The heartwarming story of a young girl sent to live with the extraordinary Murphy Family in southern France.Ten-year-old Alice Atherton is sent by her father to spend the summer with his dear friends the Murphys who live with their three children and pet monkey in the French Riveria. There, Alice will meet and learn from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time. She visits a junk yard with Pablo Picasso looking for objects to make into art, performs a dance inspired by celestial bodies with the renowned Ballet Russes, and imagines magical adventures with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.An uplifting story that will appeal to readers who love books by authors like Kate DiCamillo and Jeanne Birdsall.

One thing Moody and Saundra lost was their ability to have a pleasant conversation with each other. Married for ten years, the state of their relationship hits a peak when Moody doesn't go home after work. And with Moody voluntarily not being present in the house, that gives Saundra reign to wonder who he's with and lets her entertain the idea of whether she would be better off without him.Some women love diamonds, but the ladies who practice black sorcery... Well, it's best not to ask too many questions about their heart's desires. But at Vladmar's Wand Shoppe, you're guaranteed to find the perfect gift for the dark witch in your life.The worst shopping day of the year couldn't get any worse for Tim. Bad enough his girlfriend is difficult to please. Quite another thing he chose to shop at a store where anything that can go wrong likely will go wrong.

Victor Appleton was a popular author in the 20th century, but Victor was not a single individual. instead, that name was used as a pseudonym by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to put out the popular Tom Swift series.

Get ready to blast off on a fun-filled, fast-paced adventure that's out of this world!It's the inaugural Milky Way Space Race and teams from around the world converge on race host, Misty Space Station, to compete. When billionaire inventor, Cooper Borgstein and his son, Finn, invite the Space Kids to race with them in their blaster ship, Ventura, it's an opportunity too good to pass up. But when competitors take it too far and push the rules and each other to the limit, lives are put in danger. Things spiral out of control and its up to Nash and the other Space Kids to save the day.

A musically gifted bird, a piano-playing boy, and a real-life mystery involving three artistic geniusesWelcome to the world of Mirabelle, a young goldfinch who loves to sing and dreams of becoming a musical star. She lives with her family in the backyard of a piano teacher, and she is quickly intrigued by Mr. Starek's newest pupil. Michael Jin is an eleven-year-old keyboard sensation, but lesson after lesson, he refuses to play.  With the prestigious Chopin Festival looming at summer’s end, how will he be ready in time?  Mirabelle is responsible for Michael’s breakthrough—to her own astonishment, she sings the Chopin piece he is beginning to play at the piano. It is their first duet.Thus begins a secret adventure that will take Mirabelle and Michael further than they ever imagined—in music, in friendship, and in solving the mystery of a lost piano that could be worth millions.  A house full...

Is time travel possible? Can Zoe Muntz use it to stop Gabe Adon from ever becoming a thorn in her side? Gabe Adon’s favorite mad scientist is back and causing trouble across the multiverse. Gabe had trouble coming to terms with meeting his 4th great granddaughter who’s about his age. Can he understand the threat posed by advances in temporal mechanics, and keep his family and his universe safe? If you like tech-heavy sci-fi, relatable characters, and stories of family and redemption, you’ll love Frank Carey’s Engine of Creation series. Buy Convergence to see how Gabe handles visitors from a parallel universe! **From the Author Welcome to the League of Planetary Systems! The League of Planetary System was founded in the not too distant future. Several planets in the Milky Way Galaxy joined together for trade and mutual protection. The League continues to grow and new planets petition for admittance. The citizens of the League represent many species including the ogre-like Goranthi, the insectoid Martok, and the felinoid Katalan. As advanced and diverse as the League is, it's problems are frighteningly familiar--corruption, murder, genocide. Frank and Jo Carey created the League as the setting for many of their science fictions tales which span genres from Frank's military science fiction and space opera to Jo's sci-fi adventure and sci-fi romance. The outer fringes of League space are still being explored and new planets continue to petition for membership. The League is part of a larger multiverse providing an endless supply of tales to be told. Each book and series set in the LPS can be read as a standalone, but each League book is given a League Tale Number which appears on the copyright page of the book. The League Tale Number indicates the order in which the book was published and, should anyone ever want to, the order in which the overall League Tales should be read.

Coming from a poor family Toby endures victimization from the other kids in school. At only 9 years old, Toby has plans to prove these kids wrong. Toby learns that you're not the job you do, you're not how much you have in your wallet and that you're only one thing…. part of this world and that makes us all equal.Coming from a poor family Toby endures victimization from the other kids in school. At only 9 years old, Toby has plans to prove these kids wrong. Toby learns that you're not the job you do, you're not how much you have in your wallet and that you're only one thing…. part of this world and that makes us all equal. With this strong believe, Toby shows us all what he is capable of and that strength comes from your heart. “A heart-warming quick read, that you can't put down”About the AuthorGareth Parker - educated at a military boarding school, always telling stories and with a proved vivid imagination finally decided to put pen to paper to create thrilling short stories for eBook readers. Parker - now enjoying the Welsh life in Cardiff works for a blue-chip company, even though he's always on the go spends his spare time enduring creativity for others to enjoy.

