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Will Abby See Whales Today? A Birthday Adventure is a personal narrative about a father taking his daughter on a whale watching adventure for her birthday. It shows the deep bond created between father and daughter during this special time together. This book is based on a true story when the author's husband took her on a whale watching adventure for her birthday. It took place during their summer vacation in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton National Park. Her husband knew how much she loved whales and always dreamed of seeing a whale up close and personal. This experience was truly exhilarating and was the inspiration for this book. The book has unique features that would be very beneficial for teachers and parents to use to enrich their children. It has a glossary, an interesting fact page about whales as well as a page to extend learning through activities children can do after reading the book. The book would be a great mentor text for teachers and an excellent book for teaching personal narratives. It can be a mentor text for teaching research on endangered species and climate change. It inspires children to become marine and wildlife conservationists. The book is recommended for children ages 4-12. It would also be a good book for middle students to encourage them to be engaged in marine conservation and conduct research. Will Abby See Whales Today? A Birthday Adventure is a heartwarming book that will be enjoyed by all ages!I am pleased to share these reviews from well known and respected professionals and from Kirkus Reviews!"You'll have a whale of a time reading this exuberant, educational, lushly illustrated tale of a very special ocean adventure shared by Abby and her dad. A literary treat for children of any age and their parents, too!" -Liza Charlesworth Author of Guided Science Readers and First Little Readers "This charming book will inspire its readers to become enthusiastic marine conservationists. The author gives context and meaning to the plea to save whales and protect marine life. Throughout the book, a purposeful and accessible message pervades regarding the conservation of our oceans and our planet. A must read for children, parents, teachers and all nature lovers who wish to protect the creatures living in this vast expanse of blue and the ecosystems that support them." - Dr. Jeff Schweitzer, Former Science Advisor to President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore "A young girl longs to see whales on her birthday in Klein's rhyming picture book. Abby is thrilled when her father says he'll be taking her whale watching for her birthday.""Klein offers Abby's first-person perspective, weaving in notes about endangered species and human pollution.""...the overall readability of the text and educational material at the end make it well suited for classrooms.""...engaging and informative tale with a conservationist message." - Kirkus Reviews

The tragedy and injustice of an unsolved murder tends to have a profound effect on true crime enthusiasts. As a keen true crime follower, I can't learn about an unsolved murder and not try to figure out who did it and why. From suspicious deaths to unsolved massacres, the Mysterious Murders anthology covers crimes that provokes the inner detective in all of us.The cases in this book have gone years, often decades, without a shred of justice for the victims. Stories such as 'The Boy in the Box' and the case of the teen girl bludgeoned to death by an unknown assailant will leave you perplexed as to who committed these crimes, and how they got away with it. Some cases expose the depravity of human nature, such as The Keddie Cabin murders, where a family was brutally slain as they slept. Then there are fascinating, stranger than fiction cases, like the tale of Teresita Basa, whose story reads like a movie script.I've researched many cold cases over the years, and from one keen true crime reader to another, I've included ones I feel don't get as much attention or coverage (like The Zodiac Killer or Jack the Ripper, for example). While some of these cases did hit headlines at the time they happened, it's frustrating to find lack of clues ended up in lack of interest over time.True crime is never the lightest of reads, but the cases in these book are made all the more heavy due to the victims never being granted justice, nor their families closure. It's frightening to think that when a crime goes unpunished, it will likely be repeated, a notion that makes the crimes in this anthology all the more chilling.

Six hundred years ago, the humans of Earth migrated to a new star system and established planetary colonies where people could live in harmonious peace. But that peace didn't last. Twenty years ago, Yeonsu Carlos witnessed when tragedy struck on the planet Han and alien ships wiped out thousands of people, leaving the mining colony in ruins. Yeonsu lost his own wife and daughter during the attack. Now, as a captain under the military arm of the Planetary Union Government, Yeonsu pours his soul into leading a force against the Resistance that sprung up after the tragedy of Han. The Resistance that desires to seize power from the Union and send the star system into chaos.

