Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011 an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.o This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after …
Callum Challenger is a boy with a mission: to track down supposedly mythological creatures and capture their DNA. But while Callum and his friends want to save these beings, an aggressive pharmaceutical company wants to wipe them out. In a fast-paced, high-tech story, Callum and a group of misfit mates -- a computer hacker, a freerunner, an ex-marine and a pathological liar, criss-cross the glo…