Books with author Esme Carpenter

Her parents' constant fighting has driven thirteen-year-old Ellie to hide out in between the pages of her favorite books and, on one occasion, even in a hall closet. While there, she finds her late grandfather's journal and discovers he was searching for a treasure linked to the Nazis. Ellie hopes finishing what he started will solve all of her problems. Accompanied by her little brother, Ellie starts unraveling a trail of cryptic clues that lead her deeper into a mystery more than sixty years old.

Excerpt from Your Money or Your Life: A StoryTom Norrie sat at his desk in the great office, with his hands thrust deep in his pockets and his eyes lost in space. All about him men were hard at work, trying to clear of? The accumulations of the day in the brief hours left before the day should end. The Office boys ran to and fro, and the type writer girls were rattling their machines as if on a race for a stake. Through the whole great room sounded the murmurous hum of work - the scratching of pens, the rustling of paper, the low consultations between one clerk and another, the slamming together of the big books on the bookkeepers' desks, the steady reiteration of the stamping-machines putting their hall-marks on the checks and bills and letters of the day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bad luck comes in threes: 1 - You're dying… 2 - You're being framed for murder… 3 - Everything you ever believed is a lie… Half Italian, half Jew, all bulldog; Teo Borelli is at the top of his game. He's overcome horrific circumstances to build a successful business and a happy life with his loving fiancé. He is living the dream until a single word from his doctor shatters his world: "Terminal". His bright future gone, the pains of his past reawaken long dormant emotions – rage, hatred, loneliness, profound disappointment; all the result of his mother Eden's incomprehensibly selfish decision to end her life. With his time short, he embarks on a pilgrimage to reconcile Eden's decades-old self-immolation but along the way he uncovers a web of lies surrounding her death. A cadre of small-town yokels, whose intertwined lives obscure a sordid history, morph his simple quest for closure into a life and death struggle. Deceit, blackmail, sex and greed drive events that turn deadly in rapid-fire succession as Teo struggles to stay alive and out of jail long enough to find a sibling who shouldn't exist and a truth that's as elusive as his salvation.

When a beloved family pet passes, it is often difficult to explain to children why the dog, cat or other animal that was a part of the family is no longer there. Blake goes to Rainbow Valley is a simple explanation of the wonder of the circle of life. It is meant to provide comfort and explanation to children (and to adults) in the loss of those that were an integral part of their family. Children can associate with the animal characters in this story and find solace in the joy Blake finds in Rainbow Valley.

“It is called the Elemental Control. And it is failing. The elements are mere ghosts of their full forces. And, as it fails Delphi, I start to die. I need you to save me, the future of your home, and a very powerful boy.”Earth, fire, water, wind. Four elements that make up everything Delphi knows to be normal. All her life, she has been a servant to a mysterious man named The Master – until The Master comes to her island home and asks her to undertake a dangerous task in the far-off, elemental lands. Delphi is alone in places with strange secrets and rules, with the fate of her world on her shoulders, and although she makes many friends she also attracts more dangerous attention… Leo has never known home – and he isn’t exactly a normal boy. When he is kidnapped by a nameless man who tries to force Leo to reveal his powers, he finds he has nobody he can turn to – except a girl in his dreams called Delphi…Can Delphi find the Elemental Stones to bring the Control back into balance? Will she get to Leo’s prison in time? And, when faced with the ultimate challenge, can Delphi find the inner strength to save everything she loves? A story about courage, friendship and finding where you belong.

Fifteen year old Josey is a liar. She'd like to stop. But after Mom left, the lies started popping out, like the time Josey left her little brother at the library and told Dad he'd run away.Then Josey meets a boy who tells bigger whoppers than she does. He says he's the son of a privateer who's been dead two centuries. He's so convincing Josey's brother believes every word and sets off to find the privateer's hidden treasure.When her brother disappears, Josey is sure she knows where he's gone. But everyone thinks she's lying again. Everyone, that is, except the so-called privateer's son. He knows she's telling the truth because jeweled riches are only part of his tale. There's also the snooperscope, a device that makes time leaps possible, like the one that brought him to the present.The story is fantastical...and yet Josey will do anything to save her brother--including traveling back in time two hundred years with a boy she can't trust.

The Invizibles story continues!The adventure becomes harrowing for the four heroes and their families and friends, as the military hunts for the source of their secret abilities. Their true involvement in the initial rescue is uncovered, and their fate as domestic terrorists is all but sealed, until a new entity decides to intercede. But the intervention only escalates the secret war.This is book two in the continuing Invizibles series.

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