Books with author JW KELLEY

Out of the frying pan into the fire… Follow the Night Riders of Sheridan on their exploit from Tank Hill to Tongue River Canyon and beyond. Three hormonally challenged boys growing up in Sheridan, Wyoming seem to get into trouble at every turn. But somehow these best friends, whether through solidarity or dumb luck emerge unscathed time and again. Except, perhaps, for their pride.

Mark and his wife own a small Marina on the Delaware Bay. Everything is just the way it should be until one day he comes home to find that his ancient enemies have found him. His immortal sense of smell gives him all the information he needs. He tracks them through southern New Jersey to Camden and finds that athough these enemies are not the same as his old ones they are just as bad. They are some type of Were-hybrid; but he can't let that stay his hand-the survival of his family depended on it. During the ensuing battles he meets friends that include a Mayan wiseman who knows the enemy and their history and Lorenzo a Viet Nam vet. Together they battle the enemy to the bitter end.

Val and Lanora have been friends forever. Val expects their relationship to stay the same. But after they start middle school, Lanora decides to reinvent herself. Her parents have split up, and she wants to rise above that. Unfortunately Lanora's choices lead her into trouble. Val hates watching her friend lose her way. She wants to rescue Lanora, but how? Val doesn't know what to do until a stray cat leads her to a strange boy who lives in an even stranger bookshop. Together they embark on a quest. Will they be able to save a lost friend? Will they get lost themselves? Or will they find a way to help each other become who they want to be . . . . Jane Kelley has created a nuanced, universal story about friendship and that delicate time of adolescence when there is much to lose and much more to find.

Little Timmy’s Adventures follows the story of an infant boy. Upon the discovery of his blanket going missing, Little Timmy sets off on an adventure where he meets new friends and rainbow unicorns that help him along the way. He learns how exciting school and math are and how to be a nice kid. Oh no, wait. This is the one where he jumps out of a helicopter, gets kidnapped, is almost run over, and has a run-in with the city’s biggest crime boss? Oh right. Enjoy the story of a young boy tracking down a lost blanket in a world of crime, exploding aerial vehicles, and vast, collapsing landfills.

Marcus-Mark is an ancient immortal who has exsisted in nebulous form since the begining of time with the ability to shapeshift. He first adopts the shape of an ancient now extinct bear. While in bear form he encounters a human. The human attacks him and he destroys the human. In an instant he is transformed. The emotions and understanding of the human floods his very being, and from this moment on he is trapped in one of the two forms. He can change at will into a human or bearlike human. He leads the rest of his people to the village from which the human came. His people, all linked together through their minds, felt the sorrow of what had happened and followed Marcus to the village. Within minutes they had all mind locked into the same situation that Marcus found himself in. There were suddenly two of every villager. They remained with the humans forming one clan. They travel south fighting different aggressors until they meet and battle the Necromancer Amon Ra and his Werewolf army. They flee further south into Africa where they are saved by Bane the Vampire and then travel to the new world only to run into their ancient enemies again.

What causes a meteor shower?A True Book: Space series dives into the many components that make each planet distinctive and exceptional, as well as explore many of the other components that make up Space. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.This book introduces meteor showers, describing what causes them, what happens when they enter Earth's gravity, and what can be learned about the universe from the study of meteorites.

Magic, mayhem, and a dash of Cajun crazyWARNING: No good comes from reading this book. It has magic, mayhem, theft, murder, sass talk, demons, animals committing felonies, gleeful revenge, and bad things happening to good people for no particular reason. This story won't encourage good habits and probably fine tune bad ones. The only lesson learned is don't lie until you know the rules.Teenager Peter Whistler lives at the Little Angels Home for Orphan Boys. Life in New Jersey is harsh in the Great Depression, but Peter has an exceptional ability to lie. He hones his talent, convinced it's the ticket to easy fortune. He certainly doesn't foresee the arrival of a murderous conjuror with mysterious designs on a little blind girl named Esther. Drawn into a nefarious plot to unleash a demon, Peter leads Esther and an enchanted terrier on a desperate escape to New Orleans and meets Amelie Marchand. Like all well-bred southern girls she's trained in deadly martial arts, but with a murderous stepmother, Amelie has troubles of her own. Peter and Amelie's one chance for survival is to head deep into the bayou and seek help from a mad shaman known as the Frog King.Welcome to an alternate 1930s where both jazz and magic fill New Orleans' air. Can a little luck, mystical lies, and a dash of Cajun crazy help Peter harness the power to kill an immortal demon? If not, the Depression will be a picnic by comparison when hell arrives on Earth.

Part of a 24-book series that covers the four main branches of sciencephysical science, life science, earth and space science, and science and technology, and covers essential content standards. Students will build their scientific knowledge, increase their content vocabulary, and sharpen critical nonfiction comprehension skills. Books are 6 5/8" x 9 1/8"

Once you hear the Suicide Song, it's too late to run.There's more trouble in the Big Easy for budding shaman Peter Whistler and his friends. The Book of the Practically Undead is proving difficult to destroy. Meanwhile, someone mastered the Suicide Song, a particularly nasty bit of dark magic. Once a victim is trapped by the singer's deadly tune, suicide is the only escape. Could this new conjuror also have something to do with a lovesick fifolet causing trouble in Bayou St. Gerard? Peter's own love life could certainly use assistance. How can he concentrate on the upcoming Père Noël dance when danger lurks around every corner?Fifolets, pirate curses, and deadly threats to New Orleans. Will Peter and his friends prevail and stop the Suicide Song before the conjuror claims the next victim?

Part of a 24-book series that covers the four main branches of sciencephysical science, life science, earth and space science, and science and technology, and covers essential content standards. Students will build their scientific knowledge, increase their content vocabulary, and sharpen critical nonfiction comprehension skills. Books are 6 5/8" x 9 1/8"