Book DescriptionAs Tom slowly uncovers the truth about what happened to Alice, a threatening figure from his past closes in Meanwhile, Alice's friends reveal the key to her coded diary entries-and a secret аоавщthat puts Tom's life in danger.

AmazoncomSammy Keyes, girl sleuth extraordinaire, cracks the case once again in the latest installment of Wendelin Van Draanen's smart, snappy mystery series for readers ages 11 and older This time, the trouаоавъble begins when 13-year-old Sammy ("a magnet for mayhem") attends a fancy reception at an art gallery (wearing high-tops, of course) and ends up tackling a gun-wielding art burglar who crashes the party He, however, proves to be only one of an entire galleryбагчв of rogues As ever, Van Draanen crafts an entertaining, multi-layered page-turner starring a brash, likable heroine with a big mouth and a big heart Throw in a little romance at a Renaissance Faire, a whole new side to Sammy's grandmother (what's this about a tricked-out Harley?), and some thoughtful views on the nature of art, and voila! you have one of the best Sammy Keyes books to date (Ages 11 and older) --Karin SnelsonBook DescriptionSammy Keyes has a lot of nerve Wearing higбнанщh-tops to a fancy reception at an art gallery Asking why a framed orange splot is worth $10,000 Eyebrows rise Noses turn up But then Sammy tackles a thief who tries to break up the soiree with a stickup Now the patrons of the arts are glad she has a lot of nerve Or are they? Sammy mayhave stopped a criminal, but the real crime has yet to be discovered The real crime is more subtle, more artful, than anything Sammy’s ever seen She had no idea art could be so dangerous This edition also includes a free cd including an interview with Wendelin, a reading from Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes, and "The Sammy Keyes Song" From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description This latest thriller takes the Landons to Alaska, where wildlife biologist Olivia and her photographer husband, Steven, have been asked to study the impact of snowmobiles on the wolverine poаняожpulation of Denali National Park With the family is 13-year-old Nicky Milano When a man in a Park Service uniform offers to take Jack, Ashley, and Nicky on a dogsled ride, the kids eagerly accept They mush off across the snow, riding deeper and deeper into the frozeбагйаn wilderness But during a reststop, the man suddenly rushes off, leaving the young people stranded As they huddle to keep warm and try to figure out what to do, they hear a deafening roar Avalanche! Now the kids must fight for their lives Can they somehow escape the thundering mass of snow? Or will they be buried alive?.

Book DescriptionBryce and Ashley Timberline are normal 13yearold twins, except for one thingthey discover actionpacked mystery wherever they go Whether it's searching for a missing writer or fearing for theirаоавэ lives at the bottom of a canyon, Bryce and Ashley never lose their taste for adventure Wanting to get to the bottom of any mystery, these twins find themselves on a nonstop search for the truth.

If I'm in the game, I play to win So as captain of my team in the River Heights Biking for Bucks charity road race, my goals are to bring my team over the finish line first -- and to catch a thief along the аняойway! See, all of the money we raised before the racehas been stolen -- and I know I can find it With two days, practically no clues, and a bike race to win, I've got my work cut out for me But with Bess, George, and Ned on my team, what could stand between us and thбагйлe gold? Автор Каролин Кин Carolyn Keene.

Book Description The Worst Danger is Within A busy coffee shop -- a robbery gone wrong Two gunmen, nine hostages, flashing lights And Zach is caught in the mayhem But nobody realizes that Zach -- wанянюho has no gun and no knife -- has a mind more dangerous than any weapon.

AmazoncomNot normally a mall rat, young Sammy Keyes somehow finds herself at the video arcade with her best friend one day, blowing off steam before the big junior-high softball tournament Naturally, fans ofаняое this plucky girl detective (Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy, Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy, etc) will not be at all surprised to learn that this innocent outing winds up putting Sammy in the middle of another big, messy, dangerous mystery In spite of her багияbest intentions, our sleuth is soon exploring the seamy underbelly of her hometown, confronting gang members, pursuing a man with "hatred for eyes, steel for a mouth," and trying to take care of an abandoned infant--all while remaining undercover at her grandmother's adults-only apartment complex Newcomers and veterans of the Sammy Keyes mystery series will immediately take to this not-so-hard-boiled seventh-grade detective and her funny yet issue-laden adventures (Ages 10бнайс and older) --Emilie CoulterBook DescriptionSammy’s softball team is in contention for the Junior Slugger’s Cup, and all she wants to do is hunker down behind home plate and catch strikes But Heather Acosta brings new meaning to the term “foul ball” as she schemes to get Sammy kicked off the team And Sammy is thrown a wild pitch by a frantic girl in the mall She begs Sammy to watch something for her and then dashes off before Sammy realizes that the bag she’s left holding contains a baby! Now there are some pitches that you shouldn’t even try to catch, but Sammy’s a take-it-in-the-chest-protector kind of player So when the girl doesn’t return for her baby, Sammy decides to go find her And her search leads her into situations thatare just not covered in a softball playbook.

Book Description When the lights go dim and you're sitting in the dark with your popcorn -- that's the magic time that Ruby Miller loves best And then the music creeps in, and the lion roars, or maybe the mаняозoon kid goes fishing For Ruby, age twelve and a half, movies are better than real life The ones she writes, why, those are the best of all Those stories work out The dads in her movies always show up when they've promised The moms don't hold on to secrets Theбагйе little brothers don'tcurl up with sorrow over some missing stuffed animal All right, it's Ruby's fault he's missing But the terrible red-painted graffiti on the concrete riverbanks -- it that her fault too? She's blamed for it And here she is on a chain gang with two stupid classmates -- the Dumb and Dumber of the Hayes Middle School -- doing community service to make up for it If she were writing the script, the setup would be intriguing, the middle exciting, and the ending a бнайчcomplete and happy surprise She has seven pages ready for Spielberg But real life keeps interrupting.

Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerable woman poet in England before the twentieth century No reading of nineteenth century poetry can be complete without attention to this prolific andаоагк popular poet Rossetti's inner life dominates her poetry, exploring loss and unattainable hope Her divine poems have a freshness and toughness of thought, while many of her love poems are erotic, and as often express love for women as for men The varied threads of Rбагчлossetti's concerns are drawn together in what is perhaps her greatest poem, the strange and ambiguous Goblin Market Формат: 12,5 см х 19,5 см Автор Кристина Россетти Christina Rossetti.

It looks like Evaline Waters, a River Heights resident, is knee-deep in trouble A huge corporation is suing her for her land; they want to tear down her house and put up a warehouse And documentation of theаоагм zoning law that would protect Evaline's right to keep her land is missing Figures! I've got to find that document, but it's hard to focus on the land when I'm cruising at ten thousand feet See, Ned and I are taking flying lessons, him with Colonel Lang, a friend ofбагчм his family, and me with Frank Beltrano, an instructor at our local airport It's a good thing I'm good at juggling more than two balls at once Too bad I'm not the only one Автор Каролин Кин Carolyn Keene.