Books with author J. Farrell

Are you looking for an easy to read book to share fun riddles and anagrams with your kids? Look no more! This delightful book will provide you with 101 safe and fun riddles and anagrams that will both challenge your kids and give you a chance to spend some quality time with them as you read and enjoy them together! Everyone knows what a riddle is, but have you ever heard of an anagram? These are words that can be rearranged to create other words. They are great exercise for the mind! The author has taken care to include material that is safe and appropriate for kids of all ages. Take a chance on this wonderful book. You won't be disappointed!

Are you looking for a little book full of funny and safe jokes for children of all ages? Look no more! This beautifully executed book provides you and your children 101 easy to read and learn jokes to keep you and your family entertained. Through sharing a laugh or two with your children and seeing their smiling faces, you will experience the unique magic of a simple joke. The author has written this book so that others might enjoy the jokes, both old and new, he has learned over the years as told by friends and family. Take a chance on a delightful new book. You will not be disappointed!

Loved and hated, visited and avoided, seemingly everywhere yet endlessly the same, malls occupy a special place in American life. What, then, is this invention that evokes such strong and contradictory emotions in Americans? In many ways malls represent the apotheosis of American consumerism, and this synthetic and wide-ranging investigation is an eye-popping tour of American culture's values and beliefs. Like your favorite mall, One Nation under Goods is a browser's paradise, and in order to understand America's culture of consumption you need to make a trip to the mall with Farrell. This lively, fast-paced history of the hidden secrets of the shopping mall explains how retail designers make shopping and goods “irresistible.” Architects, chain stores, and mall owners relax and beguile us into shopping through water fountains, ficus trees, mirrors, and covert security cameras. From food courts and fountains to Santa and security, Farrell explains how malls control their patrons and convince us that shopping is always an enjoyable activity. And most importantly, One Nation Under Goods shows why the mall's ultimate promise of happiness through consumption is largely an illusion. It's all here—for one low price, of course.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Do dead girls get a happily ever afterlife? I sure hope so. Because when I wake up at Locklear, AKA Ghost Academy, that’s what I am: DEAD. Even better, I have no memories. No answers to why I’m here … other than the fact that my ghostly existence means a violent death and some unfinished business. I just need to figure out what that business IS. And my biggest supporter is also my biggest distraction: Rafe, a fox shifter with the most adorable dimples. My foxy new BFF has unfinished business of his own. He needs to find his missing sister, who’s still on the side of the living. Together, we’re on the hunt to recover my memories, save his sister, and avoid the human group that wants to exterminate all things that go bump in the night. No big deal. Right? Only, the more time I spend with Rafe, the less I want to move on. And the more time we spend together, the closer the humans seem to get to finding our location and putting us out of business--eternally speaking. The clock is ticking, but can I put my past to rest AND still get the guy? Ghost Academy is perfect for Twilight fans! Prepare for reading-related insomnia. Scroll up and one-click today!Ghost Academy is a YA paranormal academy / urban fantasy that will contribute to your reading related insomnia. This is book one of the Ghost Academy Duology and a spin off of Blakemore Academy.

Dying can really cramp a girl's style. It's also a great chance for reflection, if you're into all that. It's also great for getting back at all those people who bugged you in life. I picked option C, and I'm not sorry. Not a bit. Prankster in life, prankster in death. Unfortunately, there are rules governing the ghost world. Rules I eventually can’t outrun. But the second I’m sent to Poltergeist Prison, I start planning my escape.Though I wouldn't mind sticking around for some of them. Particularly a drool-worthy but egotistic guy named Axl. Good thing we’re both on the same page about getting out of here and getting a little justice on the living. Once we’re free, I’ll be more than happy to help Axl get back at the guy who hurt his bestie, if only to make us even.But when ghosts start disappearing from the detention center — and the explanation from on high doesn’t track — figuring out what the flip is going on becomes priority number one. If we can’t find out where they’re being sent, we might be next.

There are 3 books in the Children’s Journals series (My Days My Pictures—For Ages 4 to 6, My Days My Writings—For Ages 6 to 9, My Life My Thoughts—For Ages 9 and Up). Each book features ready-to-fill pages that encourage journaling at a young age. Children are never too young to begin writing or drawing their thoughts, ideas and events that are important to them. The Children’s Journals are a great project and the end result is a treasured keepsake. Created and written by teachers, these books will enrich any child’s life.

Who knew death had more than one ending?I hoped remembering my past would make completing my unfinished business more clear, but it’s only twisted everything into a complicated mess.Somehow, I have to make things right with my sister, who just happens to be an Xer and believes ghosts like me should be forcibly sent into the great beyond without completing our unfinished business. Even worse, the Xers keep showing up on our missions into the land of the living. My ability to fight them is getting better, but I’m also afraid they might be getting closer to Locklear. If they find the school, we’re all in trouble.Then there are the Twisted Ghosts, one of which includes my younger brother Cody, who I’m convinced we can heal if we can just figure out the root of the problem. But none of this is helping distract me from breaking up with Rafe to protect him from my drama and help him gain the peace he deserves more quickly.The more answers I find, the more complicated things become. Ghost Academy is a YA paranormal academy / urban fantasy that will contribute to your reading related insomnia. This is book two of the Ghost Academy Series and a spin off of Blakemore Academy.

