Animal For Teens

When construction tycoon Randal Carrington is found stabbed in the chest on twenty-three year old Audrey Hampton's hotel room floor, the young law firm courier is up to her elbows in trouble. Unfortunately, her problems are just beginning. Join Audrey as she fumbles through mystery and romance in this fun, fast-paced cozy.

To the people of Uztar, nothing in their world is more revered than the birds of prey and no one more honored than the falconers who call them to their fists. Brysen strives to be a great falconer - while his twin sister, Kylee, rejects her ancient gifts for the sport and wishes to be free of falconry. She’s nearly made it out, too, but a war is rolling toward their home in the Six Villages, and no bird or falconer will be safe. Together, the twins must journey into the treacherous mountains to trap the Ghost Eagle, the greatest of the Uztari birds and a solitary killer.

Before he became an archmage to topple an empire, before he met the legendary Eradicator Xal, Saghir was born a free ratkin, living on the streets of Gateway, a perilous desert city at the edge of the Blasted Lands. Each month, the free laborers must pay their tithe in coin, or blood. Every ratkin in Saghir's tribe searches for something of value, lest their whole people be enslaved. Ruthless Corax, carnivorous scarabs, and worse infest the city. There are countless ways for a rat to die, and all it takes is one mistake. There are no second chances.

This is a full-cast performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling any student to fully understand and appreciate the novel. Orwell's political fable is told from the viewpoint of its key characters, the animals, who are quizzed and questioned about how "some animals are more equal than others" in this vibrant guided drama.

Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of 10 well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events.

When Winter learns she can cast magic and only suffer a hangover, she squanders her power at her part-time gig, using it for illusions at children’s parties. She's the only one in the world with this gift, and she’s keeping it a secret. Or so she thought. She’s visited by a strange band of witches with an ultimatum: join with them and leave or suffer a worse fate at the hands of the government, who use those with gifts like Winter’s to crash jets and topple regimes across the globe. They’re forcing young witches into service. And Winter might be conscripted into a battle she wants...

Nine-year old Judy Jenkins had been longing to learn to ride since she was six. Her parents had said it was too expensive. But now that she’s been sent to live with her grandmother, in a village with riding stables, Judy is determined to find a way to achieve her secret goal.And by bravely following her dream, Judy discovers a gift she didn’t know she had. She finds friends, copes with enemies, overcomes obstacles and enjoys great achievements.She also discovers, quietly, along the way, something more important than any of these things.

T. Lily Decker is a high school senior with a 12-year plan: avoid stress, drugs, alcohol, and boyfriends, and take regular psych quizzes administered by her best friend, Sawyer, to make sure she’s not developing schizophrenia. Genetics are not on Lily’s side. When she was seven, her mother, who had paranoid schizophrenia, tried to kill her. And a secret has revealed that Lily’s odds are even worse than she thought. Still, there’s a chance to avoid triggering the mental health condition.

Corazón de Fuego se ha convertido en un guerrero del Clan del Trueno por derecho propio, pero en el bosque acechan aún muchos peligros. Él y su inseparable amigo Látigo Gris serán los escogidos para ir en busca de los miembros del Clan del Viento y hacerles saber que son libres de regresar a su territorio.

Running from a rocky romance and in desperate need of a getaway, Audrey talks her good friend Gary into joining her on a Las Vegas vacation. Frantic to cram as much fun as possible into that first night in Sin City, the friends buy cut-rate tickets for an off-Strip magic show and end up getting more than they bargained for.

La escasez de comida y la crecida del río a causa del deshielo ponen a prueba la relación entre los clanes. Látigo Gris no ha podido elegir peor momento para enamorarse de una gata de un clan rival, situación que se tornará insostenible cuando la pareja tenga dos cachorros.

Explore the world of therianthropy with this comprehensive guide for new therians and their parents. Living with a connection to an animal soul in the human world can be confusing, especially for those new to the concept of therianthropy. Whether you’re a Therian seeking to understand your identity or a parent wanting to comprehend what your child is experiencing, this book is your essential guide to uncovering the true meaning of being a Therian. Drawing from personal experience, "I’m Therian, So What Know?

Ned Wallis knows he's forbidden to touch the rifle in the attic. But he can't resist sneaking it out of the house just once. Before he realizes it, Ned takes a shot at a dark shadow. When Ned returns home, he's sure he sees a face looking down at him from the attic window. Who has seen and heard him? Ned's feelings of guilt and fear only get worse when one day, while helping an elderly neighbor, he spots a wild cat with one eye missing. Could this be the thing Ned shot at that night?

After the death of her father, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight is uprooted from her hometown in Maine and sent to live on a farm with her hard-bitten aunt Sue and her hulking, monosyllabic cousin, Book. Immediately, Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover, clashes with Aunt Sue, who mistreats her livestock, fritters away Iris' small inheritance, and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Grief-stricken and alone, Iris finds solace in her aunt’s herd of goats. But when Iris sets two of the young goats free to save them from slaughter, the tensions between her and Aunt Sue come to a frightening and violent head.

Journalist Diana Kapp has crisscrossed this country writing for and about empowered girls, girls who expect to be leaders, founders, and inventors. This book takes it a step further. It says to girls: While you’re striving to be CEOs and world leaders, consider solving the biggest challenge of our lifetime, too - because you can do both at the same time, and here are 34 women doing just that.

Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle, training with Mem Uku to master the Hollow Tongue and the Ghost Eagle. But political intrigue abounds and court drama seems to seep through the castle's stones like blood from a broken feather. Meanwhile, Brysen is still in the Six Villages, preparing for an attack by the Kartami. The Villages have become Uztar's first line of defense, and refugees are flooding in from the plains.

When Lauren’s dad discovers she is being stalked, he sends her away to stay with his sister. Lauren doesn’t want to go but when she arrives at Misty Lake, a surprise awaits: her own horse to ride! The golden days of summer stretch before her with wondrous promise. Then Lauren overhears her stalker’s name. Shocked, she runs away on her new horse, and finds something she never expected in a million years, something both terrible beyond belief and more amazing than she can imagine!

Durante la ceremonia de su proclamación como líder del Clan del Trueno, Corazón de Fuego recibe las nueve vidas que le corresponden por su alta jerarquía, al tiempo que la venerable Estrella Azul le revela en sueños una oscura profecía que presagia un aterrador futuro para los habitantes del bosque.

Tras el destierro de Garra de Tigre, el Clan del Trueno vive un tiempo de relativa paz y concordia, aunque la traición del antiguo lugarteniente ha supuesto un duro golpe para Estrella Azul. Por este motivo, Corazón de Fuego ha de ocuparse del día a día del clan, además de supervisar a Nimbo, su problemático aprendiz respondón y nada disciplinado.

Jo lives in the same Appalachian town where her mother disappeared 15 years ago. Everyone knows what happened to Jo's mom. She was wild, and bad things happen to girls like that. Now people are starting to talk about Jo. She's barely passing her classes and falls asleep at her desk every day. She's following in her mom's footsteps. Jo does have a secret. It's not what people think, though. Not a boy or a drug habit. Jo has a twin sister. Jo's sister is not like most people. She lives in the woods - catches rabbits with her bare hands and eats them raw.