Books with author Benjamin Chan

Pirate Flotilla One is doing well in the Badlands. A fourth squadron is about to be formed under the command of Llewellyn Terrant. Four new freighters will improve the flotilla’s logistics capabilities. In concert with the Royal Navy Badlands Squadron, they continue to enforce Measure 200, the anti-slavery law, throughout the region. The pirate settlement on Agra 5 will be used by all squadrons and, for the first time, a permanent home is envisioned for all the pirate families. However, events in the war between the Aurora Empire and the Orion Confederation will impact Raferty Hawkins and his flotilla yet again. Hawkins learns of the death of a close friend in a costly defeat for the Royal Navy at Excandor. This defeat changes the immediate future for Raferty and his flotilla. Queen Alexis, monarch of the Aurora Empire, is tired of the incompetence and the losses. She issues a Call to Service that a peer is required to obey. That peer is Raferty Hawkins. His given mission is easy… and hard. All he has to do is win a victory over Orion forces. The Royal Navy has suffered many defeats but the most recent one at Excandor is the costliest on both a personal and a professional basis for Alexis. The Queen is tired of it and tasks her favorite pirate with reversing the trend. As a peer of the realm, Hawkins will command Royal Navy ships and personnel for the first time. He must produce and execute a plan that achieves the elusive win Queen Alexis wants. The two earlier forays into this war by Flot 1 had been for revenge against the OrCons for their destruction of the pirate settlement on Ulatar. It will be different this time. Raferty Hawkins, the Duke of Black Hallow, must answer a summons, but this is not flotilla business. He will let the ships in Flot 1 decide whether to support his mission. With or without them, he must go to the Aurora Empire. With help from his trusted friends and companions, Hawkins takes on his biggest task yet. After the battles are over, he will get an even greater mission, one that will last for a long, long time.

All her life Geneva has been preparing for this battle--good ver­sus evil, light versus darkness. She knows the odds of victory are slim. She's just one girl facing an army of darkness, but her magic has grown more powerful and by the next Blood Moon she will be stronger than ever.With Ravin's army growing by the day, Geneva is going to need every ounce of magic she can summon, and that means cutting ties to everything that makes her weak.Geneva sacrifices herself to save her friends and family, planning to defeat the enemy from within their walls.Imprisoned and alone in the legendary Tower of Lux, Geneva struggles with the weight of her destiny. But her friends refuse to let her face her fate alone. They plot a secret rescue mission that could ruin all of Geneva's plans.With the lives of her friends hanging in the balance Geneva will face her most difficult challenge yet. Can she find the courage to ful­fill her destiny no matter the cost?

A lie is like a single match--if not tended it can set the world ablaze.Geneva has unraveled a terrifying truth from the Book of Secrets. She is the only one who can decode the mythical map hidden deep in the Troian Center and save her beloved island from falling into the hands of Ravin, the evil god who killed her parents.In order to fulfill her magical destiny she must make a decision. Continue to run from her enemies or risk her life to face them head on?If Ravin's dark army takes control of Hullabee Island, Geneva will lose her magic, the only connection she has left to her parents. But the only way to stop him is to return to the orphanage she barely escaped.Desperate to protect her friends and fulfill her destiny, Geneva begins to weave a dangerous web of lies thinking it's the only way to protect everyone she cares about. But she'll soon learn the price of such deception.Can Geneva save the island and repair the damage her lies have caused or will she be forced to watch everything she's loves burn down around her?

Do you know there is a pattern to music and the instruments we use to make music? Tapping and clapping are movements that can make a pattern. Can you find a pattern with your favorite instrument? With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.

Meet Caterina Colombo, a sixteen year old young woman from Oliveri, Messina, Sicily, Italy who receives a diary from her Nonna (grandmother) and instead of writing about her everyday life she writes about her life story about love, friendships, life lessons and how her childhood changed her into the beautiful young woman she is. this is a clean book unlike Sonia's story which means no erotica or swearing. this book is based upon elements of my grandmother's childhood and teen hood.

The students in this book are preparing for a craft sale. Each class will make a different item to sell. They'll use beads, ribbons, and buttons to create crafts with a pattern. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.

have you wondered what Ariel or elsa would be like in modern day society? Well join your favorite Disney princesses as you read about them in a modern day time period. from Anna saving her Schizophrenic sister, Elsa to Jasmine trying to find her long lost brother you'll love these heartwarming tales you'll want to read again and again. WARNING: This is not a kids book; its for Young Adults Only!!

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A captivating family saga."-The New York Times Book Review"You won't be able to put it down."-The Skimm (Skimm Reads Pick)"This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt."-People Magazine (Book of the Week)"A sprawling, enchanting family saga."-Entertainment Weekly (The Must List)A dazzling family love story reminiscent of Everything I Never Told You from a novelist heralded by Lorrie Moore as a "great new talent."If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children-four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness-sneak out to hear their fortunes.The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.