Read the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The Maze Runner is now a major motion picture featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster and the second book, The Scorch Trials, is soon to be a movie, hitting theaters September 18, 2015! Also look for James Dashner’s newest novels,The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series.
If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Everything is going to change.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Chomp by Carl Hiassen
Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, and snappers in his backyard. The critters, he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one.
When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called Expedition Survival!, Wahoo figures he'll have to do a bit of wrangling himself—to keep his dad from killing Derek Badger, the show's inept and egotistical star, before the shoot is over. But the job keeps getting more complicated. Derek Badger foolishly believes his own PR and insists on using wild animals for his stunts. And Wahoo's acquired a shadow named Tuna—a girl who's sporting a shiner courtesy of her father and needs a place to hide out.
They've only been on location in the Everglades for a day before Derek gets bitten by a bat and goes missing in a storm. Search parties head out and promptly get lost themselves. And then Tuna's dad shows up with a gun . . .
It's anyone's guess who will actually survive Expedition Survival. . . .
When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called Expedition Survival!, Wahoo figures he'll have to do a bit of wrangling himself—to keep his dad from killing Derek Badger, the show's inept and egotistical star, before the shoot is over. But the job keeps getting more complicated. Derek Badger foolishly believes his own PR and insists on using wild animals for his stunts. And Wahoo's acquired a shadow named Tuna—a girl who's sporting a shiner courtesy of her father and needs a place to hide out.
They've only been on location in the Everglades for a day before Derek gets bitten by a bat and goes missing in a storm. Search parties head out and promptly get lost themselves. And then Tuna's dad shows up with a gun . . .
It's anyone's guess who will actually survive Expedition Survival. . . .
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds are against them. Kronos is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, his power only grows.
In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series, the prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
The battle of the labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical.
In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth-a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.
In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth-a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
jake maddox motor cross double cross
Carlos and Ricky race against each other all the time but they've managed to keep their friendship as strong as their motor cross skills, until now.A race to determine who goes to the nationals is separating the two best friends, and someone seems to be sabotaging their bikes. Has the competition made them turn against each other? Or can Carlos and Ricky band together to figure out who's pulling a double cross?
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
“A 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It
is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in
which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon
reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who
rebels against society's enforced conformity, after her newfound friends Shay
and David show her the downsides to becoming a "Pretty". They show
Tally how being a "Pretty" can change not only your look but your
personality.”
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
“August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial
deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He’s
about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new
kid, then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie’s just an ordinary
kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that
he’s just like them, despite appearances?”
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
"A science fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle,
first published in 1962.[1] The story revolves around a young girl whose father, a government
scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a
tesseract. The book won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis
Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans
Christian Andersen Award.[2][a] It is the first in L'Engle's series
of books about the Murry and O'Keefe families."
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
A book for young readers. It involves new kids, bullies, alligators, eco-warriors, pancakes, and pint-sized owls. A hilarious
Floridian adventure!
Floridian adventure!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax --
the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger,
intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's
best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his
revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the survival of humanity; Cleon
II, the vain and crafty emperor of the Galactic Empire,
Erak's Ransom: Book 7 by John A. Flanagan
In the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the raiding
Skandians comes word that the Skandian leader has been captured by a dangerous
desert tribe. The Rangers - and Will - are sent to free him. But the desert is
like nothing these warriors have seen before. Strangers in a strange land, they
are brutalized by sandstorms, beaten by the unrelenting heat, tricked by one
tribe that plays by its own rules, and surprisingly befriended by another. Like
a desert mirage, nothing is as it seems. Yet one thing is constant: the bravery
of the Rangers.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron
hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king,
but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and
warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's
champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.
The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard
will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's
there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for
freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the
evil before it destroys her world.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the
whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a
diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy.
Bent as the crew is on Ahab s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a
co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each
individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the
novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive,
allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an
education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing.
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial
mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather
proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors
Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had
dominated their lives for so long.
A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the
barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe's barbarians,
transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level,
eventually pulled the empire apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the
existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the
Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two
generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in
response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths
first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on
to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before
conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then
meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris,
but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman
collapse, culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada:
the west's last chance for survival.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality is one of the most scathing satires ever published. As readers witness the rise and bloody fall of the revolutionary animals, they begin to recognize the seeds of totalitarianism in the most idealistic organization—and in the most charismatic leaders, the souls of the cruelest oppressors.
Monday, January 5, 2015
1984 by George Orwell
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy
about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is
timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world,
so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can
deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple
generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that
seems only to grow with the passage of time.
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