For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary is one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well,...
Danger lurks everywhere. Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease...
In his adventures in several fantastic lands, Gulliver meets little people less than six inches high, giants, men who live on an island floating in air, and other creatures.
Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle. Fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a scholarship to a unique boarding school called THE HOGWORTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, where he will...
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole...
The narrative begins in 1784 before the French revolution. Insults are traded, leading to murder, declarations of vengeance, and the specter of prison.
Twain, a brash young journalist with one book under his belt, was one of seventy-seven passengers on the steamship Quaker City when it left New York in June 1867, to begin ?The Grand Holy Land Pleasure Excursion.? As special correspondent for the...
In 12th-century England Prince John rules while his brother King Richard is away during the Crusades. During his reign, Prince John and others of the Norman nobility abuse their power. Ivanhoe, disowned by his father for going to war...
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper the Boston...
This novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and sacrifice through the relationship of the titular character, Lady Marguerite Blakeney, and her husband, Sir Percy, as they navigate treachery and peril in a quest for justice and freedom.
Tells the story of the only female executioner in the French Revolution and her quest for revenge on those who did not defend her father.
Piers is desperate to become a page to escape the dirty, tedious labor of his father's blacksmith shop. So when a knight arrives announcing that he's on "the quest," Piers begs to go along. Off on a series of adventures he never dreamed possible,...