*** 2021 Winner Gold Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book Series ***Merry Christmas and Happy Ice Queen!Fourteen-year-old Josey and her ten-year-old, video-game-obsessed brother, Mason, live in Baudette, Minnesota, the Walleye Capital of the World. Their family owns and operates Baxter’s Bait Shop, a town landmark.Every year before Christmas, Baudette hosts an ice-fishing tournament called the Ice Queen that draws thousands of anglers and generates a l...

2024 Winner Gold Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book SeriesColt, a skilled junior golfer, has one huge problem…he falls apart when playing in front of a crowd.He thinks he might have found the solution to his golfing issues when a mysterious man moves into his Palm Springs neighborhood. Colt sets out with his two best friends to convince the man to be Colt’s new golf coach. Once they meet Pro Kitchen, they find out there is something special about this new ne...

*** 2014 Winner Bronze Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book Series ***Boone Mason couldn't believe his eyes!He really does exist, he thought, as his left hand trembled on the bow. Thirty yards away was the biggest buck he'd ever seen. It was a moment he'd been waiting for all his young life.Somehow his quivering right hand found the bowstring. His heart hammered as he struggled to calm his frantic breathing. Slowly the enormou...

2024 Winner Gold Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book SeriesAce basketball player, T.D. Lake, is about to break the school record for the all-time highest scoring player. He is good-really good. But with untamed talent comes arrogance.With plenty of games left in the season, T.D. knows breaking the record will be easy for him to do. However, T.D.'s life takes several unexpected twists and turns before he approaches the final game of his middle school career.

*** 2014 Winner Bronze Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book Series ***Hunter's life revolves around video games, more video games, and still more video games. Growing up in downtown Denver was the perfect place to live unnoticed from the rest of the world. But Hunter's life suddenly changes when his dad is laid off from his job and their family is forced to move in order to make ends meet.Trying to get back on their feet, Hunter's family relocates to the wild ...

*** 2014 Winner Bronze Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book Series ***Blair Thomas lives in the friendly, lakeside town of Lainey, Michigan, on the beautiful shores of Lake Huron. Lainey boasts superb hunting opportunities and offers visitors miles of sandy shoreline and weekend tours of the historic Tesla Lighthouse. It's the beginning of the fall, duck hunting season, and Blair and her dad are busy preparing for her very first duck hunt. The forecast is calling for ...

It's finally here: the year of the Golden Puck tournament—eighth-grade hockey's Super Bowl. Superstar Caleb Geiger has one goal in mind: bringing the Golden Puck back to Huron County for the first time ever. With Caleb and his friends—the Frozen Five—leading the way, the Barn Burners have a real shot at the trophy.But there's a catch…Bobby "Bladebreaker" Hall, Caleb's number one rival, is joining their school and traveling hockey team. Although Caleb knows Bobby improves their chan...

2024 Winner Gold Moonbeam Award: Best Chapter Book SeriesSummer is around the corner, and Little League first baseman, Billy Kramer, is looking forward to playing another year with the LA Southgate Sharks. His plans are uprooted when his mother announces an unexpected move to rural Bennington, Nebraska. Billy's world is turned upside down.Billy hoped to find a new team that could compete at the same level as his former team. He soon finds that Bennington's l...

What does our future hold? Who is the antichrist? What is the mark of the beast? Thoughts On The Mark of The Beast is a commentary based on years of Biblical research and contemplation of social happenings. This book explores the identity of the antichrist and the possible candidates for the mark. Delve into the future, the end times, and the consequences of the mark of the beast.

A forbidden love so true even time cannot erase.Lily and Jack accidentally stumble into true love, but it's also a love that is forbidden. Will their commitment to Christ be enough to help them deny themselves and each other, or will they give in to the desires of their hearts and lose the battle against temptation? Adultery, illness, heartbreak, and redemption are real issues faced by struggling Christians. This novel explores the true sacrifices of being a Christ...

The development of biofilms and their role in public health - particularly drinking water - is often overlooked. Ideal for anyone interested in water related issues, Microbiological Aspects of Biofilms and Drinking Water presents an overview of the public health effects associated with drinking water. It highlights the microbiological aspects relating to the development of biofilms. The first four chapters focus on the state of the water supply. The authors review methods for studying the ...

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window', the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchock's classic film.Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and ...