Books with author John Stewart

Thirteen-year-old Derek’s cool snowboard adventure does a dangerous rewind, because his Burton Hero board holds the key to an unsolved crime. Two Degrees From Zero is a story about a boy who lost his father in a car accident two years earlier, and struggles to accept his mom’s new romance, Thomas. Thomas invites Derek, his mom, and teen friend Janae (The Clan) on a snowboarding/ski vacation to Keystone, Colorado. When a blizzard hits during a sleigh ride and dinner at an isolated yurt miles from Keystone, The Clan accepts an offer from two arrogant snowmobilers for a way home. But to The Clan's dismay instead of going home, they are abandoned in a creepy backwoods cabin. Derek and Janae sneak out of the old cabin and trek across a white wilderness to find help while the snowmobilers, suspected of theft, are on the loose. Just as the teens find temporary shelter in an abandoned car, another blizzard rages all night, leaving them hopelessly stranded. And their adventure has only begun. The teens must escape the frozen ravages of the blizzard. Derek’s determination to save The Clan while outwitting the thieves is unstoppable. And the thieves are just as determined to find Derek’s snowboard because of valuable information hidden on the board.

Terry Fox desires to live a normal teenage life like any other kid his age. Instead of focusing on his studies, a transfer to a private school, and his enrollment into sports, the teenager loses his family at the arrival of a zombie apocalypse. Now he has to surmount to finding other survivors in the infected world, as well as coping with an unexplained manifestation of psychic abilities.

At midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three who died come back on a last chilling mission among the living. A strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, The Night Country creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts. Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town's bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy.

This is a delightful collection of quirky poems by one of this country's most popular poets. Enter the celebrated poet's weird, witty, bespectacled world and meet the organic leek who has learned to speak, the octopus who gets a nasty shocktopus, the man who drew his cornflakes and a whole cast of other interesting characters. Surprising, serious, and sometimes just plain silly, this is a collection of poems even your dog might like. Unless your dog is a carrot too.

Nothing is as it seems, especially for Seth Roderick.His father was always a sensitive subject for Deloress, his mother. Of course, that was before the dreams began and men with strange eyes started knocking at their door.Guided by the disembodied voices of his ancestors and an inscrutable little old man, Seth begins to discover the story of his own mysterious origins, the reasons behind his father's unexplained absence, and the truths that everyone is so intent on keeping hidden from him.Together with his mother and his best friend Jeffry, Seth must flee from an army of faceless villains, a fire breathing madman, and a frozen soul relentless in her pursuit of icy vengeance; all while protecting a sacred stone that contains the power of a bloodline and the fate of an entire magical world.Scarlet Legacy: The Ancestor's Call is the intro to an epic tale for fantasy readers of any age. In the vein of wonderful series like Harry Potter and Fablehaven, The Ancestor's Call captures its readers with charming characters to love and fearsome villains to despise. Full of heart pounding action and intrigue this magical journey promises to deliver on all fronts.

The Grand Canyon's stunning path is visible from space and attracts more than 5 million people each year. Grand Canyon National Parkexplores the park, including its geology, plant and animal life, the peoples who have called it home, and its main attractions. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.