In this Novel Study guide, take your students on a delightful adventure with a spoiled young prince and his resourceful whipping boy. Jemmy, a young orphaned rat-catcher, is the whipping boy for Prince Horace, known to his subjects as Prince Brat. When the prince is naughty or disobedient, Jemmy gets the whipping because no one is allowed to hit the prince. As their adventure unfolds, the boys gain an appreciation and respect for each other, and both learn valuable lessons in life. This is a wonderful, funny, fast-moving tale full of colourful language and vivid literary images. Activities included in this unit focus on: comprehension, vocabulary, creative writing, enrichment and response journal. As a great finish to the unit, you could have a welcome home feast for Jemmy and Horace. Fried Chicken, grapes, cheese, honey, and round pumpernickel bread to tear apart with their hands makes a wonderfully tactile dining experience! What a great way to end a fantastic novel!

It’s been a difficult year for fifteen-year-old Colman. After a brutal car accident, each day is split between painful rehab and the nightmares that overwhelm him when he sleeps. All Colman wants is the quiet and freedom that come with the isolated campground he and his family return to each summer. Traveling alone with Maeve, his twelve-year-old Mensa-level sister, who may or may not be fighting terrorists online, they can’t wait to see their three best friends. There’s giant but painfully shy Dan, a Texas farm boy who relates better to animals than humans. Ira, an irrepressible deaf kid from Maine, who taught them all sign language and how to blow stuff up. Finally, there’s Lily, Native American, smart, tall, athletic and way more attractive then Colman can reasonably understand. Maybe this will be the summer that he does more than nervously grin around her? But all of that is put on hold when, for the second time that year, Colman’s life is changed in an instant. In the back bedroom of a small camper, something impossible is loudly snoring. Something so familiar, yet so different. And it needs their help. Without warning, Colman and his friends are thrust into a mystery that stretches back millennia. Finding themselves aggressively pursued through the backcountry by the wealthy, handsome and devious Dustin Avenger, a famous reality show adventurer who’s obsessed with killing the creature Colman and his friends must protect at all costs. But they are not alone. Colman and his friends will find help from a centuries-old Order sworn to protect the many legendary and mythical beings around the world that must remain hidden. With their enemies closing in and time running out, the kids know that they are all that stand between these ancient creatures and certain annihilation. Facing these nearly insurmountable odds, Colman must lead his friends to stand and fight.

It’s been a difficult year for fifteen-year-old Colman. After a brutal car accident, each day is split between painful rehab and the nightmares that overwhelm him when he sleeps. All Colman wants is the quiet and freedom that come with the isolated campground he and his family return to each summer. Traveling alone with Maeve, his twelve-year-old Mensa-level sister, who may or may not be fighting terrorists online, they can’t wait to see their three best friends. There’s giant but painfully shy Dan, a Texas farm boy who relates better to animals than humans. Ira, an irrepressible deaf kid from Maine, who taught them all sign language and how to blow stuff up. Finally, there’s Lily, Native American, smart, tall, athletic and way more attractive then Colman can reasonably understand. Maybe this will be the summer that he does more than nervously grin around her? But all of that is put on hold when, for the second time that year, Colman’s life is changed in an instant.In the back bedroom of a small camper, something impossible is loudly snoring.Something so familiar, yet so different. And it needs their help.Without warning, Colman and his friends are thrust into a mystery that stretches back millennia. Finding themselves aggressively pursued through the backcountry by the wealthy, handsome and devious Dustin Avenger, a famous reality show adventurer who’s obsessed with killing the creature Colman and his friends must protect at all costs. But they are not alone. Colman and his friends will find help from a centuries-old Order sworn to protect the many legendary and mythical beings around the world that must remain hidden. With their enemies closing in and time running out, the kids know that they are all that stand between these ancient creatures and certain annihilation. Facing these nearly insurmountable odds, Colman must lead his friends to stand and fight.

Introduce your students to the work of Canadian author Farley Mowat with this delightful story of a young boy and his unpredictable pets. The story is about two Great Horned Owls called Wol and Weeps that were found by Billy, Bruce and Murray. When Billy witnesses children throwing stones at Weeps, who is unable to fly, he trades his scout knife for him. Wol, who is able to fly, was found after a storm. Both Wol and Weeps are given to Bruce before Billy and his family move away to Toronto, Ontario. Have your students keep a response journal for “Owls in the Family”. Before reading chapters, have your students write 2 or 3 sentences to predict what they think will happen. Activities included in this unit include: comprehension, vocabulary, creative writing, enrichment, response journals, and arts and crafts.