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This is the old version of Beat. Please see amazon.com/Beat-1-Jared-Garrett/dp/172093973X for the updated version. Nik Granjer knows they're lying about the Bug. Sure, it was the Bug that wiped out more than ninety percent of humanity a hundred years ago, but that's ancient history. The Bug has to be gone by now. Except everyone thinks that the Bug still kills anyone whose heart rate goes over 140 beats per minutes. Which is why the Prime Administrator gave citizens the Papas- digital wrist monitors that knock people out when their heart rate gets too high. The Papas saved the last of humanity. But one night after curfew, on the border of New Frisko, Nik tampers with his Papa with terrible consequences. And when a brutal, high-tech enforcement squad from the city shows up, Nik goes on the run.Outcast and desperate for allies, Nik's only hope is to unearth the truth about the Prime Administrator and the origin of the Bug. And stay alive in the process. If he fails, he could be the only witness to the final extinction of humanity.

Six Salty Sailors weaves a tale about a group of pirates, a monster guarding an island, and of course treasure. The island was left alone by every ship that ever sailed the sea, until a group of pirates decided to visit the island! Little did they know the island was guarded by a monster keeping the ships away. Do the Pirates reach the island? What becomes of the monster? Find out!

The whole family--19 cousins and their parents--descends on a rented house in a strange town for the holidays. And then their frightening and mysterious Uncle Herkimer arrives. Each night for twenty-four nights, he returns and tells his nieces and nephews a Christmas story: the Christmas he won the lottery; the Christmas he was conscripted to work in a bean factory; the Christmas he was evicted from an ancient Anasazi ruin.The incredulous cousins meanwhile try to discover the truth behind Uncle Herkimer's absurd stories...and end up with ridiculous Christmas stories of their own.Funny and irreverent, "Twenty-five Christmases (More or Less)" is a delightful book that can be appreciated any time of year.

FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF YOUNG ADULT FICTION, LANNE GARRETTEvery revolution begins with a spark.In a world torn apart by war, one nation remains standing—Cinder City. It is surrounded by three state rings—Fringe, Boundary and Limits—and run by the Authority, President Atlas Gold, the tyrannical leader of the golden city. The population is divided into two groups, the rich and the poor, the Solvents and the Insolvents, and controlled under the threat of being named an Ember—a death sentence.Each year, Cinder officials open their Golden Gates and hold the Ember Harvest of all eighteen-year-olds. The Harvest is a test of the potential Embers. It is said that over three hundred years ago, the Insolvents had grown tired of their treatment and had mastered innate abilities to help them wage war against Cinder City. Now, as a precaution, every child is tested for the Scoria Singularity, remnants of the genetics from a time the world had been almost destroyed overnight, for the Authority would never risk another war. He would remove the sparks—the Embers—before they started another revolution.For Ezra, an Irish Chippewa—the last of the Chippewa people and recently named a potential Ember sent to Ember Gates—survival is in her blood. As the Ember Gates transforms her and the others, Ezra must determine who her real allies are, what parts of herself she is willing to sacrifice and where her newfound love fits into the cruel world of Ember Gates. Ezra will be pushed to the limits, having to decide between her humanity and staying.

Tellon wants to be a chef, not a zebra watcher. Unfortunately, her free-spirited daydreaming gets her banished from Earth and separated from her 14 sisters. Tellon's sentence? To be a complaint taker on Allets, a newly opened Shared-Use Planet. Even the worst assignment in the worst part of the universe can't dampen Tellon's zest for making new friends, building zoos, and opening her own restaurant. But when she learns a horrible secret about Allets, Tellon must find a way to rescue everyone on the planet.

She carries a gun for a living… but never expected to be a target.Sabine’s early morning hike ends with discovering her friend sitting in a chair by the canal and gazing at the sunrise. Peace and serenity pervade, except, he’s dead.To discover the how and why of his death, she must first survive the shrewd killer intent on removing human collateral and regaining lost technology.Coyote Waylin hasn’t set foot in the Everglades for six years, not since the night he broke his brother’s jaw and saved his sister’s life. After receiving a desperate call from his sibling, he rushes south to untangle a web of murder and intrigue.Together, Coyote and Sabine sort the snarled web of lies and deceit while struggling to maintain their personal space. Failure to thwart the ingenious killer could result in untraceable mass murders.

Phil the unicorn wakes from his long slumber to find that the days of sugar cane grass, chocolate milk rivers, and playful fellow unicorns have passed him by. And good riddance. When Phil is adopted by three college students at Hamburger University, he feels right at as he discovers the delights of this modern, human-filled world. As ideal as a world of video games and microwave burritos is, this new epoch is not without its sinister forces. Before long the forces of evil converge on the small college town that Phil calls home.