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The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles #2)
by Rick RiordanIn this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
Thrive: A Novel (The Bloom Trilogy #3)
by Kenneth OppelThe thrilling conclusion to internationally bestselling author Kenneth Oppel’s epic Bloom trilogy First, the aliens’ plant life bloomed, then their terrifying creatures hatched and now the aliens themselves have arrived on Earth for a final showdown. Alien-hybrids Anaya, Petra and Seth will have to push themselves further than they ever thought possible if they want to forge an alliance with the alien rebels that will allow their planet to thrive once and for all. This conclusion to the nationally bestselling Bloom trilogy will leave readers on the edge of their seats as they race to finish an adventure the Wall Street Journal called “so exciting that the pages might well have been printed with adrenaline.”
Thrive (The Overthrow #3)
by Kenneth OppelThe. Aliens. Are. Here. The heart-pounding conclusion to The Overthrow trilogy that began with Bloom and Hatch.The alien invasion of Earth is imminent. But maybe not all the aliens are united. A rebel faction has reached out to Anaya, saying there's a way to stop the larger invastion--a way for humans and hybrids and cryptogens to work together. Can they be trusted? Or is this a trap?It's not even clear if Anaya, Petra, and Seth are united--some of the hybrids think they'd be better off if the aliens won...With everything on the line, these three teens will have to decide who they are at their core--alien or human, enemy or friend.
Thrilling Thieves: Liars, Cheats, and Cons Who Changed History (Changed History Series)
by Brianna DuMontCaution: don’t look for the good guys in here.What do Mother Theresa, Honest Abe, and Mahatma Gandhi have in common? They’re all too good for this book, that’s what.Sure, you’ll find some familiar faces like Queen Elizabeth I and Thomas Edison in here, but you’ll learn that behind their angelic smiles were cunning con artists who stole their way to gold and greatness. Follow the trail of twelve troublemakers to learn what really made the Mona Lisa the most iconic painting in the world, meet the most powerful pirate from history (it’s probably not who you’re expecting), and watch empires rise and fall with the theft of a simple tea plant. Turns out our world owes a lot to those who dabble on the dark side.If you’re not scared of crooks and criminals, take a peek at this new side of history . . .
Thriller Night (Witches of Peculiar #2)
by Luna GravesTwin witch sisters Bella and Donna must keep their magic under control when they go to a human dance in this second book in a new middle grade series that&’s Wizards of Waverly Place meets Halloweentown.When the students of Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. are invited to attend the Peculiar Public School fall dance, Bella and Dee Maleficent are excited to attend a human function with their friends. The only problem is that the Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. students will need to be on their best behavior—and refrain from performing any magic or other acts of the supernatural around the humans. Which could be a problem for our twin witches who don&’t quite have a handle on their magic yet…
Thriller Diller (The 3 Investigators Crimebusters #6)
by Megan Stine H. William StineSuffocation II is going to be the next hit horror film, but the really spooky scenes are happening off- camera. The handsome leading man, Diller Rourke, has done an ugly disappearing act. The genius director is on a demented ego trip. And the big- bucks producer is weird with worry. Can this jinxed movie be saved? Investigator Pete Crenshaw tries to do a solo job of scaring up the missing star, but the difficulties leave him gasping. He needs the smarts and the savvy of fellow detectives Jupiter Jones and Bob Andrews to dig to the bottom of the case. But can the trio unearth Diller before this thriller buries them alive? RL 5.7 In the Crimebusters series The Three investigators are seventeen with girlfriends, jobs and their own cars. Jupe is still stocky and the brains of the outfit. Handsome, girl magnet Bob, who works with rock bands still keeps records and does much of the research, and between dates, athletic Pete is ready for action. Check out these sometimes funny, action driven, danger and adventure filled mysteries in the Bookshare collection including #1 Hot Wheels, #2 Murder To Go, #3 Rough Stuff, #4 Funny Business, #5 An Ear for Danger, #7 Reel Trouble, #8 Shoot the Works, #9 Foul Play and #10 Long Shot. This series gets better and better! If you like mysteries with teen investigators don't miss the original 3 Investigators series, the complete 43 novel set in the Bookshare collection starting with #1. The Secret of Terror Castle , #2. The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot and #3. The Mystery of the Whispering mummy, ending with the last 3 books, #41. The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks, #42 The Mystery of Wrecker's Rock and #43 The Mystery of the Cranky Collector.
Thrill Ride
by Franklin W. DixonATAC Briefing For Agents Frank and Joe Hardy Mission: Investigate a woman's death and other mysterious events surrounding Uncle Bernie's Fun Park. Location: Uncle Bernie's Fun Park, MA. Potential Victims: All Fun Park patrons. Suspects: Disgruntled employees. Unhappy customers. Enemies of Bernie. This Mission Requires Your Immediate Attention. This Message Will Be Erased In Five Seconds.
