When Pete the Cat learns that the Wright brothers flying machine can’t fly without the wind he has an idea. What if it didn’t need wind to fly? Together the cats invent the perfect solution. Pete may even get the chance to fly. This early reader includes an author’s note about the real life Wright brothers and the true story of the first flight.
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You matter . . . in the way you help. The way you hug. The way you laugh. The way you love. The way you shout. The way you speak. The way you give. The way you . . . express yourself In this warm uplifting story a new kid in town finds the courage to carve their own path one that leads to a celebration of friendship and being yourself.
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It was supposed to be the best ever girls’ trip five days four friends one luxury yacht no parents. But on the final night as the yacht cruised the deep and dark waters between Florida and Grand Cayman eighteen year old heiress Giselle vanished.
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The tenacious Lizzie Bennet has earned her place at Longbourn her father’s law firm. Her work keeps her busy but luckily it gives her plenty of reasons to consult and steal occasional kisses with Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy a stern but secretly soft-hearted solicitor at Pemberley. Lizzie is hired to investigate a deadly warehouse fire and to find the mysterious woman who was spotted at the scene moments before the flames took hold. But when the case leads to the sitting room of a woman Darcy once proposed marriage to the delicate balance between personal and professional in their relationship is threatened.
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Mia knows what she’s talking about. Class schedules significant others existential life crises you name it she’s talked someone through it. The problem? No one actually takes her advice. ;So when her latest round of very sensible guidance is ignored resulting in a class flyer stapled to her best friend’s arm and her brother dating a girl he doesn’t have feelings for Mia is done talking. Instead she creates HereToHelp an anonymous account to give advice. If her friends don’t know it’s her behind the account maybe they’ll finally listen for once.
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Nate plays soccer but he doesn’t love it. He plays because it’s what his family expects. Then Lucas Cawley moves in across the street. Lucas isn’t like any of Nate’s sports friends he’s poor his parents are mostly absent and he’s devoted to his sister Megan who has a learning disability. Lucas may be an outcast at school but he and Nate find common ground in their fierce games of one on one basketball. It’s not long before Nate realizes that basketball is his sport. But Nate has an axe to grind with star players Colin and Bo who have disrespected him for years. Nate believes that outplaying those two is the most important thing . . . until he learns that life is about more than getting ready for the next game.
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All Aaron wants for Christmas is for his brother Casey to get over his ex Raquel. He’d prefer not to be at Winter Wonderland the island north of Alaska that’s home to a year round Christmas theme park. But Casey loves Christmas so here they are. Unfortunately for Aaron Casey’s determined to do anything to win Raquel back. All Kris wants for Christmas is for his uncle to move back to Winter Wonderland to be the first gay Santa. To make that happen Kris needs to win the Race his grade’s annual competition to see who can get a guest to fall in love with them first. Winning means a trip to New York where Kris would be able to plead his uncle’s case to the founder of Winter Wonderland himself.
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The story revolves around Scrooge?s hatred for Christmas and those who are not as fortunate as him. On Christmas Eve Scrooge is visited by three spirits who take him on a journey through time and help him realise the kind of person he has become and the impact of his actions on those around him.
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Charles Dickens? inimitable classic A Tale of Two Cities is a heart breaking tale set in London and Paris during the time of the French Revolution. This book brings out the plight of the peasants and the grave injustices heaped upon them by the French aristocracy. In the midst of it all are caught up the lives of the main protagonists Charles Darnay Sydney Carton and Lucie Manette ? the woman they both love.
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A fastidious Englishman Phileas Fogg puts his life?s savings at stake claiming he could travel around the world in just eighty days. Thus begins his fantastic journey full of excitement and a great deal of risk. Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout visit many foreign lands exotic and beautiful lands.
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