Books with author Caroline Hanson

[Children's Fiction (Ages 10-12)] [Read by Katherine Kellgren] Written with uproarious wit and an inviting storyteller tone, the first book in Caroline Carlson's quirky seafaring series is a piratical tale like no other. Pirates! Magic! Treasure! A gargoyle? Caroline Carlson's hilarious tween novel Magic Marks the Spot is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society. Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for thirty-seven minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors, and she already owns a rather pointy sword. There's only one problem: the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl join their ranks of scourges and scalawags. But Hilary is not the kind of girl to take no for answer. To escape a life of petticoats and politeness at her stuffy finishing school, Hilary sets out in search of her own seaworthy adventure, where she gets swept up in a madcap quest involving a map without an X, a magical treasure that likely doesn't exist, a talking gargoyle, a crew of misfit scalawags, and the most treacherous - and unexpected - villain on the high seas.

"It’s easy! Just press download, create an account, and I’ll add you to my server! This will be fun!" After downloading Minecraft, Connor’s situation becomes anything but easy. He unexpectedly gets dragged into the game along with a mysterious message telling him he needs to rescue something - but what? Luckily for him, he’s brought his cell phone, and his best friend Charlie is there to help him figure everything out through text. But the longer Connor stays in this new world, the more mysteries arise. Why would a villager recognize him? How did he end up here? Who brought him here? And most importantly, can he get back to his own world before his Mom finds out? Formatted with text messages for a fun, light, unique read, this book is perfect for Minecraft fans of all ages and especially for young readers.

The true, inside story of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory—the drug-detection team that tests athletes for banned performance-enhancing drugs. The team worked long nights for two weeks to detect a new, never-before-tested performance-enhancing drug called NESP (novel erythropoietic stimulating protein) during the 19th Winter Olympics (2002) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The group's work exposed three NESP users among the winning cross-country skiers. The drug users were stripped of their medals, which were then given to the rightful winners.*Note: Images are omitted from the Kindle edition of this title.

The year is 1940, and in Great Britain, life is anything but normal. The cities are being bombarded with aerial assaults, and word has it that the German army is planning an invasion. For safety's sake, many children are being sent to small, remote villages in the countryside. For Stephen and Mary and their cousins, Thomas and Susannah, the Blacksmith's Cottage in Yorkshire soon becomes their home away from home.Each day the villagers and goodhearted Nursie do what they can to help the displaced children adjust, to try to make their lives as carefree as possible. But when conversations become peppered with talk of spies and concern about attacks, the children cannot help but let their imaginations, as well as their feet, roam free. As strange figures appear on the moors, and stone walls and mine shafts become more than mere objects of curiosity, what the children begin to suspect may not be fanciful at all.