Thrifty Teacher's Guide to Creative Learning Centers
by Jessica Martinez Shelley NicholsonIt's a common dilemma in early childhood classrooms: How to provide new, interesting experiences on a shoestring budget. Pulling from their decades of experience in classrooms, authors Shelley Nicholson, PhD, and Jessica Martinez offer low-cost ideas for gathering and creating rich explorations in learning centeres. Thrifty Teacher's Guide to Creative Learning Centers vividly describes the unique ways teachers can use found and recyclable materials to encourage cognitive development and creative exploration in young children. In addition to photographic examples, the book offers tips on how to source, select, and integrate materials into a center; how to get children started on using the materials; and how to scaffold learning with open-ended questions. These ideas are just the beginning. Once children's imaginations take off, they can use the materials in myriad ways.
The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides #2)
by Jonathan W. StokesFrom the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make history approachable, engaging, and funny!The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution provides useful information for the practical time traveler, like: • Where can I find a decent hotel room in colonial New England? Are major credit cards accepted? • How do I join the Boston Tea Party without winding up in a British prison? • How can I score a lunch with Alexander Hamilton? This guide answers these fiery, burning questions with the marshmallows of information. There is handy advice on how to join Paul Revere’s spy ring at the Green Dragon Tavern, how to enlist in General Washington’s rebel army, and how to summon the strength to storm a British gun battery when you haven’t eaten for three days. If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need!
The Thrifty Guide to Medieval Times: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides)
by Jonathan W. StokesThe kid-friendly series that makes history approachable, engaging, and funny! From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books.The Thrifty Guide to Medieval Times: A Handbook for Time Travelers is a snappy, informative, illustrated travel guide with everything the sensible time traveler needs to know, like: * Where I can find the best hovel? * What are my healthcare options if I catch the Black Plague? * How can I avoid being attacked by pillaging Huns? * And most importantly, why on earth would anyone want to travel back to medieval times?This book is designed as a parody of Fodor's guides, complete with humorous maps, reviews of places to stay and top attractions (don't miss a jousting tournament . . . but watch out for lances!), and tips on whom to have lunch with (murderous Queen Olga of Kiev, naturally--just don't eat or drink anything around her!). If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook series you would need.
The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides #1)
by Jonathan W. StokesFrom the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make history approachable, engaging, and funny!The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome contains information vital to the sensible time traveler: • Where can I find a decent hotel room in ancient Rome for under five sesterces a day? Is horse parking included? • What do I do if I’m attacked by barbarians? • What are my legal options if I’m fed to the lions at the Colosseum? All this is answered and more. There is handy advice on finding the best picnicking spots to watch Julius Caesar’s assassination at the Roman Forum in 44 BC, as well as helpful real estate tips to profit from the great Roman fire of AD 64. There are even useful recommendations on which famous historical figures to meet for lunch, and a few nifty pointers on how to avoid being poisoned, beheaded, or torn apart by an angry mob. If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need!
The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Greece: A Handbook for Time Travelers (The Thrifty Guides #3)
by Jonathan W. StokesThe only guidebook you need for your next time travel vacation!The Thrifty Guide to the Ancient Greece: A Handbook for Time Travelers is a snappy, informative travel guide containing information vital to the sensible time traveler: * How can I find a decent tunic that won't break my bank account? * Where can I score cheap theater tickets in ancient Athens? * What do I do if I'm being attacked by an army of one million Persians?This two-color book is filled with humorous maps, reviews of places to stay and top attractions (Don't miss the first-ever Olympics!), and tips on who to have lunch with (Alexander the Great and his horse, Bucephalus, naturally). If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need.
Thrice Upon a Marigold: A Royal Kidnapping Caper (Upon a Marigold #3)
by Jean FerrisPrincess Poppy, the bouncing baby daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is in terrible danger. The kingdom's former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief have joined forces to kidnap the baby as an act of revenge for their exile! Can a ragtag parade of rescuers--including the king and queen, the evil kidnappers' mortified children, five dogs, a white elephant, and a washed-up wizard--save Princess Poppy in time?
Thrice Sworn
by Sarah PrineasFrom award-winning author Sarah Prineas comes an all-new short story! This original thirty-page fantasy-adventure short story serves as a prequel to Winterling.Finn loves being a puck. He loves causing trouble, hanging out with his puck-brothers, and shifting from boy to dog to horse. There's nothing more fun! However, when Finn learns of the Mór's treacherous plan to get rid of the Lady of the Summerlands, will anyone believe him? And how far will he go to make sure it doesn't happen?Sarah Prineas is the author of the Magic Thief series and the Winterling trilogy (also composed of Summerkin and Moonkind).
