Books with author Crawford

Have you ever stared at yourself in a mirror for too long, and started to feel strange?Troubled teen Ayla Fox always wanted to be different, but she couldn't have imagined the world that lay hidden within her bedroom mirror. Struck by lightning during a freak storm, Ayla finds herself able to see things that others cannot and realizes that our world is intimately connected with another, where sorcery, not technology, rules.Within the Mirrorealm awaits her true destiny as a Hybrin, someone who can cross through into other realms where the impossible becomes possible. Hurled into a conflict with a cruel wytch by the name of Terra, Ayla must join a rag-tag band of weary warriors on a desperate mission to locate the mysterious Mirror of Souls and turn the tide of the war...The first volume in the epic Ayla Fox series - "Perfect for fans of Harry Potter!"REVIEWPraise for Dean Crawford:"The fossilized remains of a 7,000-year-old creature dug from the sands of the Negev Desert in Israel become the bones of contention in Dean Crawford's fast-paced debut thriller... The book neatly threads together a wild variety of plotlines." - Wall Street Journal“… cleverly introduced premise… assured pacing and plotting…” - Publishers Weekly“The action is frenetic, in the vein of Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow series. Crawford is an able storyteller who smoothly orchestrates the plot’s twists and turns… ” – Kirkus Reviews“… brilliant high-concept, high-octane thriller….” - The Guardian"A fast-paced and entertaining yarn." - Melbourne Age"Partly mythical read, part thriller this pacy tale is a page turner guaranteed to keep you up late." - The Sun "Get the cameras rolling—Indiana Jones meets Alien. What a combination of mystery, suspense, and unspeakable horror. I loved it!" - R.L. Stine “This is an amazingly good, intelligently told novel by an exciting new British author.” - Eurocrime"Earth-shattering intrigue, hyperdrive action and a desperate race to save humanity, cranked up to the max with scarily realistic science and apocalyptic religion thrown in for good measure . . . a major new talent has hit the mystery thriller scene!" - Scott MarianiABOUT THE AUTHORDean Crawford began writing after his dream of becoming a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force was curtailed when he failed their stringent sight tests. His Ethan Warner series of high-concept novels have regularly featured on the Sunday Times paperback bestseller list and have sold all over the world. A full-time author, he lives with his partner and daughter in Surrey.

It's endless fun! Opening this beautiful 2-color, lie-flat hardcover spiral book is like unlocking a treasure chest filled with puzzles and creative activities. Begin by taking the seven high-quality wooden tans (NOT cheap and sharp plastic) out of the resealable case bound sturdily inside. Now, you're ready to play--and to solve up to 500 mysterious tangram puzzles, using the seven simple shapes that can be put together again and again in countless figures and forms. Sometimes they're easily solved; other times, the puzzles are baffling. Decide just how hard you want a game to be! Set the clock and challenge your friends to a race, or do these brain stumpers on your own by arranging the pieces so they all touch, lie flat, or don't overlap. Make two separate shapes from a single set. If you happen to feel artistic, tell a story with the tangrams or create beautiful silhouettes for pure pleasure. One thing is for sure: you'll always find this ancient test-of-wits enjoyable, fascinating, and perplexing.

