Books with author Elizabeth King

Zibby Lloyd’s food binges and purges have gone on for months. When her bulimia becomes life-threatening, she’s sent to Hope House, a residence for kids with serious medical problems. Zibby hates it there; as far as she’s concerned, her only problem is how to get out! When Zibby hears she’s getting a roommate, she’s furious. She’s doubly mad when Lauren Kent arrives. Lauren is a beautiful, perfect girl Zibby has known her whole life. Only now it looks as if Lauren isn’t so perfect: she’s anorexic. The two lifelong enemies are united at last—in a plan to escape from Hope House. But will the mission that brings them together as friends also endanger their lives?

When Peter and Jane move with their parents to the suburbs, they discover to their dismay that Sea View Gardens has no kids their own age. The only kids in the area seem to be babies or toddlers. The one building that wasn’t torn down to make room for modern little houses is the sprawling old Sea View House, where a cranky old lady is supposed to live. Imagine their surprise when they discover the old lady is nice—and she lives there with her niece and nephew, who are about Peter and Jane’s age! Though the Bowmans and the Jessups start off on the wrong foot, the four are soon fast friends. And when money problems threaten Sea View House, the only hope is for the four of them to solve a decades-old mystery and find a long-lost treasure!

Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's parents go away on a vacation, so they send her off on a trip of her own with her stepbrother, Sholto, and his opinionated girlfriend, Susan, who are interviewing the survivors of a strange coal mine disaster and researching local folklore in 1959 Southland, New Zealand. Canny is left to herself to wander in a mysterious and enchanting nearby valley, occupied almost entirely by children who all have the last name, Zarene, and can perform a special type of magic that tells things how to be stronger and better than they already are. With the help of a seventeen-year-old boy who is held hostage in a hidden house by a spell that is now more powerful than the people who first placed it, Canny figures out why she, too, can use this special magic that only Zarenes should know, and where she really came from. Printz Honor author Elizabeth Knox has created another stunning world of intrigue in Mortal Fire.

HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH? WHEN THE WORLD DEMANDS AN ANSWER WE ALL SCRAMBLE TO FIND ONE.My name is Midnight Thunder. The town crazy person; the Demon Eyes girl. The girl whose existence rests on a curse that saves her from death yet sets her on a path to an inevitable end.I live in a world full of magic: spells, curses, enchantments, and everything in between. It would be a whimsical place, but, like anything, it's imperfect. Little by little, my own country has begun to fall apart beneath its own mistakes. The queen’s gone a little bit more than mad, our military has collapsed, and of course, the only way to break the deadly curse at the root of it all is to sacrifice... me.

After his daring adventures in The Divide and Back To The Divide, Felix is safely back at school in the real world and looking forward to a visit from his best friend, Betony. But when Rhino, the school bully, knocks over Felix's bag in the corridor, all his plans are shattered. In Felix's bag, forgotten until this moment, is the magical lamp he kept last summer. From its spout escapes a furious brandee (genie) who takes Rhino hostage, demanding that Felix and Betony return him home. Together they make the journey across the Divide, but little do they know that inside the lamp, Rhino has discovered a dangerous new toy; an enchanted jinx box that will give him everything his heart desires...Together with their old friends, Felix and Betony must cross frozen northlands, fight terrifying wolf-like snagglefangs and outwit devious japegrins, to stop Rhino and the trickster jinx box that could wreck both their worlds for ever.

On the other side of the DIVIDE, magical creatures are real and humans are the stuff of myths! Part 1 in the incredible, unforgettable trilogy.Felix is spending what may be his last summer in Costa Rica, that odd global crossroads where two continents meet and two oceans part. Perched on an abyss, Felix loses consciousness and falls through The Divide. When he comes to, he's in another world: one where legendary animals are real. And he soon discovers that all these wonderous creatures think HE'S the mythical beast with magical powers. Guided by his newfound friends Betony, an elfin girl, and Ironclaw, an eagle-eyed, owl-eared, lion-pawed brazzle, will Felix find his way back home? And will he find a cure for his weak heart?

Emus, the second largest birds in the world, can’t fly, and maybe that’s a good thing! (Can you imagine the five-to-six foot creatures over your head?) One part of the problem stems from their weird feathers. But there’s much more! Read why these birds are stuck on the ground, and see the skills nature’s provided to compensate for this glitch in their development. Mild mannered emus enjoy interacting with people, and if you’re hanging out nearby, a bird might do its best to get you to join in its game of “tag” or horsing around. Emus are curious beyond words. They edge closer to the action, study you with their beady eyes and probe objects with their beaks, trying to understand what you’re up to. Learn why Stanley, a Massachusetts farmer, raises the odd birds and loves this form of agriculture. He understands why his clever emus behave as they do in captivity, and he’s learned techniques for outfoxing them and their tricks. He guides the reader through the fun and the science of emus. See how the female emu rules her roost—or does she? How does an unborn chick breathe? Learn what pipping, booming and grunting mean. And follow Stan’s experiment that determines if his farm-raised birds can “remember” how their ancestors behaved in the wilds of Australia. Miraculously, these birds have survived, virtually unchanged, for millions of years and through drastic climate changes as the earth evolved. Today, the quirky critters thrive in wildly varying climates across most of the U.S. on some 5,000 farms and in many other countries too. Discover where they originated and how they arrived in their current destinations. Amazing Amusing Emus leads readers on a fun investigation of the birds’ past and present and poses thoughtful questions about their futures.

Felix is back in the real world after his extraordinary adventure in The Divide. But so too is Snakeweed, the villainous japegrin, who's followed him home - and he needs the enchanted formula hidden in Felix's notebook. Snakeweed's visit brings disaster. He turns Felix's parents to stone and, worse than that, his wicked spell seems to be spreading like a sinister virus which could threaten the whole of life on earth. To find a countercharm, Felix must return to the magical palce he discovered the previous year. But when he gets there he finds it much changed, and his unusual friends in a horrible fix.