The Alien Hunter is playing with fire ... but who will get burned? Daniel X's hunt to eliminate each and every intergalactic criminal on Earth is always relentless, but this time it's getting personal. Number Three on the List of Alien Outlaws takes the form of raging, soul-possessing fire. And fire transports Daniel back to the most traumatic event of his life - the horrifying murde…
Arthur Penhaligon didn't think he would ever have to return to the very strange house that nearly killed him on Monday - the house that contains a fantastical and sinister realm inside. But the next day brings new challenges, in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the safety of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order…
Wednesday has rolled around, and Arthur Penhaligon has an invitation to return to the House that he can't refuse. Drowned Wednesday has sent a ship to pick him up from the hospital even though his hometown is miles from any ocean. From hospital room to the high seas, Arthur finds himself on an adventure that will pit him against pirates, storms, explosions of Nothing-laced gunpowder, and a va…
Struck down by a hit-and-run driver, one of the world’s most respected doctors lies comatose in the ICU unit of Boston’s Beaumont Clinic. No one thinks he will survive. Two of his children believe treatment should be stopped. But his daughter Thea refuses to give up hope—and begins to suspect a cover-up. As a brilliant physician who left the hospital to work with the poor, Thea knows all …
Will Lucky solve life’s mysteries before she turns twelve? The adventures that began with the Newbery Award–winner The Higher Power of Lucky come to a grand finale. For eleven-year old Lucky, the universe is full of questions. Is that mysterious woman at the café Miles’s mom? Does her father not talk to her because he hates her? Will the Health Department ruin everything? Is she reall…
The only hardcover omnibus of the best-selling and award-winning fantasy trilogy, in a Contemporary Classics edition. Philip Pullman's trilogy is a masterpiece that transcends genre and appeals to readers of all ages. His heroine, Lyra, is an orphan living in a parallel universe in which science, theology, and magic are entwined. The epic story that takes us through the three novels is not …
The Women's Murder Club pursues two cases in an electrifying new thriller–chasing a deranged killer and searching for a murderer with a taste for fire. A VERY PUBLIC DISAPPEARANCE The teenage son of California's ex-governor, Michael Campion has mysteriously vanished. Known as the "Boy with a Broken Heart" because of his incurable heart defect, Michael grew up under the eye of an adoring p…
Teen twins Rich and Jade Chance are finally on vacation in Venice with their father -- or so they think. In reality, the British government has sent master spy John Chance to keep tabs on a Swiss banker who is desperately trying to escape from the Tiger, a ruthless criminal mastermind. In no time, the banker is captured by the Tiger's thugs and taken to a remote Scottish castle -- along with…
"Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world tha…
A young girl's journey toward the strange hypnotic world of madness, and about a group of her friends who unite to get her help-filmed as a Hallmark Hall of Fame Production. "Compassionate and tragic, an indictment of adults who refuse to get involved."-"The New York Times" "A surprise and a delight, despite its sobering theme."-"Austin American Statesman" ." skillfully constructed and more exc…