A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... A world is threatened. A young queen must save her people. A dark evil rises again. A young jedi is discovered. The journey begins.
The Hunger Games--a New York Times bestseller and major motion picture--is now available in a gorgeous deluxe foil edition. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Perfect for fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games, this special movie tie-in edition of the New York Times bestseller The Maze Runner features an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film and an exclusive fan sticker. The Maze Runner movie, featuring the star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien, as Thomas; Kaya Scodelario as Teresa; Aml Ameen as Alby; Will Poulter as Gally; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt and the second book, The Scorch Trials, will soon be a movie, hitting theaters September 18, 2015! And look for James Dashner’s newest novels, The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrify
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing. But they know. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. I am next.
I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear Iheard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with,but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over.Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently. "Come..." The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. OnlyKernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the gripof a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voicesare calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless toresist. Kernel has already been to hell and back. Nowhe's about to go further.
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when hebegins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the fullmoon, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about toswallow him whole. He has cheated death, defeated demons,moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world ofmagic and his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or willhe fall victim to his tainted blood?
As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, GrubbsGrady and his team search desperately for answers. But when theyfollow up a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe - theLambs. "We spot the werewolves as we skim the treetops. Mutated,vicious, hairy monstrosities, all fangs, claws and muscles. Thebeast within me tries to force its way to the surface, howlingsilently at its warped brethren. I've never rid myself of thewolf..."
Beginning with his early days in Syracuse, N.Y., and hischildhood in wartime Germany, this autobiography gives readers aglimpse at what shaped the artist's life, including essays on hiswork by his editors, a speech for the Library of Congress, and morethan sixty full-color illustrations.
This fully illustrated volume on the life and work of EricCarle contains autobiographical writings of his life and childhoodin wartime Germany, giving a glimpse of the people, circumstancesand events that shaped his life and encouraged his bold, freeformstyle. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable editionof this title.
As demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warriorcompanions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help.An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will helpher solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has asteep price...
Anakin Skywalker is now age nineteen and facing temptations of love, violence, betrayal, honor, and above all, the dark side of the Force. Original.
Winner of a 2016 Newbery Honor, ECHO pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, this impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck."
Before Cirque Du Freak...Before the war with the vampaneze...Before he was a vampire... Larten Crepsley was a boy. As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his jobwell and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed hiscousin as an example to the other children. In that moment, young Larten flew into a rage that the foremanwouldn't survive. Forced to live on the run, Larten now sleeps incrypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Sebaoffers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant, Lartenagrees. This is his story.
Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age,which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history andloves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish oldersister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guessesthat he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungrydemons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares... andthreaten his life.
Catching Fire, the second book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games series, is now available in a deluxe foil edition! Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
Miracle McCloy comes from an unusual family: Her father, Daneis a prodigy who published his first book at age thirteen; hergrandmother, Gigi, is clairvoyant; and her mother was dead when her"miracle" daughter was pulled from her womb. Having been raisedaccording to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unableto cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among litcandles, she sets herself afire and comes to in a hospital. There,a young psychiatrist helps her navigate her painful struggle totake charge of her life. "Includes a reader's guide and aninterview with the author."
I Went To Manderley Again." So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winterremembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drivepast ther beeches, white and naked, to the isolated gray stonemanse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barelyknew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to beinexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, thebeautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten...her suite of roomsnever touched, her clothes ready to be worn, her servant -- thesinister Mrs. Danvers -- still loyal. And as an eerie presentimentof evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter beganher search for the real fate of Rebecca...for the secrets ofManderley.
Beranabus and Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholyalliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against hiswill. Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end. Steel your stomachs and grit your teeth--the tenthbook in the saga of the battle between Earth and the hoardes of theDemonata waiting to destroy our world will be blood-curdling,bone-rending, and truly terrible. Bec, Kernel, and Grubbs areprepared for the fight of their lives. Are you?
Revised edition! A dictionary written especially for studentsgrades 9 and up, ages 14 and older. More than 100,000 entries.Nearly 1,000 illustrations, many brand new. Abundant word historyparagraphs, synonym paragraphs, and example sentences. Updated toreflect groundbreaking Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,Eleventh Edition.
Film tie-in edition of the best-selling classic work offantasy of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth, featuring thecomplete story told in both films, with a striking cover image fromPeter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and drawings andmaps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys acomfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than thepantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment isdisturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteendwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on anunexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raidthe treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and verydangerous dragon...The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbithas sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937,establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influentialbooks of the twentieth century.
Lights. Camera. Slawter! Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-Eare thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants forthe newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in adeserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to beHayms's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set,Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.
Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationallyacclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story ofa Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the SecondWorld WarSuppose your country began to change. Suppose that withoutyour noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live inGermany any longer. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise,that your own father was one of those people.That is what happenedto Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began, too busywith her schoolwork and toboganning to take much notice ofpolitical posters, but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler,the man who would soon change the whole of Europe – starting withher own small life.Anna suddenly found things moving too fast forher to understand. One day, her father was unaccountably missing.Then she herself and her brother Max were being rushed by theirmother, in alarming secrecy, away from everything they knew – homeand schoolmates and well-loved toys – right out o