Search Results


Showing 1 - 20 of 428 query time: 0.09s
Book cover for "I hope you get this message".
Rate this title:
Star rating for I hope you get this message
Language:
English
Description:
"News stations across the country are reporting mysterious messages that Earth has been receiving from a planet--Alma--claiming to be its creator. If they're being interpreted correctly, in seven days Alma will hit the kill switch on their "colony" Earth. True or not, for teenagers Jesse Hewitt, Cate Collins, and Adeem Khan, the prospect of this ticking time bomb will change their lives forever. Jesse, who has been dealt one bad blow after another,...
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Lexile measure:
880L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Book cover for "Walk two moons".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Walk two moons
Series:
Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold, the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. Here the author weaves together two tales,...
Book cover for "The alchemist".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The alchemist
Lexile measure:
910L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Description:
"A special 25th anniversary edition of Paulo Coehlo's extraordinary international bestselling phenomenon--the inspiring spiritual tale of self-discovery that has touched millions of lives around the world. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical...
Book cover for "Oliver Twist".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Oliver Twist
Lexile measure:
940L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Oliver Twist is born in the harsh confines of a workhouse, his mother expiring in childbirth, his father unknown. After enduring years of brutal treatment, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a band of child pickpockets led by the villainous Fagin. His foray into a life of crime soon lands him into the arms of the law, when Oliver's fortunes finally appear to turn as the robbery victim becomes his benefactor. But Fagin isn't about to...
Book cover for "The Science of Getting Rich".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The Science of Getting Rich
Language:
English
Description:
The book that inspired Rhonda Byrne to create The Secret is now available as an Ultimate Edition by Restored Classics Publishing. As a highly reproduced and sought after public domain work, Wallace D. Wattles' "The Science of Getting Rich" has been on the receiving end of more than a few typographical mistakes over the course of its life. Each transcribed presentation of the text appears to have been littered with its own set of misspellings and errors...
Book cover for "Any dream will do".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Any dream will do
Language:
English
Description:
"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
Book cover for "Oath and honor".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Oath and honor
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath, as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to...
Book cover for "Black Beauty".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Black Beauty
Lexile measure:
900L
Language:
English
Description:
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Book cover for "When the stars go dark".
Rate this title:
Star rating for When the stars go dark
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined fate and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna,...
Book cover for "The thirty nine steps".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The thirty nine steps
Lexile measure:
1000L
Language:
English
Description:
May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Hannay's life and the security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the thirty-nine...
Book cover for "What you wish for".
Rate this title:
Star rating for What you wish for
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
"Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas - the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly loses its beloved principal, it turns out his replacement will be none other than Duncan Carpenter - a former, unrequited crush of Sam's from many years before. When Duncan shows up as her new boss, though, he's nothing...
Book cover for "Here we are".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Here we are
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 530L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A user's guide to life on Earth, designed for a new baby, covers such topics as the Earth's physical characteristics, the people and animals who live on it, and how to get the most out of life.
Book cover for "The Greatest Hits".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The Greatest Hits
Language:
English
Book cover for "The Game of Life and How to Play It".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The Game of Life and How to Play It
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The Game of Life and How to Play It is a short work of metaphysics by American artist, illustrator, and New Thought teacher Florence Scovel Shinn. Published in 1925, this book explores the foundations of Shinn's philosophy - that what one puts out into the world is what one receives back. Shinn began her career as an artist and illustrator, drawing for Harper's magazine and several popular novels. After her marriage to artist Everett Shinn ended in...
Book cover for "Snowy mountain Christmas".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Snowy mountain Christmas
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
"In early December on the way home from a research trip through Arkansas, mystery writer Trey Austin, anonymously writing as "Chapel Hill", is traveling on a dirt road, trying to get back to the main highway when he drives into a thunderstorm and wrecks,leaving him upside down and unconscious in a flooding ditch. Hailey Beaumont has been in the Arkansas hills coaxing a couple of old-time recipes from a local woman to add to her menu at her B&B, which...
Book cover for "The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
Language:
English
Description:
What are we to make of the book of Revelation, with all its dramatic events and rich symbolism? Get an authoritative guide to this extraordinary work in 24 thought-provoking and enlightening lectures, divided into three parts: the historical and intellectual background of the Apocalypse; a close reading of John's text, focusing on the meaning of its images; and the wide-ranging impact of the book on Christian and Western history. Throughout these...
Book cover for "Divorce is the worst".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Divorce is the worst
Language:
English
Description:
""How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"-Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience divorce. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and children experiencing separation and divorce."-Lisa Spiegel,...
Book cover for "The black arrow".
Rate this title:
Star rating for The black arrow
Language:
English
Description:
The Black Arrow, first serialized in 1883, was eventually published as a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888. Although it was initially written for children, and has since remained relatively undervalued by critics, The Black Arrow has garnered praise from such figures as John Galsworthy for its richly imagined setting and vibrant dialogue. Set in fifteenth-century England during the infamous War of the Roses, The Black Arrow follows the young...
Book cover for "Somebody on this bus is going to be famous".
Rate this title:
Star rating for Somebody on this bus is going to be famous
Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
Description:
During a torrential rainstorm, a school bus goes off the road and, with the driver unconscious, it is up to her passengers to try to rescue each other and go for help.