Books with author James Lailey

When long-dead magical creatures are discovered all around the world, each buried with a book of magic, only children can unlock the dangerous power of the books in this start to a thrilling new series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves!Thirteen years ago, books of magic were discovered in various sites around the world alongside the bones of dragons. Only those born after Discovery Day have the power to use the magic.Now, on a vacation to Washington, DC, Fort Fitzgerald's father is lost when a giant creature bursts through the earth, attacking the city. Fort is devastated, until an opportunity for justice arrives six months later, when a man named Dr. Opps invites Fort to a government run school, the Oppenheimer School, to learn magic from those same books.But life's no easier at the school, where secrets abound. What does Jia, Fort's tutor, know about the attacks? Why does Rachel, master of destructive magic, think Fort is out to destroy the school? And why is Fort seeing memories of an expelled girl every time he goes to sleep? If Fort doesn't find out what's hiding within the Oppenheimer School, more attacks will come, and this time, nothing will stop them!

Pirates and mermaids face off in this fractured-fairy tale sequel to Half Upon a Time"! Jack and May are back for another adventure in the world of fairy tales with a twist. Now that they know about May's grandmother's real intentions, they're on the hunt to learn May's true identity. The search for answers leads Jack and May to the world of the Sea King, where they land right in the center of a battle between mermaids and the Pirate Bluebeard. The laughter and action are as nonstop as ever in this next book from new author James Riley!

Little mermaids and normal-sized pirates always create the biggest of problems, don't they? After the surprise revelations of HALF UPON A TIME, Jack, May and Phillip could use the help of a fairy godmother or two on their search for May's true identity. Only, there might be a snag: The entire Fairy Homelands have been put to sleep by an evil curse, and waking them could be hard. That's only if by hard, you mean escaping from the Land of Never, braving a merman-infested ocean to find a Sea Witch, then fighting alongside the pirate Bluebeard against an army of land-invading sharks with legs, all while trying to outwit one of the Wicked Queen's Eyes who seems to know your every move. So, yeah, a bit hard. But what fun would an easy fairy tale be?Twice Upon a Time is the second book in the Half Upon a Time series.

Jack lives in a fantasy world. Really. He's the son of the infamous Jack who stole the magic beans from the giant, and he's working hard to restore his family's reputation. He finds the perfect opportunity when a "princess" lands in front of him, apparently from the land of Punk, as her Punk Princess t-shirt implies. May is from our world, and she's utterly confused to find herself in the midst of the fairy tale characters she has read about. But Jack and May have more in common than they realize--and together, they embark on a hilarious and wild adventure in this highly accessible, modern middle grade fantasy novel.Half Upon a Time is the first book in the Half Upon a Time series.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII. THE WONDERFUL ENGLISH RAILWAYS. IT is a long time before an American becomes tired of looking at an English railway-car: then he becomes very tired of it. They call them carriages here; and a very proper name it is, as they are coach-bodied. In size they are one-third shorter and one-third narrower than the American car, and of rather plain exterior. It is a well-known fact that they are divided into class compartments. Each car has three or four of these compartments, and all the classes: so the third-class man makes just the same speed as does his loftier neighbor who rides first-class, and is separated from him by merely an inch-board partition. The compartments run across the carriage, with entrances at the sides of the carriage, or end of the compartment. There is a seat on each side, made to hold five persons. When ten people have got into a compartment, they just fill its seating-capacity, and no one is allowed to enter it. There is a window each side of the door, and a glass slide in the door. The lamp is in the ceiling, and is supplied and lighted from the roof. Consequently, there is no brakeman straddling the seats before you in a pair of alarmingly frail pants. When you are seated, your knees and the knees of the party opposite can shake hands without rising. The upholstering of the compartment makes the class. A first-class compartment is cushioned with blue-black cloth, and the sittings are divided by arm-rests. The cushions in the secondclass are of leather, and there are no arm-rests. The cushioning of the third-class compartment is performed by nature. In riding from Derby, the central point in England, to London, a distance of one hundred and thirty miles, you pay six dollars and a half to sit on a blue-black cloth cushion,...

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