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Anastasia Hopcus, author of the teen paranormal thriller Shadow Hills, once again immerses us in the dark and captivating world of Devenish Prep in the novella, Holiday Spirits. Winter break is fast approaching, and sixteen year old Persephone Archer is looking forward to one weekend at Devenish Prep where she doesn’t have to think about her new supernatural powers or worry about the mysterious affliction that plagues her boyfriend. All she wants is to lounge around with her friends, and, even more tempting, spend some alone time in front of the fire with Zach. So when the friends are forced to work as stagehands by the school’s drama department, the group concocts a prank to convince the Devenish Players that the theater is haunted. The thing they didn’t count on was that the ghost stories might actually be true…With spooky happenings, witty repartee, and a sweet romance, Holiday Spirits is the perfect holiday treat.Holiday Spirits is a 20,000 word, app. 70 page novella. In this supplementary addition to the Shadow Hills series, plot points from the first book are kept as oblique as possible to avoid spoilers, and though it is built on the mythos established in Shadow Hills, it is unnecessary to have read the first book.Excerpt from Holiday Spirits:Half of the ghost’s wrecked head was above the stage. The remainder was flattened like a wet clay bowl dropped from a great height. His arms and legs were twisted in impossible positions, and his neck was bent to the side so sharply that, had he still been alive, he could have pressed his ear against his chest and heard his own heartbeat. Vertebrae strained against paper-thin skin, threatening to split him open like overripe fruit.An icy sensation made my scalp tense, hairs prickling. I looked up. The girl’s spirit hung suspended just below the catwalk, her limbs limp like a rag doll. But her stare was disturbingly intense. The stage beneath my feet undulated and a hollow rushing flooded my head. Logic told me the sound was merely adrenalin-saturated blood pulsing through my veins, but that didn’t hold much sway with me at the moment.

Every year on the farm, baby animals are born. What do they looklike and how do they grow? The carefully leveled text in each bookoffers simple explanations along with stunning photographs to draw in readers. Spot Books' unique search-and-find feature encourages young readers to interact with these low-level nonfiction books. This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures of baby ducks. Gives simple facts about ducklings living on a farm.

Fear moves into Eagle’s territory, and Crow is first to notice. The initial encounter with fear knocks Eagle down and causes her to develop unpleasant symptoms. She escapes to her childhood nest to gain clarity by reconnecting with her inner wisdom. After some time spent in quiet observation, the spreading fear storm approaches Eagle yet again. This time, Eagle knows what to do. Throughout this story, Eagle teaches that fear presents an opportunity to create power from within.

A gripping follow-up to Dark Diary.What doesn’t kill you makes you a hell of a lot stronger.A beast lurks in Kathera’s mind, shredding her sanity until all that remains hangs by a fragile thread. While the line between fiction and reality blurs, a moral dilemma keeps her from fighting back. Can she find the answer without losing herself in the process, or will there be more blood on her hands?With burdens too grave to bear, Kathera and Matthaya must grapple vengeful ghosts from their pasts and lay their demons to rest.But you can’t bury your mistakes. Nor can you escape them…

A gripping follow-up to Dark Diary.What doesn't kill you makes you a hell of a lot stronger.A beast lurks in Kathera's mind, shredding her sanity until all that remains hangs by a fragile thread. While the line between fiction and reality blurs, a moral dilemma keeps her from fighting back. Can she find the answer without losing herself in the process, or will there be more blood on her hands?With burdens too grave to bear, Kathera and Matthaya must grapple vengeful ghosts from their pasts and lay their demons to rest.But you can't bury your mistakes. Nor can you escape them...

Every year on the farm, baby animals are born. What do they looklike and how do they grow? The carefully leveled text in each bookoffers simple explanations along with stunning photographs to draw in readers. Spot Books' unique search-and-find feature encourages young readers to interact with these low-level nonfiction books. This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures of baby dogs. Gives simple facts about puppies living on a farm.

Come out; there's nowhere to hide. The niece of the most feared criminal defense attorney around, 26-year-old Allison Schwartz lives with her Aunt Nina in Los Angeles, California. But when a trip to New York City for the New Year doesn't go as planned, she is left owing almost a million dollars to a man who already loathes every piece of her being. When her new problems follow her home, keeping her untrusting, depressed, alcoholic aunt - and her aunt's beloved, overprotective boyfriend - out of harm seems impossible. After numerous threats against her aunt, best friend, and her aunt's boyfriend's lives, she realizes there is only one way to keep them all safe: she must fake her own death. Will Allison succeed without any harm coming to her family? Or will she fail, leaving a tragic end for them all?

Purple Martin is a bird who is afraid of many things, including flying, so he walks everywhere he goes. His lack of trust has created within him a lot of unique fears. One of his fears scares him so much that he goes in search of something to trust in. As laughable as the events within this story are, Purple Martin’s experiences showcase the necessity to develop self-trust to overcome feelings of fear.