the Gospel of Matthew was written in Antioch at the time of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and that the many Hebrew Bible scripture references were intended for Jewish followers of Christ during the early development of the Church.

Discover the New York Times bestselling series from Jennifer L. Armentrout.Starting over sucks.When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring...until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.And then he opened his mouth.Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant...

She thought she stopped the evil.She thought she was safe.Everything she thought was wrong.Almost four months have passed since Evie Starling learned she was a Tracker and helped defeat a Daevos Clan that was taking others like her—but that wasn’t the end of the abductions. As an unknown evil emerges, Evie vows to help solve the mystery of the missing Trackers, regardless of the risk.With new powers she doesn’t understand and can’t control, she turns ...

Caitlin Conners is a loner; shy and artistic. Her only friend is her sister, Carly. When Carly dies in a car accident, Caitlin has never felt more alone. An overbearing mother makes her life impossible when she meets the boy next door, Dylan Rodgers. Dylan doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd either. He prefers skateboarding to football and is viewed by his fellow students as a pot head.  Dylan helps Caitlin deal with her grief and awakens her sexuality. Somehow these tw...

A teen starts to wonder if the paranormal entity who protects and guides her is really a guardian angel…or something more sinister in the fourth book in L.J. Smith’s beloved bestselling Night World series!On a cold winter day Gillian Lennow almost dies…but she is saved by an angel. His hair is golden. His eyes are as violet as her own. And when Gillian comes back from her near-death experience, he comes to her. An invisible guardian that only Gillian can see, Angel...

Lost and alone in the jungle, one boy will have to let go of his assumptions and anger, or be dragged down with them.Dylan Barstow has finally crossed the line. After getting caught on a late-night joyride in a stolen car, Dylan is shipped off to live with his ex-Marine uncle for the summer. But Uncle Todd has bigger plans for Dylan than push-ups and early-morning jogs. Deep in the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea, there's a WWII fighter plane named SECOND ACE that's been lost fo...

When Astrin Raphael finds himself held hostage in an unfamiliar place, he has no option but to try to have faith in someone who seems to despise him. Little does he know his captor is his nemesis, Rowan Gabriel, whose disdain for Astrin all started with a misunderstanding years ago.The kidnapping of Astrin’s father and Rowan’s uncle leaves the two princes with no choice but to form a precarious alliance. Rowan casts off his hatred and reaches out to Astrin, but Astrin’s doubt and i...

From bestselling author Rich Cohen and award-winning illustrator Kelly Murphy comes a middle grade action-adventure novel, Alex and the Amazing Time Machine.Alex Trumble is a pretty ordinary kid—except for the fact that his IQ borders on genius, and he loves to read books on vortexes and time travel. But when two angry hit men kidnap his big brother Steven, Alex's life changes fast. Inventing a time machine (using an iPod, mirrors, duct tape, and a laser p...

Good Crooks Book Three: Sniff a Skunk! brings back our favorite pair of do-gooder crooks in a hilarious adventure that brings about an odiferous encounter with a skunk.Author Mary Amato is a star of state master and children's choice lists and returns to the age category of her popular Riot Brothers chapter book series with this funny, silly new series.

Ice Cube Award is an action-packed story about Dani, a young girl who lives in Ice Town. Dani has a serious and destructive anger problem. When Dani feels angry, she generates so much heat that things start to melt, like the floors in the grocery store, the church pew, her sisters crib, and the final strawthe statue of the mayor! Dani has to learn how to control her anger, or her family will be forced to move out of town. Dani enters a competition against the school bully to save her famil...