Author: John Fardell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101099844 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
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The take-charge kids from John Fardell’s The 7 Professors of the Far North face a summer packed with danger, excitement and suspense—flying airplanes, scuba diving, cracking codes and even taking a spin in the world’s first antigravity backpack as they plunge into this fast-paced, high- flying adventure. Ben, Zara, Sam and Marcia begin their summer vacation by helping Professor Ampersand build the Silver Turtle, a high-tech airplane. This is thrilling enough, but things take an even wilder turn when a strange woman steals the airplane with the kids inside. She’s trying to evade members of Noctarma, an international criminal organization that thinks the airplane is carrying a secret antigravity device that could be the key to world domination. They’ve got the wrong Silver Turtle, but they’ve also captured Professor Ampersand—and the kids will have to pull out all the stops to find the real Silver Turtle device before Noctarma does.
Author: John Fardell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780399243820 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 248
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Ben, Zara, Sam, and Marcia begin their summer vacation by helping Professor Ampersand and a new friend build the Silver Turtle, a futuristic airplane, but on the day the first test flight is planned, a strange woman steals the airplane with the children inside.
Author: John Fardell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101144165 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 188
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When Sam visits Zara and Ben and their great-uncle, the quirky inventor Professor Ampersand, he never expects to embark on a fantastical adventure. But when Professor Ampersand and his group of professor friends are kidnapped by the evil Professor Murdo, it's up to Sam, Zara, and Ben to save them. They have only three days in which to journey to an icy, desolate land and uncover Murdo's sinister plot. Only then can they save the professors— and the fate of the whole world.
Author: Jim Leeke Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1640124136 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 270
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This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.
Author: Deanna J. McDaniel Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313094519 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 328
Book Description
This volume recommends some 500 positive, heart-warming stories for young readers—stories of the human spirit and what it can accomplish; stories of loving families surviving crises in positive ways; historical tales full of quick-witted people (especially girls); fairy tales with strong women; true stories of survival; and more. These gentle and uplifting reads span every genre—from science fiction and fantasy, to mysteries, realistic fiction, biographies, and nonfiction. They are Accelerated Reader titles, Reading Counts titles, and Junior Library Guild selections. Primarily intended for grades 5 to 9, this is a list of reading suggestions for the young adult who wants a great read but does not want to be offended. Grades 5-9.
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062337610 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This book was awarded a 2015 Middle East Book Award, was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and includes extra material by the author. Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Siddi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase, but he refuses. Finally, she calls Siddi for help. But rather than pack, Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Siddi's roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, and they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. At each stop, Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref's suitcase—mementos of home. Naomi Shihab Nye's warmth, attention to detail, and belief in the power of empathy and connection shines from every page. Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt.
Author: Vanessa Hearne Publisher: PYROPLOTTER® ISBN: 1456463195 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Spending winter in Hawaii while accompanying her husband on a construction job seemed to Jess like the opportunity of a lifetime. But when members of her husband's crew start dying and she gets visits from a ghost with a vengeance, Jess turns to a new friend, Trudy, who helps find out why the beach seems to want to kill everyone. What the women discover is more than they ever imagined and they realize the only way they will leave the island alive is to appeal to the Mother of the Big Island, the Volcano Goddess herself, PELE, and to stop their husbands from working on demolishing the goddess' favorite beach.
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