Books with author Jon Mitchell

Ghalib doesn't want to leave his home. But Syria has become too dangerous, and his family has no choice but to flee. Together they start out on a terrible journey that leads them through dark and dangerous places. Ghalib comes under fire, is caught in a tear-gas attack, experiences the wretched and hopeless life of a refugee camp, and he still has to face the perils of a voyage in a boat that is far from seaworthy. Based on the experiences of real Syrian families, A Dangerous Crossing is a story of bravery and solidarity in the face of despair.

Charlie, Masa and Alf are best mates – loyal and adventurous. They’re the Fighting Stingrays.In between school, swimming and fishing on idyllic Thursday Island, they have a ripper time role-playing bombing missions and other war games. But when Japan enters World War II, the Fighting Stingrays are told that one of their own is now the real-life enemy. Drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in the Torres Strait, their friendship and loyalties are tested as the threat of invasion looms closer.

What if the feelings you felt were never your own?Jet is different. Able to feel the emotions of those around him, he chooses to spend his days in solitude, pushing out the feelings that attempt to consume him. With numbness his only relief, he’s surprised when he finds himself letting someone in, actually wanting—craving—to feel what she feels.Even though he was warned to stay away from Kalista LaFontain, Jet didn’t listen, not caring what family she came from, knowing she wasn’t like them. Somehow, she was able to make the emotions that assaulted him on a daily basis more bearable, a pleasant contrast to his usual numbness. He didn’t care how powerful or hated her family was; he’d risk it.Little did he know, that risk would change his life forever.WARNING: This book was inspired by (and is a spin-off of) Janae Mitchell's FOR ALWAYS trilogy and does contain spoilers to that series. If you have not read the For Always series, the author recommends that it be read prior to reading this book.

"Roid Rage" is about Billy Beck, a steroid dealer who sells illicit, counterfeit drugs from the UK that are equipped with dangerous livestock byproducts that morph bodybuilders into superhuman killer machines. What happens when you mix a strain of mad-cow disease with an anabolic steroid?The action scenes, gritty dialogue, and thrashing characters cut and illuminate like hatchet blades, inviting the innocent spectator into a world of truculent, flawed outcasts who live and die in a place that looks like Oz after dark.Steroids are being used by criminals as aggression-enhancing drugs. In Norway, enforcers known as "torpedoes" take combinations of steroids and amphetamines to produce a psychopathic state that enables them to kill and maim their victims. Danish motorcycle hoodlums put methyl testosterone capsules under their tongues before gang fights to work themselves into a rage.Such vignettes from the underground steroid world suggest how little we know about the overall social effects of the black market that serves an international industry of action-oriented males that includes a growing number of recreational athletes of all ages. With the recent hoopla about Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and the BALCO controversy, this is a current and fierce story that has the potential to earn the sort of global buzz that Paranormal Activity received. ROID RAGE - "The First Dose Is Deadly".

At least since Donald Trump became president of the United States the term “Fake News” has become a synonym for everything that’s wrong in our society. People cannot trust each other anymore and people specifically do not trust newspapers anymore. In a world where people start to trust strangers in shaky YouTube videos more than ever, we thought we must stop this development. We therefore roamed the continents and dug deep into many different subject areas on our search to uncover the real truth. The outcome is this book which tells you the facts that matter and that are far away from being fake news.We hope this will give you a plenty of joy and more than a few surprises. Enjoy the read! And in case you are interested in even more fun facts just visit our website www.onlyfunfacts.com.

Peter, fifteen, and his Dad leave Boston for a cross country drive to their new home in Portland, OR. Peter’s Dad is the director of the US Army’s Deep Space Exploration lab and is being transferred to the new, more sophisticated lab in Oregon. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, the signals sent out by the lab’s proprietary satellites and antennae have alerted deep space aliens, who send four of their number to earth to assess the technology and threat potential. These aliens, blindingly white, stocky four foot creatures have the capacity to reduce themselves to the size of a pea by eliminating the atomic distances in each atom of their makeup. Once on earth, they can recharge--in much the same way as electric eels produce a charge—their atoms and regain their original stature. The also possess the ability to extract DNA from any individual earthly life form and assume the size and shape of that individual, including its mind. For this mission, the aliens choose human beings to act as their Trojan Horses. They intercept Peter and his Dad, making his Dad one victim. Peter escapes. Then they randomly select two others to help with the effort in Portland. However, since they do not understand human society, the resultant trio make for a strange, ill-matched group. Further, they have no concept of human psychology or emotion, which proves their undoing. In this fast-paced novel for young adults, Peter and his sister Jessica, together with their friends and contemporaries Andrew and Victoria, the children of the African-American assistant director, they foil the aliens.

When twelve-year-old twins Penelope and Quintus Grey Reyes are sent to Mexico to spend the summer with their grandparents, Pen creates a website advertising their services as international agents of intrigue. A mysterious client hires them. The assignment? To locate the Codex Cardona – a rare 15th century painted book.The twins discover Abuelito, their grandfather, once searched for the same book, but he gave up the search when a friend disappeared. The book is rumored to be cursed, but Pen knows curses don't exist. Quin isn't so sure, and when Abuelito is attacked at the museum where he works, both twins are certain it has something to do with the missing codex.While Pen and Quin track down the mysterious book, greasy art professor Flores follows their every move, but someone else is watching them too - someone who doesn't want the Codex Cardona to be found. The twins must draw on their combined skills of art and technology to uncover the mystery of the painted book.

Another classic adventure from everybody’s favourite flat boy – It’s Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley.Stanley in SpaceThe President of the United States chooses Stanley and his family to become the first humans aboard a new top-secret spaceship. Stanley will meet the Queen of England, have his birthday in outer space and face a city full of aliens!Jeff Brown’s world-famous character Flat Stanley continues to charm half a century after he first found his way into print.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

"Reality was now a nightmare I couldn't wake up from."When a paranormal research team spends the night in the notoriously haunted Smoky Mountain Sanatorium, they imagine it will be like any other investigation. However, when the normal things that go bump in the night turn into screams, with investigators running from things they can't see, they realize it will be nothing like other investigations. Determined not to let the ghosts of the sanatorium win, they stick together and stay until morning, not leaving until the sun comes up. What the team fails to realize is that they might be able to leave the sanatorium, but they'll never really be able to get away. Once the ghosts of Smoky Mountain Sanatorium are awakened, so are your worst fears.

"This title introduces readers to the best major league ball parks in the country with AT&T Park's homeruns splashing down in the ocean and Dodger Stadium's famous Dodger Dogs among other great ball parks. The title features text boxes for each ball park, fun facts, rich photos, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.