Oscar the owl is the wisest creature of the forest, and he'll need plenty of wisdom to outsmart the evil crow, Hector, who kidnaps his brother and terrorizes the creatures of nearby Woodmont. With the help of friends, Oscar sets out to free his brother and undo Hector's evil plan to rule the forest.Can Oscar defeat Hector and his book of magic spells? The creatures of Woodmont are counting on him.

The Highlord had been defeated. Allie and her friends could all return home and pursue lives of peace at long last. Dav and Artus could return to rule the Sy’hli Empire, Tic could return to the jungles of Ayaran, and Allie and Imber could reunite with their families. Even Raith could, for the first time in his life, pursue whatever life he chose.But before peace could become more than just a happy thought for tomorrow, the Highlord’s final act once more brings pain and terror to th...

Jackson Holt had it all. A beautiful girlfriend, a starting position on the school’s football team, a stable family and a comfortable life. And then the whispers started. At first that’s all it was. Gentle whispers around him, though nobody was there. Then the visions started. Visions of a girl, of captivity, suffering, and of torture. With the visions came the seizures, and with the seizures came the doctors. Diagnosed schizophrenic and institutionalized for treatment, everyone reassures ...

Something has given children all over the city new and amazing powers. Some decide to use their powers for good. Others for evil.A new superteam must rise to battle the coming villains. A team with amazing powers, trained by a secret organization to protect the city. A team known as The Alpha Squad.This is not their story.Rejects from the Alpha Squad Project must band together on their own to make a stand against the coming evil. Together, they must learn to control...

Ryan had lost everything. His mother recently died of cancer, and his father had completely shut down after her death. His father even dragged him away from the city he'd grown up in, forcing him to leave all of his friends to move to a tiny, backwater town called Turnbridge, hundreds of miles from anything remotely interesting. Even the school's social scene seemed to revolve around activities and sermons at the local church. Then he met Chance. Chance was quiet and friendly, and was an e...

On a mission to rescue Allie's mother, Allie and her friends seek out the Resistance hidden in a dangerous region of the galaxy known as The Shift. All anyone knows about The Shift is that no one has ever been seen again once they crossed its borders. The Resistance themselves may no longer exist, leaving Allie and her friends as the only ones standing between the Highlord and complete dominion over the galaxy. But the Highlord has his own plans to eliminate the Starjumper and her allies, ...

On Allie Bennett's thirteenth birthday, one special gift will unlock the gateway to an adventure that will span the galaxy, and throw her into a war decades in the making. Abandoned by her parents and adopted at a young age, Allie was working hard at living a normal life, until one special birthday gift from her missing mother changed everything and left her stranded, lost and alone on the wrong side of the galaxy.Fighting to survive in an alien world, Allie desperately hopes for r...

The Sub-Heroes, a team of superpowered fourth graders, have already saved the city once. Since that day, they've been training harder than ever to be ready for the day another supervillain rises. That day has come, and they are not ready.Investigating a robbery at a local school, the team learns the theft was part of something much more sinister. Even their incredible powers may not be enough to battle the entire team of supervillains known as The Nightwatch.All hope may al...

In "Call Mr. Fortune," Henry Christopher Bailey crafts a compelling narrative that intertwines mystery and social commentary within the backdrop of early 20th-century England. The novel skillfully explores the life of the titular character, Mr. Fortune, a detective whose unconventional methods and keen intuition contrast sharply with the expectations of the time. Bailey's prose is both vivid and engaging, employing a blend of humor and poignancy that reflects the complexities of human natu...

He was dressing low-profile, but it was definitely him: red skin, horns, barbed tail, cloven hoofs, black goatee. He was unmistakable. Satan was buying soy milk and forty bucks' worth of unleaded fuel.In a small town two miles north of Hell, our deadbeat narrator spots Satan filling up his red Corvette at the 7-Eleven. Satan's a washed-up has-been who's totally lost his edge . . . but when their eyes meet across the parking lot, the two embark on a torrid romance, by turns...

The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change. US government policy has undoubtedly disappointed environmentalists and scientists who believe more concerted action is needed, but a careful examination of the evidence reveals a number of policy actions designed to investigate, mitigate, and adapt to climate change have been implemented. Laws, regulatory action, and court rulings have led to advances in climate science, acti...

He was dressing low-profile, but it was definitely him: red skin, horns, barbed tail, cloven hoofs, black goatee. He was unmistakable. Satan was buying soy milk and forty bucks' worth of unleaded fuel.This audiobook is brilliantly read by the playwright himself, who also performed the story onstage in its first production at Soho Theatre.'No one tells a story like Christopher Brett Bailey.' Guardian'A