Books with author Jackie Jackson

London has been the target of attacks by a radical environmental group and the city is on high alert. When sixteen-year-old May leaves her sheltered Toronto suburb to visit London, her only worry is that she might miss something on her meticulously planned itinerary. But soon after she arrives, she meets the tattoo-strewn punk rocker Sid, a sensitive environmentalist who May begins to suspect is involved with the same radical group responsible for the London attacks. When Sid tries to plunge into May’s life romantically, it lands her at MI5 headquarters where she is questioned by British Intelligence about a potential plot targeting the Queen. Now May wonders whether she can resist Sid, or stop him from the destructive path he is on. In this coming-of-age tale, May explores her independence for the first time, discovering an inner strength, a dormant sense of adventure and a love for a city.

The night before Christmas story Auburn Tigers style. When all through the Plains not a tiger was stirring. The tailgaters are nestled all snug in their beds with visions of past championships dancing in their heads. Mama in her orange and dad in his blue. When I awoke and gazed out the window to see a big tailgate bash. It was a miniature sleigh pulled by 8 fierce striped tigers.

Four fairy friends tell each other secrets just as night falls before going on a great adventure through the fairy forest...Enter into the enchanted world of the forest fairies in this 3D storybook where Beverlie Manson's beautiful paintings pop up before your eyes in four interactive scenes. Discover hidden illustrations, play peekaboo, and involve extra press-out characters in the fun.

For five weeks―from April 14 to May 21, 1927―the world held its breath while fourteen aviators took to the air to capture the $25,000 prize that Raymond Orteig offered to the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.Joe Jackson's Atlantic Fever is about this race, a milestone in American history whose story has never been fully told. Delving into the lives of the big-name competitors―the polar explorer Richard Byrd, the French war hero René Fonck, the millionaire Charles Levine, and the race's eventual winner, the enigmatic Charles Lindbergh―as well as those whose names have been forgotten by history (such as Bernt Balchen, Stanton Wooster, and Clarence Chamberlin), Jackson brings a completely fresh and original perspective to the race to conquer the Atlantic.Atlantic Fever opens for us one of those magical windows onto a moment when the nexus of technology, innovation, character, and spirit led so many contenders from different parts of the world to be on the cusp of the exact same achievement at the exact same time.