Mike Willis is really into computer games--until lightning strikes, a crazed gladiator named Thor zaps out of his PC, and soon a whole pack of electronic fiends are escaping from the screen.

Lists the most significant writings on computer games, including works that cover recent advances in gaming and the substantial academic research that goes into devising and improving computer games.

Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.

Jennifer's parents have roped her into helping out the two elderly spinsters who live next door. But the fragile old ladies turn out to be powerful witches, and they want to turn Jennifer into one of their own!

The work of a novelist and translator collide in this visionary and hilarious debut from acclaimed French writer Brice Matthieussent. Revenge of the Translator follows Trad, who is translating a mysterious author’s book, Translator’s Revenge, from English to French. The book opens as a series of footnotes from Trad, as he justifies changes he makes. As the novel progresses, Trad begins to take over the writing, methodically breaking down the work of the original writer and changing the course of the text. The lines between reality and fiction start to blur as Trad’s world overlaps with the characters in Translator’s Revenge, who seem to grow more and more independent of Trad’s increasingly deranged struggle to control the plot. Revenge of the Translator is a brilliant, rule-defying exploration of literature, the act of writing and translating, and the often complicated relationship between authors and their translators.

When they spot an enormous hairy beast in the woods, summer camp at Camp Slumbering Pines goes from dull to deadly for Gina and Frank Giardelli, and the campers have the biggest fright of their lives.