Books with author A. C Stewart

A fun, action-packed whodonit with a superhero twist, perfect for fans of Sara Shepard or Marissa Meyer.For Carmen, family reunions were all about safe-cracking and adrenaline-fueled escapes from the city’s fanciest high-rises. That’s just par for the course when your biological mother’s a melodramatic supervillain and you’ve been raised by two of her most loyal employees. Since she was toddling around in stolen diapers, Carmen's life has been The Company. But after Carmen tries to prove herself in an unauthorized mission gone horribly wrong, she finds herself unexpectedly fired. After years of incapacitating grown men with nothing but a scrunchie, attending high school feels like a definite downgrade. That is, until another student drops dead.While everyone else freaks out about which supervillain is up to no good this time around, Carmen knows this could be her lucky break. If she can solve the mystery, her mother will have to reinstate her, especially if she is truly being framed like Carmen suspects. Unfortunately, now that she’s cut off from The Company’s resources, Carmen has to take help where she can get it, even if that means she has to play nice with the new detective’s son who seems determined to get close to her despite her many reservations (namely her poisoned family tree). Worse still, the city's most famous superhero has gone missing, and a mysterious vigilante named La Leona is convinced Carmen knows something about it.Despite these obstacles, Carmen forges ahead with her investigation, determined that her criminal career can't be over at the ripe old age of sixteen. But is she protecting her mother from being framed by a rival? Or playing right into her hands?

This adaptation of the bestselling nonfiction book Seven Miracles that Saved America, by New York Times bestselling authors Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart, features captivating illustrations by award-winning artist Ben Sowards to help children (grades 1 through 5) understand how God has intervened to protect our nation at critical times in our history. Focusing on why these events are so important, why we should remember them, and why they can give us hope for the future, the vivid illustrations bring to life seven episodes in our country s history that might have resulted in completely different outcomes.

In the Outer Islands, gods and magic rule the ocean.Under the command of Captain Rafe Morrow, the crew of the Celestial Jewel ferry souls to the After World and defend the seas from monsters. Rafe has dedicated his life to protecting the lost, but the tides have shifted and times have changed.His sister, the Goddess of the Moon, is on a rampage and her creatures are terrorizing the islands. The survival of the living and dead hinge on the courage and cunning of a beleaguered captain and his motley crew of men and ghosts.What he doesn’t know is that her threat is part of a larger game. That an ancient, black-winged malevolence is using them all as pawns…Come set sail with ghosts, gods and sea monsters.

The feisty, fiery Kopp sisters are back in another unforgettable romp by international bestseller Amy Stewart. Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity. The strong-willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn’t belong behind bars. And sixteen-year-old runaway Minnie Davis, with few prospects and fewer friends, shouldn’t be publicly shamed and packed off to a state-run reformatory. But such were the laws — and morals — of 1916. Constance uses her authority as deputy sheriff, and occasionally exceeds it, to investigate and defend these women when no one else will. But it's her sister Fleurette who puts Constance's beliefs to the test and forces her to reckon with her own ideas of how a young woman should and shouldn't behave. Against the backdrop of World War I, and drawn once again from the true story of the Kopp sisters, Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions is a spirited, page-turning story that will delight fans of historical fiction and lighthearted detective fiction alike.

Voltaire told us to "judge a man by his questions, not his answers." I ask a lot of thought provoking questions in this ebook, all starting with the words - what if. We can barely go through life without asking what if about something. We are always questioning, always imagining. While the book takes a bit of a philosophical outlook on things, it also gives light humour that the average person can enjoy. The questions range from basic style choice to more controversial questions about life, and even about God’s existence. As Albert Einstein once said “the important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

When Poplar Morgan first stepped into Faraway, she’d been terrified, but by the time her Winter Adventure was over, she’d known that wonderful world was her home. After a Spring and Summer there, it was time for a spell to create Fall. Unfortunately, Father Time had forgotten to tell her, Alec and her friends that the night flower for Autumn’s heart must be picked from the South side of the dark and stormy island. So, they had taken one from the wrong side and had started a war with the ogres of the island! Now Poppy was forced to return to the Outer World to get a new sort of flower that might make amends and end the war before anyone could get hurt. Only, magick doesn’t work in the Outer World like it does on Faraway, and Poppy is afraid she’ll be stuck there forever. Is it true what they say, that you can always go home? And will she get back in time to save everyone, again?

Ever since her first adventure on Faraway, Poplar Morgan has wanted to be a witch, and to learn to cast spells. If she’d had any idea how boring learning magick could be, she might have changed her mind! But then, she wouldn’t have been on the Ilse of Thyme when danger arrived, and she wouldn’t have had a summer adventure trying to escape from it and save her new friends at the same time. Each spell she casts, thinking this will be the one to win the day, seems to misfire, until she learns the secret a giant’s witch is keeping. But will she be a strong enough witch by then to work a spell to save all the magick on Faraway?

An action packed, heartwarming and exhilarating adventure for all young readers!Become one of the few humans to peak into the secret world of the animals.One little panda, who yearns for a life of adventure outside the safe confines of the zoo, gets more than he bargained for and endures a life threatening journey filled with danger, excitement and a new found unbreakable friendship.A story of friendship, love and resistance that pits two young, innocent friends against old school evil. Follow them as they use their knowledge, quick wits (and some unknown secret qualities!!) to survive unknown cities, dangerous enemies and perilous situations.

The best stories all seem to have happened long ago or far away, but Poplar Morgan never dreamed that those were real times and places. That is, she didn’t until the day she fell through a cellar door into a land called Faraway. Then things like magick and fairies, or dragons and goblins were all too real. This Faraway place was as frightening as it was magical. There was trouble there that Poppy wasn’t sure she wanted anything to do with. The goblins had taken over and they held the people of Faraway prisoner behind walls of ice, where it was always winter. Poppy had the Winter Stone, though, and they told her this was the key to breaking the goblin’s spell. But getting the stone where it needed to be would be an adventure filled with danger. Even if she was brave enough to try, Poppy was afraid she wasn’t strong enough to save Faraway.Unfortunately, she was their last chance.