Books with author Catherine Tran

Get outside and have fun with activities that can be done anywhere, without the use of complex equipment, batteries, or the internetEver wondered how to make a bottle xylophone or a pin-hole camera, or thought of growing crystals in vinegar or bending water with electricity? If so, this is the book for you. Helpfully divided into four thematic chapters—"Outdoor and Adventurous," "Science and Nature," "Arts and Crafts," and "Rainy Day"—this interactive book contains 101 fun activities and traditional pastimes that are a must for young, intelligent boys and girls keen to explore the world and learn new skills. It also contains space to tick off and rate each activity as they are completed. This book is guaranteed to encourage you to switch off the TV and shut down the computer and instead engage in hours of old-fashioned fun (and a little bit of mischief).

Eliza knows for certain what she isn't: the powerful sorceress the learned Mancers think her to be. Or is she? Eliza is stunned to learn her father has been keeping important secrets. Her mother's death wasn't from pneumonia, but the death of all great Shang Sorceresses: killed in battle against evil forces. Even so, Eliza's lessons with the Mancers at their citadel show them what she has always known—she can't do any magic. Imprisoned in the Arctic by Eliza's mother's final brave act, the evil Xia Sorceress uses her minions to capture Eliza's father. Escaping the citadel with her best friend Nell and new friend Charlie, Eliza sets off to rescue him. They seek help from the Triumvirate, an uneasy alliance of ultimate power—the Oracle, the King of the Faeries and Swarn, the witch who delivered Eliza as a baby. They try to stop her, but she is determined. She knows she's connected to the Xia Sorceress somehow. What awaits Eliza in the Arctic prison is more horrible than she could have imagined. Abandoned by the Mancers and the Triumvirate, she must rely on her friends and her own wits and common sense to succeed in her quest.

Eliza, now fourteen, has been studying magic and gaining a reputation for her power. She has much yet to learn―although she understands things like the Ancient Magic, by which things are made and unmade, she cannot yet affect it herself. She is strong-headed and independent, chafing at the boundaries the Mancers have set for her. Ravens continue to gather around Eliza and the Citadel, and nobody is sure if they are Eliza's guides or a trick sent by the evil xia sorceress Nia. The Mancers create magic daily to keep Nia in her prison, but she escapes, turning them all to stone except Eliza's grandfather, Kyreth, the head Mancer. Why on earth would she do that? Nia also summons Ancient Magic to create a horrid Kwellrahg, with which to threaten Eliza's mother. Eliza, her friends Nell and Charlie, the witch Swarn and the Faerie Lord Jalo must stop Nia from wreaking further destruction. The key to victory is Eliza's mastery of the Ancient Magic. Can she make it work in time? Will they learn the true story of Eliza and Nia's common heritage? Catherine Egan has fashioned another thrilling fantasy tale of magic, of good battling evil, of a young woman discovering her true nature and realizing her own powers.

What if your father mysteriously vanished one day? And only you possessed the power to get him back? That’s what happens to Samantha when her father disappears on a trip to a remote island off the coast of Newfoundland. He had gone there to finish his latest book, a fantasy story about the last Great Auk, an extinct bird that once lived there. Then he just vanished. Now everyone seems to think he’s gone for good. Not Sam. She loves her father too much. And though no will believe her, somehow she knows that his disappearance has something to do with his magical story, and she’s going to find out what. Joining forces with her brother and a new friend, Sam sets off on a perilous quest to find her father—a quest that takes her inside her father’s story, to a mythical world ruled by a powerful Wizard who has taken her father prisoner. Sam faces the ultimate test when she discovers that she alone can save her father—but first she must unlock the secret of doing the one thing she thought she could not do.

Table of Contents i. The Black Cat - edgar allen poeii. The Fall Of the House Of Usher - edgar allen poeiii. Silence: A Fable - edgar allen poeiv. The Masque of the Red Death - edgar allen poev. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO - edgar allen poe v. The Pit and the Pendulum - edgar allen poe vi. The Premature Burial - edgar allen poevii. Eleonora - edgar allen poe viii. The Devil in the Belfry - edgar allen poe ix. The Oblong Box - edgar allen poex. The Angel of the Odd - edgar allen poe xi. The Man that was Used Up - edgar allen poexii. The Sphinx - edgar allen poexiii. Bon Bon - edgar allen poe