Books with author Anne Pearson

Sometimes magic comes to those who least expect it…Jacob Clark doesn't have time to believe in fantasies. He goes to school, works his after-hours job hard, and does what he can to keep his family above water. So after a mysterious girl tells him he's a prince from another world, he laughs the story off as fiction. But when his family is kidnapped by very-real attackers, Jacob has no choice but to team up with the girl to get them back…In just 48 hours, Jacob must cross worlds to retrieve a magical key and rescue his family. With only the girl's misfit band of traveling companions and his own untested abilities at hand, the quest seems doomed to fail. But this is one job he can't bear to lose. To save his family and the kingdom, he'll have to live up to his princely legacy…Forsaken Prince is the first book in a series of coming of age fantasy adventures. If you like original magic systems, imaginative monsters, and fast-paced action, then you'll love Andrea Pearson's series.Buy Forsaken Prince today to join an epic quest fit for a prince.

Watch KeepersCody Granor is a kid with spunk. He thrives on adventure and relishes challenges, like playing hoop games with the older kids at the community basketball courts. Even having cancer doesn't quell his spirit. He makes friends with a vegetable stand vendor he calls "Tomato Man," and shows off when he rides to school on the back of Tomato Man's large, loud motorcycle. When the town's real estate magnate has Tomato Man's stand torn down to make room for a fancy hotel, Cody bravely defends his new friend. When Cody's cancer puts him back into the hospital, Tomato Man camps out in Cody's hospital room. Eventually, the pair are designated the town's honorable Watch Keepers by the real estate magnate, and they become a longed-for sight as they make fresh produce deliveries on Tomato Man's impressive bike.Then tragedy strikes a crushing blow to the town of Martinsville with Cody's untimely death, and those who are closest to Cody, his parents and Tomato Man, feel completely lost.Will Cody's unquenchable spirit live on in Martinsville? Will the Watch Keeper movement continue? Read on to find out how the legacy of Cody Granor changes the lives of eight at-risk high school seniors and the town of Martinsville forever.For many years Anne Carson cherished traveling abroad as a photojournalist for Habitat for Humanity, International, a position from which she served as Site Photographer in the Philippines, South Africa, and South Korea; as a liaison at Corymeela Center for Peach, and as a translator in Mexico. During this time she also covered special events at Washington National Cathedral.Presently, Anne is enjoying touring orphanages in Latin America, to bring awareness to the children there through her photographs. When at home, she enjoys writing for a local publication and celebrating life with her husband, Art, in a cottage on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn the miraculous story of the 33 Chilean miners who survived being trapped underground for 69 days. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions, callouts, and sidebars, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an introduction to the author.

In this, the fifth installment of the Kilenya Series, Jacob Clark masters his last magical ability to harness energy from the sun, which leads him to the location of the Key of Ayunli. Unfortunately, the Lorkon learn where it is, too, and they race to see who will get to it first. But complications rise as Jacob and his friends are tasked to release Lasia, the Fire Pulser, while Azuriah declares that they must rid the land of Gevkan from Lirone, the sky-dwelling monster.With so many important and dangerous tasks, Jacob is forced to increase the boundaries of his Shiengol abilities before the Lorkon army arrives. He feels the possibility of failure mounting, knowing that without him, those he loves will suffer or even die. Can he buy more time, or will he be forced to face Keitus and the other Lorkon before he’s ready?

A race to find the other key.A key that has been lost for centuries.Jacob must reach it before the Lorkon do.Because if the Lorkon get it, they'll unleash countless horrors on their world and ours.Are Jacob's powers strong enough?How can he know until they are fully tested?And tested they will be, because it is time to banish the sky-dwelling monster. A task that can't be completed without Jacob's powers.Ready or not, here we go.Grab your copy of this thrilling, edge-of-your-seat installment in the Kilenya Chronicles.