Grandpa just loves being asked by his grandchildren to tell them a story. This time he tells a tale about two boys who had their day turned upside down when they accidently ventured past the home of two friendly witches.Grandpa just loves being asked by his grandchildren to tell them a story. This time he tells a tale about two boys who had their day turned upside down when they accidently ventured past the home of two witches. As the story progresses it becomes clear that beauty is something that is in the eye of the beholder and that in the end, what is important is not how we look, but how we treat others.The key message of this book is that the way we conduct ourselves is what determines whether we are considered beautiful or ugly by others.The events that take place are also quite funny. The food that Leyton is given to eat will have you licking your lips and rushing to the kitchen to prepare a similar meal. The drink, that he is given is one to die for.This story is suitable to be read to children, not quite of reading age. It is also suitable to be read by young children, including older children aged up to 99 years and beyond. Hope you enjoy reading this short story and will want to read the other stories in the Two Friendly Witches series.

CHAPTER I TOM HOPES FOR A PRIZE "Father," exclaimed Tom Swift, looking up from a paper he was reading, "I think I can win that prize!" "What prize is that?" inquired the aged inventor, gazing away from a drawing of a complicated machine, and pausing in his task of making some intricate calculations. "You don\'t mean to say, Tom, that you\'re going to have a try for a government prize for a submarine, after all." "No, not a submarine prize, dad," and the youth laughed. "Though our Advance would take the prize away from almost any other under-water boat, I imagine. No, it\'s another prize I\'m thinking about." "What do you mean?" "Well, I see by this paper that the Touring Club of America has offered three thousand dollars for the speediest electric car. The tests are to come off this fall, on a new and specially built track on Long Island, and it\'s to be an endurance contest for twenty-four hours, or a race for distance, they haven\'t yet decided. But I\'m going to have a try for it, dad, and, besides winning the prize, I think I\'ll take Andy Foger down a peg. "What\'s Andy been doing now?" "Oh, nothing more than usual. He\'s always mean, and looking for a chance to make trouble for me, but I didn\'t refer to anything special He has a new auto, you know, and he boasts that it\'s the fastest one in this country. I\'ll show him that it isn\'t, for I\'m going to win this prize with the speediest car on the road." "But, Tom, you haven\'t any automobile, you know," and Mr. Swift looked anxiously at his son, who was smiling confidently. "You can\'t be going to make your motor-cycle into an auto; are you?" "No, dad." "Then how are you going to take part in the prize contest? Besides, electric cars, as far as I know, aren\'t specially speedy." "I know it, and one reason why this club has arranged the contest is to improve the quality of electric automobiles. I\'m going to build an electric runabout, dad." "An electric runabout? But it will have to be operated with a storage battery, Tom, and you haven\'t—" "I guess you\'re going to say I haven\'t any storage battery, dad," interrupted Mr. Swift\'s son. "Well, I haven\'t yet, but I\'m going to have one. I\'ve been working on—" "Oh, ho!" exclaimed the aged inventor with a laugh. "So that\'s what you\'ve been tinkering over these last few weeks, eh, Tom? I suspected it was some new invention, but I didn\'t suppose it was that. Well, how are you coming on with it?" "Pretty good, I think. I\'ve got a new idea for a battery, and I made an experimental one. I gave it some pretty severe tests, and it worked fine." "But you haven\'t tried it out in a car yet, over rough roads, and under severe conditions have you?" "No, I haven\'t had a chance. In fact, when I invented the battery I had no idea of using it on a car I thought it might answer for commercial purposes, or for storing a current generated by windmills. But when I read that account in the papers of the Touring Club, offering a prize for the best electric car, it occurred to me that I might put my battery into an auto, and win." "Hum," remarked Mr....

Three daughters organize their parents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration. The union has been a tempestuous one,but change is about to happen at the most unexpected of occasions.Bella,Bea and Bianca work hard to ensure that their parent's 50th wedding anniversary celebration goes with a swing. Timo and Bertha have weathered the storms of a difficult union,with too many secrets kept quiet for the sake of the family. There's a limit on how long a good man can do the right thing though,and freedom and joy look more attractive than servitude and misery. Someone is about to make their escape bid...

Travel to the North Pole in this first book in a brand-new series about a young elf's merry misadventures, part of the Aladdin QUIX line of fun-to-read, short chapter books that's perfect for emerging readers!Andy Snowden is one of the many North Pole elves who make holiday gifts for children all around the world. But day after day, week after week, Andy starts to grow tired of the same old routine. He knows he's destined for a different path than the other elves. But what else can a North Pole elf be good at? Maybe the Elf Academy Toy Making Contest can help Andy discover a special hidden talent!

From the author of the critically acclaimed Gracefully Grayson comes a thoughtful and sensitive middle-grade novel about non-binary identity and first love, Ami Polonsky's Spin with Me .In this elegant dual narrative, Essie is a thirteen-year-old girl feeling glum about starting a new school after her professor dad takes a temporary teaching position in a different town. She has 110 days here and can't wait for them to end. Then she meets Ollie: delicate, blue eyes, short hair, easy smile. At first, Essie thinks she has a typical crush on a beautiful boy. But as her crush blossoms, she soon realizes that Ollie is not a boy or a girl, but gender non-binary.Meanwhile, Ollie is experiencing a crush of their own . . . on Essie. As Ollie struggles to balance their passion for queer advocacy with their other interests, they slowly find themselves falling for a girl whose stay is about to come to an end. Can the two unwind their merry-go-round of...