Books with author A. Scott

When young thief Scarlett Steel is suddenly attacked by a creature of metal and flesh she is saved by a mysterious group of warriors called the Wachens. Soon Scarlett is swept away on an adventure to an underground city known as Hollow's Creek, where she discovers her past and learns about her connection to the evil Cyborg Master, Ikeis—a connection feared by the High Council. She must learn to control her impulses towards the curious blue crystals, the only source of power in the Lowlands—and forbidden to women. She sets out on a quest, deep in the danger-filled underground world in search of her kidnapped friend Draven.Along the way she must find within herself the power to set right a terrible evil, face the unimaginable and sacrifice all—risk her own life to save another.

As Paw Paw tends to his grandson's scraped-up knee, he tries to distract nine-year-old David by telling a story about a seal and his special mission to save his family. A group of gray seals lived down south in Antarctica on a glacier where they had everything they needed: food, shelter, companionship, and company. But, unfortunately, things were about to change for the gray seals. The glacier was breaking apart and the seals needed to swim to the big island, but they feared being overtaken by the great white sharks. The seals' salvation came from an unlikely source; Horace! Through rhyme and colorful illustrations, Horace the Seal shares an important story about family, teamwork, and courage. Book Lexile® Score: 670L

Sometimes it’s hard for a girl to become friends with another girl who seems very different. Sometimes she might even decide she doesn’t like the girl. And sometimes she makes up her mind to be mean to that girl. But why would this be? That’s the question Nice Girls Club sets out to answer through a touching story about Brianna, a young girl who is unkind to fellow student Asha. Brianna and Asha go to school in New York City and are in the same class. Everything Asha does irritates Brianna. But one morning, Brianna’s mother says the babysitter can’t pick her up after school on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday anymore, and she’s to go home with Asha and her mother. Brianna’s worst nightmare has come true. This weird girl is going to ruin Brianna’s spring. Or is she? What these afternoons are about to teach Brianna about herself, her classmate, and people in general is a lesson all readers can take to heart. As Brianna gets to know Asha, surprises abound, and this mean girl just might be on her way to joining the Nice Girls Club.

Alan Abernathy's father owns a toy shop but, as it only sells educational toys, it doesn't do very well. Then one day, a delivery of "Small Soldiers" comes in, along with their enemies, the "Gorgonites". However, these are no ordinary toys, and a full-scale war soon starts. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Excerpt from The Giant Judge: Or the Story of Samson, the Hebrew HerculesI am well aware that some do not like the subject I have chosen they would prefer Joseph or Daniel as a hero. Others are ready to pronounce the effort as useless - and some consider it as an idle at tempt to collect evidence on a subject that does not admit of proof; and others will charge me with maintaining most uncritical, ignorant, unphilos0phical, baseless assumptions in regard to the histories of the Bible, and the literal interpretation of the scriptures. But as Keil in his preface to Joshua expresses it, I am persuaded: The great want of the church, at the present day, is a clear comprehension of the meaning of the Old Testament, in its fullness and purity, in order that the God of Israel may again be universally recognized as the eternal God, whose faithfulness is unchangeable, the one living and true God,who per formed all that he did to Israel for our instruction and salvation, having chosen Abraham and his seed to be his people, to preserve his revela tions, that from him the whole world might receive salvation, and in him all the families of the earth be blessed.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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As Paw Paw tends to his grandson’s scraped-up knee, he tries to distract nine-year-old David by telling a story about a seal and his special mission to save his family. A group of gray seals lived down south in Antarctica on a glacier where they had everything they needed: food, shelter, companionship, and company. But, unfortunately, things were about to change for the gray seals. The glacier was breaking apart and the seals needed to swim to the big island, but they feared being overtaken by the great white sharks. The seals’ salvation came from an unlikely source; Horace! Through rhyme and colorful illustrations, Horace the Seal shares an important story about family, teamwork, and courage. Book Lexile® Score: 670L

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