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Story lives in the highest room of a tall house on top of a hill. The only thing she loves more than a good story is a good adventure. So when her dad reveals the secret of the nearby mountain she conscripts Kadan, her French Bulldog, and heads off. She soon discovers that it is only when reality meets imagination that the real story begins.

Thirteen-year-old Sam Every has traveled back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy to face Captain Jem Slayer, master of the dark arts. Deceived into handing Slayer the ultimate weapon, the Sword of Zel-Kar, Sam has lost his hands, sliced off in his first clash with the evil pirate. But all is not lost. ¿ Sam's friends have found their way back in time, and with the help of the pirate hunter, Benjamin Hornigold, have rescued him from the island where Slayer marooned him. Now, aided by a new band of rogues and a mystery friend, Sam must rise above his injuries and find the strength to again face Slayer before it is too late-before the future is forever shattered. ¿

Princess Sashay and Aspen are best friends who love to hang out with each other and have fun. In this adventure, the young ladies discover something amazing about the lake in Sashay's Kingdom.

Aditi finds out the deepest secrets her parents' have been hiding from her. In trying to find out about the games of life and death, she finds herself in something even more sinister.

In 1805, seventeen-year-old Tom Lockwood, his aunt and uncle journey westward from their Pennsylvania farm to join friends living in Missouri. Their peaceful trip down the big Ohio river, aboard a keelboat, turns deadly when the group falls into the hands of river pirates.With the help of friends made along the way, young Tom and his faithful dog, Cub, set about rescuing his family using all the grit, determination, and ingenuity they can muster.This classic Meader tale, written nearly 100 years ago, reads like it was penned just yesterday.Illustrated by Edward Shenton.

Join Jack Jones and his crew in this modern-classic adventure as they follow in the footsteps of old pirates and go in search of long-lost treasure! No "Bad Guys" or Monsters No Weapons or "Attitude" Just lots of fun!When a message-in-a-bottle washes up on their local beach, Jack Jones, his sister Emma and best buddy Albert discover that it just might lead to a Spanish galleon ship that has been lost for centuries!With some help from their parents - who just so happen to be Professors of History and Archaeology - and an old family friend, the three set off on a Caribbean adventure, hoping to solve the mystery and uncover the lost ship, and perhaps even find the treasure still rumoured to be aboard.Will Jack and his crew decode the clues left by pirates to reveal the hidden location of the ship? Can they succeed where many have failed, or will they fall into one of the traps left behind by those trying to protect the ship and be lost inside a hidden cave on Forbidden Isle for all eternity?Fans of pirate adventures, a little mystery and some treasure hunting will enjoy meeting Jack Jones! Welcome to a brand-new series of children's chapter books that are the perfect dose of excitement, adventure and good, clean fun!Young readers will enjoy following Jack and crew on this fun-filled adventure, and the young-at-heart will love coming along for the ride!Join the Jack Jones club and come along with Jack, Emma and Albert as they harness the power of friendship, teamwork and practical thinking to solve pirate riddles, search for an ancient galleon and work to uncover the secret location of a shipful of priceless treasure thought to be lost forever.Jack Jones is a series of classic adventure stories set in a contemporary time.The themes that carry through the books include friendship, perseverance, problem-solving, bravery, teamwork and encouragement. The central characters include Jack, his younger sister Emma who is an excitable, strong, confident and savvy young girl who loves nature, gymnastics and anything adventurous, and, Albert, Jack's best friend and next-door-neighbor who is very studious, cool and calm under pressure, thoughtful and reliable.This book is ideal for children new to chapter books (ages 6-8) as well as those who are at an intermediate level of reading chapter books independently (ages 9-12). There are detailed full-page black and white illustrations to complement the story and provide some familiarity for those who are moving away from picture-heavy story-books and first readers.

A Young Detectives Mystery(TM) for junior teens. Softcover edition. Pen & Ink illustrations by the author. Jason Lockwood and Wendy Whitecastle meet in a small fishing village called Crab Creek and are thrown into a mystery brimming with thrilling action and wild adventures as they, along with a raucous old seafaring captain, try to discover the secret of the haunted Skull Island. For all boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, who like thrilling adventure stories and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys-type mysteries. Includes glossary of nautical terms. Reviews: "Great, fun novel for kids who like to lay in bed at night and read." and "I couldn't put the thing down, read it straight through and I'm 73."A mysterious young man turns up at a little fishing village called Crab Creek asking for a ride out to an even more mysterious Island that no one dares go hear. Because of its appearance on a nautical map, it was known as Skull Island, or was there another reason for the name? Lights in the old Sutton mansion could be seen going on and off-and there was supposedly no one on the island! Jason Lockwood, the mysterious young man, meets up with a pretty young girl named Wendy Whitecastle and her seafaring uncle, Captain Christopher, a raucous old white-bearded gentleman who lives in a lighthouse on a rocky precipitous overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The three soon find themselves trying to solve the strange goings-on on the mysterious island. They discover a haunted mansion and below it a huge underground cavern of dripping water and dark twists and turns. They have the adventure of a lifetime on a fishing trawler piloted by a crazy coot named "Catfish" as a banker named J.D. Tackert and his frightful crew of cutthroats follow close behind, everyone out to find a long lost hidden treasure.Donald Kirk, also know as the Captain," has been writing stories for kids since he himself was one. Starting at age 8, he was writing and illustrating cartoon strips, the most famous, Long Nose of Long Nose Town. In middle school, he wrote Professor Plugnickle's Theory of the Human Body and The Adventures of Commando Cudie. And in high school, he wrote illustrated books like Murphy's Mad Monster Murder Mysteries and Mistress Mary's Mortal Magic Mischief. The purpose of these books: to have stories to read to his two younger brothers. But writing was not his thing, his youngest brother became the writer of the family and Donald went on to study architecture, art, and filmmaking. It wasn't until the eighties that he wrote the screenplay for Discovery Bay, and later turned it into this entertaining and suspenseful novel guaranteed to keep anyone of any age on the edge of their seats.