2016 Nominee for Summer Indie Awards"Mystery, suspense, humor, but most of all, a heart-thumping adventure that transports the reader back to the child in all of us. Anyone who dreams of living life as an adventurer should feel right at home with J.J. Houston." -Amanda Cummins, Managing Editor at Mind Key Publishing2016 Nominee for Summer Indie Awards.At twelve, I ain't old enough to be a bona fide archaeologist or a detective. Maybe I don't have a college degree yet, or even a high-school diploma for that matter, but I ain't no sissy girl. You best have your canteens and field bags packed properly if you want to hang around with J.J. Houston. When I dig, I generally end up in dangerous places and I sure as spit don't do it wearing shiny shoes with polished buckles.Have you ever wished you could step back in time to visit a more electric era? Set in 1963, Murder on Moon Street will whisk you back through the annals of history to a time when the American nation exploded with political and cultural change. Life is simple for J.J. Houston, tucked away on her beloved country road and surrounded by farmland as far as the eye can see. Her life is uncomplicated and rooted in naïveté, until the day she and her cousin discover a dusty skeleton pinned to a cement wall, hanging in chains. It's a revelation that will turn her world upside down.J.J.'s father is a strict disciplinarian, her eccentric Grandmother seems to have lost her last marble, and her best friend, Bo, is selfish beyond measure. As the last of six children still living at home, J.J. faces her challenges using the resilience of rebellion and her keen intuition for guidance.Some say curiosity kills the cat. But, when authorities take no interest in what J.J. knows to be a very serious case, she has no choice but to ignore convention and push ahead. She will ultimately find herself being pursued by a dreadful man whom she suspects is involved in the deaths of several local children. Mystery, wit, suspense, and adventure collide in this fast-paced rural tale filled to the brim with mayhem and intrigue.

After a traumatic year, sixteen-year-old Roz is excited to move to Las Vegas, longing for the fresh start it will bring her and her father. Instead, she gets her possessions rearranged and ghosts chasing her from her home. While her father believes she’s having stress-induced hallucinations, Roz knows something more sinister is at play. With the help of her cousin, neighbor, and a pair of amateur paranormal investigators, she sets out to take on the specters herself.But the deeper she digs, the more terrified she becomes. The supernatural activity plaguing her increases, and with it comes new and terrifying threats. She finds an old journal from her troubled mother, and within its pages are revealed terrible truths: Worlds that exist beyond ours, mysterious powers she possesses, and dangerous beings that will kill her for these abilities. Determined to stop the shadows from overtaking her world, Roz and her friends will put a stop to the looming darkness, or die trying.

Megan Gallagher has only ever seen her mother as neurotic and overworked. When a Whitney Houston song at the 80s dance sends Megan back to 1987, she discovers her teenage mom dressed in all black and sneaking liquor in the bathroom. After preventing her mom’s drunk car accident, Megan realizes she has one month to get her teenage parents to stop partying, and learn enough about her family's secret to get back home. Too bad the much cuter teenage version of her history teacher is such a distraction. With time running out and her future at stake, Megan must learn that, when it comes to family, you can't always get what you want, but you might just get what you need.

When Hallie and Cory cross a magic branch that shrinks them to mouse size, they make the acquaintance of Mr. Snuggywhiskers–the friendly, well-spoken mouse who lives in the tallest tree in their backyard. From the day that Hallie discovers his tiny red door to the moment that Hallie and Cory realize their mysterious connection with Mr. Snuggywhiskers, they find out how enchanting the world of Mr. Snuggywhiskers can be.

Hallie and Cory were surprised when they discovered that their grandmother knew about Mr. Snuggywhiskers. But how could she? They had met him when they climbed over a magic branch and, astonishingly, found themselves shrunken to mouse size and standing before the small, red door, with the cheese-shaped knocker, that led to his home. In Hallie and Cory’s second set of adventures with Mr. Snuggywhiskers, the friendly, well-spoken mouse who lives in the tallest tree in their backyard, they discover that mice celebrate Christmas, that Squirrel’s mechanical genius extends further than they had imagined, and that Mr. Snuggywhiskers traveled the world with their grandmother, bringing back magical gifts that he had been saving for them since before they were born. Along the way, they unravel some of the mystery of how this extraordinary mouse, with his green vest and blue suit, came into their lives, bringing them adventure, friendship, and entrance to an enchanting world right in their own backyard.

To find her Muse, she must first find herself. Sylvia Baker used to live for music: constantly listening to artists like M83 and Moonlight Bride, writing songs, and playing drums in a band. But now, the soundtrack of her life is silence. If she lets the music back in, she's worried she will return to her delusions about the Muses--the mystical beings who inspire artists to create art. She's worried she'll have to face the wounds of losing Vincent, her Muse, her love. She tries to move on, immersing herself in the real world--working at the grocery store, mending her relationships with her friends and her father, and developing a new love for hiking. But in her dreams, she is forced to face the questions growing in her heart.What if they never were delusions? What if a vicious battle between the traditional Greek Muses and modern Earthly Muses tore her from the world of the Muses? What if she never lost Vincent at all? And what if he's the one who needs to be saved?

