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The Mysterious Pool wins a BRONZE MEDAL in the Pre-Teen Fiction category at the 2021 Moonbeam Children''s Book Awards.This is an enchanting magical story filled with mystery, fantasy, and humor for all children.Join Leigh and his fifth-grade school friends, Tara and Cosmo as they visit a mysterious house in the woods.What treasures are revealed that will shock and astound them, and inadvertently uncover a hidden family secret?Leigh doesn''t let his wheelchair hold him back from exploring with his friends, and as the events unfold, he experiences an amazing encounter that will leave him wondering and open his mind to new ideas.A Leigh and Friends Adventure story.

On Wings of Wonder is the story of two curious young strangers in an epic battle to save their sense of wonder and humanity itself. Case, a Colorado boy who works at his family''s magical carousel, and Mira, a Rohingya girl who survived the massacre of her village in Myanmar, have been brought together by unlikely, ancient mentors to pit their powers of wonder against a dark enemy. When Case''s mother disappears, they reluctantly join forces to find her. Along the way they discover their own powers of wonder, friendship, and love.

From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle, the exciting adventures of a mischievous princess. Full of black-and-white illustrations by Lydia Monks, Princess Mirror-Belle is perfect for fans of this bestselling picture-book team and who are beginning to read on their own. This bind-up of two fantastic books, Princess Mirror-Belle and Princess Mirror-Belle and the Party Hoppers, contains six delightful stories that children will come back to again and again.Ellen's life is turned upside down by the hilarious Mirror-Belle, a spirited princess who claims to be from somewhere mysterious and far away. She appears out of mirrors to tell Ellen magical stories and take her on exciting escapades. From battling with Dragon Pox to helping out with the local pantomime, celebrating birthdays, having fun at the fair and starting at a new school, there are always adventures to be had!This book contains the following stories:1. Princess Mirror-Belle- The Dragon Pox- Ellen's Castle- Princess Mirror-Belle and Snow White2. Princess Mirror-Belle and the Party Hoppers- The Party Hoppers- Wobblesday- The Love-Potion Crisps

'Gorgeously written . . . immediately hooks the reader from the early pages (the world-building is fantastic).' IndependentWelcome to the Arcadia.Once a luxurious cruise ship, now it is home to the stranded. For forty years, they have lived, and died, on the water.A place of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters, its people are tyrannized by a country they can see but can't get to. A country that says it doesn't want them.Esther is a loyal citizen, working flat-out for a rare chance to live a life on land. Nik is a rebel, intent on liberating the Arcadia once and for all.Together, they will change the future . . .WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE STRANDED:'A pacy, gripping read that plunges you into this near-future dystopia from the first page.''A real page-turner, with relatable characters and lots of twists and turns . . . if you loved Station Eleven this will be right up your street''This is honestly one of the best action centred books I've read in a while! Think Titanic meets The Hunger Games!.'

Driftwood Harbour may seem like an ordinarily boring, small New England town, but there's something extremely strange and downright creepy happening within town limits.

It''s suicide, Shyla. You''re the prize they want. Through her courage and tenacity, Shyla Sun-Kissed has awoken the power of The Eyes of Tamburah. But this feat only marks the beginning of the challenges that the magical order, the Invisible Sword, faces to free the underground city of Zirdai. Though they have allies among the monks and splinter cells inside the city, Shyla knows the Invisible Sword doesn''t have the strength to win. With the group fracturing due to the strain of losses from their latest ordeal, thinly veiled suspicions and endless disagreements, it''s up to Shyla to forge a new united order. When both the draconian Water Prince and brutal Heliacal Priestess learn of Shyla''s new powers, life becomes even more complicated as they will stop at nothing to capture Shyla and take the magic of The Eyes for themselves. Hunted at every turn and unable to hide, Shyla and the Invisible Sword must use every resource at their command - and unearth new ones - in their race to save the city from destruction. But their enemies always seem to be one step ahead. And the cost to win the battle may be more than Shyla would ever be willing to pay...

Clean, cozy, diverse, small town, novella Traci has been fired from another job and must decide if it's time to give up her home and start fresh in another town. But, when her elderly neighbor dies mysteriously, she is pulled into leading a crusade to save the neighbor's urban farm and find the killer. Through her new and unexpected relationship with these invisible people, Traci faces her own insecurities to learn what home really means.

In the tumultuous year of 1634, Bálint Felföldi starts a quest to find the lost Ring of King Matthias Corvinus in the wild lands of the Hungarian Borderlands where the remnants of the once great Hungarian kingdom mix with the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. At the center of this tale of adventure and intrigue is Bálint, the son of a Hungarian mother of the Székely frontier guards of the Carpathian Mountains and Scottish soldier-of-fortune who came to Hungary to serve the Prince of Transylvania.On his quest, he has adventures and overcoming obstacles, hardships, and foes that seek to undermine his efforts. The novel wishes to pay tribute to the Hussar and Hajdú warriors of the Hungarian Valiant Order of the Borderland who had been gloriously blocking the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe for centuries.

Christopher O'Riley begins the long walk home after spending two years in a prisoner of war camp. He fought on the losing effort for the Confederacy. The war along with the stay in Camp Melton a Union prisoner of war camp has made him bitter. He will survive with his sanity but not his faith. He is bitter and confused with the God he was taught by the Nun in the orphanage he grew up in. His travels take him on an adventure where he meets Hanna, a lonly widow woman raising two children. He learns from her love and slowly finds redemption.

The Power Pack of Short Stories is the compilation of the best short stories written by Deepak Gupta in his writing career till now. The book contains the stories that will keep you awake even in the dark nights. Each and every story is unique in its concept to make it mind boggling and the dip of extreme suspense will keep you turning the pages till the end. All the short stories have sold over 40k e-books till now. The included Bestselling Titles are as follows: 1. The Lost ChildA divorcee twosome Jack and Luna moved to a petrifying woody mansion in the woods which was 800 miles far-flung from the city of the United States. But before they got settled, their baby Alex got lost the next winter morning. Was Alex moved voluntarily into the woods or something drastic was going to happen to him. 2. When Queen DrownsHow much life can cruel for a girl? How much pain can a girl bear? 3. RevengeWhat if a criminal is giving threat to another criminal, asking for justice? Is revenge necessary?   It''s good to care for the memories of people who love us unconditionally but we can''t love people blindly because there''s difference between mistake and crime. 4. The Men who forgets''When we forget things we don''t even know whether we are speaking the red truth or the white lie. Every word we say happens to be the thread of becoming the suspect.'' 5. Zero DegreeNicholas, a thirty-year-old man worked in a chicken cold storage in the workstation. On the eve of Christmas night, everyone was gleeful and celebrating the occasion, Nicholas planned to give an alluring gift to his wife Lucia which she had been asking for a couple of years. Finally, the day had arrived but Nicholas didn''t return to his home to honour Christmas with his two children. Why didn''t he return? What happened to him? Which dark mind-boggling truth he was going to find out that day?

Witness the complete collection of Supersonic Warrior, Fire Slinger, and Spider Crusader''s adventures in Zoomopolis, as they defeat villains, protect the citizens from danger, and keep the city peaceful for its citizens.