During World War II a top secret battalion made up of magicians, actors, and artists saved over thirty-thousand lives without firing a single shot. They were known as The Ghost Army.In 2014 the battalion saves one more life when an unlikely friendship with a surviving veteran pulls a troubled teen from the edge of self-destruction.

A mystified archeologist, an Amish ghost, and avenging angels are just a few of the stories found in Beyond the Door, Volume 1, a twelve-story supernatural anthology.When multi-published authors get together for a play date, and are presented with a writing challenge they can't resist, the results are not only surprising, they sometimes stretch the limits of their storytelling abilities.In the pages of Beyond the Door, the...

Detroit's mean streets. Two orphaned boys. The beginning of a life of crime. An elderly Japanese grandmother fights for her grandson's life with her only weapons - good food, tough love, and a forbidden diary. Eleven year old Mu-Chan learns the meaning of true courage when he and his friend, Johnathan, discover the stirring words of his kamikaze grandfather, a man who chose to live.

Secret diary. War-torn country. Incredible courage.Seventeen-year-old Owen Petrov expects to be bored out of his mind when he has to accompany his immigrant grandmother back to Russia for a reunion. He is polite, but counts the hours until he can return to his comfortable suburban life back in Ohio.His boredom suddenly evaporates during their journey when she chooses to reveal a diary she's kept hidden all these years. Owen quickly discovers that she is not...

Four authors. Twelve stories. Another writing session with only the unknown before them.In the pages of Beyond the Door Volume 2 can be found stories about:a dangerous beauty seeking revengethe power of wordsan alien invasionespionage during the Civil Warfraternity hazing with a dangerous edgeelection tampering from the futureThe authors from Beyond the Door Volume 1...

Watch out Junie there's a new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher a first grader who knows it's a jungle out there. A new chapter book series written by an elementary teacher who's seen it all! Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really really big problem. He's the only one in his class who hasn't lost a tooth! All of the other students in Mrs. Wushy's first grade have signed their names on the Big Tooth and Freddy's determined to get his name on it too. So when Max "The Meanie" Sellars ca...

A new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five!In book two, the Famous 5 need to find a dangerous plant on the loose.The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo! All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and h...

With multiple starred reviews, don't miss this humorous, poignant, and original contemporary story about bullying, broken friendships, social media, and the failures of communication between kids. From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby’s Last Day.In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever....

A new generation Famous Five: Jo, Dylan, Allie, and Max are the children of the four kids - and not forgetting Timmy II to make up the Five!In book thirteen, the circus and a hypnotist come to town.The Famous Five meet Scooby Doo! All the heritage of the original Famous Five - adventure, mystery, action - combined with a great modern-day feel and lots of laughs.All 24 books in the series feature black and white inside illustrations and have been ada...

"Well written fantasy with strong character emphasis and empathy" from the author of the sci-fi classic Escape to Witch Mountain ( Kirkus Reviews).At night, Little Jon's people go out to watch the stars. Mesmerized by a meteor shower, he forgets to watch his step and falls through a moss-covered door to another land: America. He awakes hurt, his memory gone, sure only that he does not belong here. Captured by a hunter, Jon escapes by leaping six fe...

From the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a boy writes a horror story about a scary monster, and then his make-believe creature comes to life.A famous horror writer. That's what Zackie Beauchamp wants to be. He's writing a story about a giant blob monster. A pink, slimy creature who eats up an entire town! Then Zackie finds a typewriter in a burned-down antiques store. He takes it home and starts typing. But there's something really odd about t...

Mia's mother is a groom at an RSPCA centre so she's used to looking after ponies. But when Polly arrives at the centre, underweight and frightened, Mia knows that this pony is going to need a lot of care and attention. At first Polly is too scared to go near humans, but Mia and her mother spend weeks gently nursing her back to health. With Mia's help, Polly will learn to trust again. An exciting, inspiring story based on a real-life animal rescue. With illustrations throughout and lots of ...