Yeonsu's world tilts on its axis when in the midst of a showdown, he learns the Resistance believes the Union was behind the alien attack on Han. And his life changes even more when he discovers that one of the Resistance leaders he has been chasing-the White Raven-is his ex-wife, Cassie. The woman he thought was dead. Forced to reckon with this new reality, Yeonsu confronts his grandfather, a Union commander, about the tragedy of Han. What he learns leads him to make a decision that sets a series of events in motion between the Resistance and the Union, humans and aliens. New alliances will form and blood will spill as both sides are forced to confront the truth of the galaxy's past.

With the Great War raging across Europe, Sergeant Jones and his crack team of Special Unit Thirteen Marines are called upon to investigate the strange disappearance of allied aircraft in the North of France.Pilot, Lance Corporal Jackson and his gunner/bombardier, Sous-Lieutenant Marcel Moreau, find themselves deep behind enemy lines, fighting for their lives against an evil and ancient airborne threat in support of Special Unit Thirteen's efforts on the ground.Can they survive long enough to eliminate the threat, and secure the battlefield from the Keiser's massing forces.

The Boy Who Should Never Have Been Heir and the Girl Who Will Change EverythingThe Spare Who Became the Heir and Other Stories is an enchanting introduction to a world where a young sorcerer and princess inherits her powers too young and her childhood crush becomes the young man she will need-all leading up to what will come to pass in The Head, the Heart, and the Heir.In these stories, the fantasy kingdoms of Warren and Datten come to life, and the children who will grow up to rule them begin to find themselves and define their fates.After falling through a frozen river and nearly drowning, nine-year-old exiled princess Alex gains command of the wind and other unsettling powers.The young Prince of Datten, Aaron, has his eyes set on revenge against the King of Warren for murdering his godfather's wife and causing their daughter, the princess who would unite their kingdoms, to be lost in exile, so he begins to train to become the fighter who can bring down the King of Warren.Teenaged Alex has her first kiss and her guardian reprimands her, but she's not the type to stand by and be told who she can kiss.In "The Spare Who Became the Heir," Aaron travels to Warren under the pretense of training for a tournament-in reality, he is fleeing his father's wrath after a fight.And, finally, just months before the start of The Head, the Heart, and the Heir, Prince Aaron is sent to search for the missing princess of Warren, a girl he will no longer recognize, a girl who calls herself Alex.

THREE YORK CAT MYSTERIES IN ONE!The Case of the Clementhorpe KillerWhen Theodore discovers his neighbour, pigeon-fancier Peter Morris with his head bashed in, he sets out on the trail of the Clementhorpe Killer.Set among the back alleys of York, this is murder mystery with a feline twist. It is Theodore's first foray into crime detection.The Cat Who Knew Too MuchAfter Theodore moves to the York suburb of Acomb with his owners, there is soon a murder in the house behind but only Theodore knows there is a killer in the suburban midst. How is he to prove it and make sure that the justice is served?With many references to classic Hitchcock films, this is a comic romp through the leafy suburbs, leaving many a bloody footprint (and pawprint) on the well-trimmed lawns.The Call of the Cat BasketTheodore, our reluctant cat detective, goes after escaped convict Milton Macavity. It is Bonfire Night and protestors have descended on York in their thousands. The pursuit takes Theodore into the crowded city centre.Will Theodore be able to stop Bonfire Night ending with a bang and return to the comfort of his home and his rather vocal cat basket?

If you love learning about science then you are probably familiar with the achievements of the ancient Greeks like Pythagoras and Galileo but did you know that the Greeks did not do it on their own. In fact in some areas the Greeks lagged behind the rest of the world by hundreds sometimes thousands of years (mathematics, astronomy etc.)The Greeks travelled, learned, borrowed from and collaborated with people all across Asia, Africa and the middle east.This collaboration, didn't start or end with the Greeks, it went on long before and after them. Although the Greeks made many advances, much of what they left behind was also problematic. This is the story of how one of those problems was solved.