Baginda Raja Sri Kertanegara membawa Keraton Singasari ke puncak kejayaan yang tiada taranya pada awal sejarah keemasan. Pasukan Tartar yang berhasil menaklukkan dunia dipecundangi. Umbul-umbul berlambang singa berkibar ke seberang lautan. Idenya mendirikan Ksatria Pingitan, semacam asrama yang mendidik para prajurit sejak usia dini, menghasilkan banyak ksatria. Diantaranya Upasara Wulung, y…
Bayport goes back in time when a Revolutionary War-era battleship is discovered, along with a treasure trove of historic artifacts. To celebrate, the town stages a reenactment of the historic Battle of Bayport, complete with antique artillery, canons, and tricorn hats. Even Frank and Joe Hardy are decked out in full Colonial costume, fighting over freedom and taxes on opposite sides of the batt…
This volume includes Book 1, Revenge of the Witch, and Book 2, Curse of the Bane, of the Last Apprentice series. Only the Spook has the knowledge and skill to face ghosts, bind witches, and bargain with boggarts. Now he needs an apprentice—Tom Ward, who is the seventh son of a seventh son. Other apprentices have come before. All have failed, or fled, or died. Will Tom learn what they could no…
The League of Unexceptional Children: Get Smart-Ish by Gitty Daneshvari When readers met twelve-year-olds Jonathan and Shelley, they had just been recruited to join the League of Unexceptional Children. This covert spy network is comprised solely of kids who are so average and nondescript that they are utterly forgettable, and who makes a better spy than a kid no one remembers? To everyone's s…
Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. But his hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be…