Violet and the Mystery of Tiger Island
Title | Violet and the Mystery of Tiger Island PDF eBook |
Author | Harriet Whitehorn |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2018-08-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1471147215 |
Can YOU solve the case of Tiger Island? Join Violet Remy-Robinson, an amateur Sherlock Holmes in the making, on her fifth adventure… Violet and her friends can’t believe their luck when they’re invited to a wedding on a tropical island. But when old enemies the Du Plicitouses show up at the same hotel, and a valuable figurine goes missing, Violet is sure the sneaky family are behind it. It’s a race against time – and a hungry tiger – to uncover the truth and make sure the big day goes to plan. Complete with two-colour illustrations throughout by Becka Moor, this is a fresh and funny mystery and readers will fall in love with Violet’s quirky charm. Perfect for fans of Dixie O’Day, Ottoline and Goth Girl.
Battle Bunny
Title | Battle Bunny PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Scieszka |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2013-10-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442446730 |
Alex, whose birthday it is, hijacks a story about Birthday Bunny on his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and his enemies in the forest--who, in the original story, are simply planning a surprise party.
The Fortunate Ones
Title | The Fortunate Ones PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Tarkington |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2021-01-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616206802 |
“The Fortunate Ones feels like a fresh and remarkably sure-footed take on The Great Gatsby, examining the complex costs of attempting to transcend or exchange your given class for a more gilded one. Tarkington’s understanding of the human heart and mind is deep, wise, and uncommonly empathetic. As a novelist, he is the real deal. I can’t wait to see this story reach a wide audience, and to see what he does next.” —Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife When Charlie Boykin was young, he thought his life with his single mother on the working-class side of Nashville was perfectly fine. But when his mother arranges for him to be admitted as a scholarship student to an elite private school, he is suddenly introduced to what the world can feel like to someone cushioned by money. That world, he discovers, is an almost irresistible place where one can bend—and break—rules and still end up untarnished. As he gets drawn into a friendship with a charismatic upperclassman, Archer Creigh, and an affluent family that treats him like an adopted son, Charlie quickly adapts to life in the upper echelons of Nashville society. Under their charming and alcohol-soaked spell, how can he not relax and enjoy it all—the lack of anxiety over money, the easy summers spent poolside at perfectly appointed mansions, the lavish parties, the freedom to make mistakes knowing that everything can be glossed over or fixed? But over time, Charlie is increasingly pulled into covering for Archer’s constant deceits and his casual bigotry. At what point will the attraction of wealth and prestige wear off enough for Charlie to take a stand—and will he? The Fortunate Ones is an immersive, elegantly written story that conveys both the seductiveness of this world and the corruption of the people who see their ascent to the top as their birthright.
Tiger Boy
Title | Tiger Boy PDF eBook |
Author | Mitali Perkins |
Publisher | Charlesbridge Publishing |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2015-04-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1607345439 |
When a tiger cub goes missing from the reserve, Neil is determined to find her before the greedy Gupta gets his hands on her to kill her and sell her body parts on the black market. Neil's parents, however, are counting on him to study hard and win a prestigious scholarship to study in Kolkata. Neil doesn't want to leave his family or his island home and he struggles with his familial duty and his desire to maintain the beauty and wildness of his island home in West Bengal's Sunderbans.
Music for Tigers
Title | Music for Tigers PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Kadarusman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-11-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781772783285 |
Kadarusman's award-nominated Tasmanian conservation story with four starred reviews, now in an enhanced paperback edition
The Troop
Title | The Troop PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Cutter |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2014-02-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1476717753 |
WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another. Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.
The Passion of Tiger Woods
Title | The Passion of Tiger Woods PDF eBook |
Author | Orin Starn |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2011-12-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0822352109 |
Starn examines the career of Tiger Woods, from child star to global sports celebrity. The author shows that the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years, and he brings an anthropologist's perspective to bear on Tigergate.