Thresholds
by Kiriki Hoffman NinaMaya?s family has just moved from Idaho to Spores Ferry, Oregon. She?s nervous about starting middle school and making new friends, but soon that?s the last thing on her mind. First, a fairy flies into her room. Then it turns out that the kids in the apartment building next door do magic, and their basement is full of portals to other worlds. She?s bursting with new experiences and delight . . . and secrets, because she can?t breathe a word to her family, not even when she winds up taking care of an alien! Imagine the family in Ingrid Law?s Savvy seen through the eyes of a young Ray Bradbury. Cross the Threshold! .
Three's Company, Mallory! (Mallory #21)
by Laurie FriedmanSome simple math: one + one + one = one too many! From the day they were born, Mary Ann and Mallory have been best friends. They've always been a two-some. But now, there's a new girl in town, and what used to be just the two of them has turned into three. If you ask Mallory, things just don't add up!
Three's a Crowd (From the Files of Madison Finn #16)
by Laura DowerBeing stuck at home with the flu is bad, but being heartsick is worse!Ugh! Maddie and her BFFs Fiona and Aimee all have the flu and need to stay home from school. Maddie is so sick that Gramma Helen has to fly in from Chicago to take care of her while her mom works. Trapped in bed, Maddie&’s only interaction with the outside world is through her computer and her bedroom window. When she spies a cute boy next door, she wonders how she never noticed him before. The boy is Josh Turner—a ninth grader—and Maddie certainly notices him now. Josh seems to be flirting with her, and Maddie is falling hard. It seems her long-held crush on Hart has faded. Is it possible that Maddie has had a change of heart?
Three's a Crowd (From the Files of Madison Finn #16)
by Laura DowerBeing stuck at home with the flu is bad, but being heartsick is worse!Ugh! Maddie and her BFFs Fiona and Aimee all have the flu and need to stay home from school. Maddie is so sick that Gramma Helen has to fly in from Chicago to take care of her while her mom works. Trapped in bed, Maddie&’s only interaction with the outside world is through her computer and her bedroom window. When she spies a cute boy next door, she wonders how she never noticed him before. The boy is Josh Turner—a ninth grader—and Maddie certainly notices him now. Josh seems to be flirting with her, and Maddie is falling hard. It seems her long-held crush on Hart has faded. Is it possible that Maddie has had a change of heart?
Three Young Pilgrims
by Cheryl HarnessWhen Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Many in their Plymouth colony won't make it through the winter, and the colony's first harvest is possible only with the help of two friends, Samoset and Squanto. Richly detailed paintings show how the pilgrims lived after landing at Plymouth, through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall. Culminating with the excitement of the original Thanksgiving feast, Three Young Pilgrims makes history come alive.
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries #1)
by Sheila TurnageRising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. <P><P> Full of wisdom, humor, and grit, this timeless yarn will melt the heart of even the sternest Yankee.<P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Three Terrible Trins
by Dick King-SmithWithin the walls and under the floorboards of Orchard Farmhouse live three mischievous mouse brothers (a. k. a. the trins) who create constant commotion.
Three Strong Women: A Tale from Japan (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Purple #Level P)
by Susan McCloskeyThree Strong Women A TALE FROM JAPAN retold by Susan McCloskey illustrated by little jo CLASSIC TALES
Three Strike Summer
by Skyler Schrempp&“Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run.&” —Amy Sarig King, Printz Award–winning author of Dig and The Year We Fell from Space Sandlot meets Esperanza Rising in this lyrical middle grade novel set in the 1930s about a strong-willed girl who finds her voice in a tale of moxie, peaches, and determination to thrive despite the odds.When the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank man&’s come to take the family farm, and Pa&’s decided to up and move to California in search of work. They&’ll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again. There are only three rules at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard: No stealing product. No drunkenness or gambling. And absolutely no organizing. Well, Gloria Mae Willard isn&’t about to organize any peaches, no ma&’am. She&’s got more on her mind than that. Like the secret, all-boys baseball team she&’s desperate to play for, if only they&’d give her a chance. Or the way that wages keep going down. The way their company lodgings are dirty and smelly, and everyone seems intent on leaving her out of everything. But Gloria has never been the type to wait around for permission. If the boys won&’t let her play, she&’ll find a way to make them. If the people around her are keeping secrets, then she&’ll keep a few of her own. And if the boss men at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard say she can&’t organize peaches, then by golly she&’ll organize a whole ball game.
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Blue #Level K)
by Sara Miller True KelleyA cat hears three stories about a dull rainy day, a yummy bug, and a good day of destruction in the house.
The Three Sisters
by Kitty Higgins Anne Flounders Mark CorcoranPerform this script about the eruption of a long-dormant volcano and the earthquake that followed the eruption.