"The pictures, which include some posed portraits but are mostly concert shots, are the chief attraction. They freeze moments of adolescent release, vein-bulging intensity and sweaty communion that fuses performer and audience...Vivid and evocative."--Washington Post"Scott Crawford, the man behind the acclaimed documentary Salad Days, has given us another taste of the best-kept secret of 80s in his new book Spoke: Washington DC’s hardcore punk scene."--Dazed"With music by Minor Threat, Void, Rites of Spring, Government Issue, and many others propelling the story of hardscrabble, Reagan-era D.C. as the hotbed for a new artistic outlet in Salad Days, Crawford saw the book as a way to scoop up important narrative from the cutting-room floor and find a new home for it."--Fast Company"Pockmarked with burned-out buildings and boarded-over storefronts, Northwest DC was once home to a vibrant and sometimes violent punk movement beginning in the early 1980s. For geeky 12-year-old Scott Crawford, that changed everything: He chucked comic books for punk rock and self-published a music zine from his mother’s kitchen table in Silver Spring. This month, Crawford releases a book about those days, Spoke--a companion to his 2014 documentary, Salad Days--featuring stories from local players such as Dave Grohl, Henry Rollins, and Ian MacKaye."--Washingtonian Magazine"Spoke...adroitly uses both photographs and oral histories to capture the importance of what can best be described as a cultural revolution within the nation’s capital."--Shepherd Express"This coffee table version of the documentary [Salad Days] follows the D.C. scene’s often politically-charged brand of punk rock, from Bad Brains to Jawbox, and of course the legendary Fugazi. And there’s even the near-forgotten SOA, whose frontman Henry Rollins took his D.C. energy to L.A. where he stepped in as the singer for Black Flag."--Yellow Scene Magazine"A must-have for any rock historian or pop-culture buff...The perfect punk coffee table book."--Shockwave Magazine"Highly recommended...A must read for punk fans."--Chorus.fm/HiFiNoise"A worthy addition to the growing amount of literature on the American hardcore/punk scene, Spoke will look great on any aging punks’ coffee table as a document to a vital, electric time."--Ink19.com"A forthright testament to a kaleidoscopic community. This is a rounded collection, with surprises on every page...It’s collection that rocks."--Shelf Awareness for ReadersThe Washington, DC punk music scene of the 1980s gave birth to influential bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Fugazi. Here that era is portrayed in its purest form: an oral history by the creators themselves, including nearly two hundred photographs capturing the power and spirit of this politically progressive corner of American underground music. This stunning and intimate collection features rare images from Jim Saah, Cynthia Connolly, Bert Queiroz, and many others who documented this vibrant community. Compiled by Scott Crawford—whose critically acclaimed film Salad Days provided an unprecedented exploration into the 1980s DC punk scene—Spoke delves deeper into one of the most dynamic movements in US music history.Featuring: BAD BRAINS, THE TEEN IDLES, BLACK MARKET BABY, SOA, MINOR THREAT, GOVERNMENT ISSUE, VOID, IRON CROSS, THE FAITH, SCREAM, MARGINAL MAN, GRAY MATTER, BEEFEATER, KING FACE, RITES OF SPRING, DAG NASTY, EMBRACE, SOULSIDE, FIRE PARTY, SHUDDER TO THINK, IGNITION, FUGAZI, SWIZ, THE NATION OF ULYSSES, and JAWBOX.

In today’s financial climate, it’s more crucial than ever to equip children with monetary and economic sense. This resource for grades preK–2 is a must-have for parents and teachers. It provides more than 40 activity-rich lessons to help children be financially and mathematically savvy at a young age. The lessons include literature connections, corresponding assessments, games, suggestions for differentiating instruction, ideas for parents, and alignments to the Common Core State Standards.