Books with author Jonathan Wall

Three siblings search for their missing mother across a ruined America in this original graphic novel perfect for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Neal Shusterman. Eight years ago an earthquake—the Big One—hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese-American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes and Harry. But when a mysterious package arrives for her eighteenth birthday, her life is shaken up yet again. For the first time, Ginny wants something more than to survive. And it might be a selfish desire, but she's determined to find out what happened to her mother—even if it means leaving her family behind.

Part ode to building something with one’s hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure.Once an essential skill, the ability to build a clinker boat, first innovated by the Vikings, can seem incomprehensible today. Yet it was the clinker, with its overlapping planks, that afforded us access to the oceans, and its construction has become a lost art that calls to the do-it-yourselfer in all of us. John Gornall heard the call. A thoroughly unskilled modern man, Gornall set out to build a traditional wooden boat as a gift for his newborn daughter. It was, he recognized, a ridiculously quixotic challenge for a man who knew little about woodworking and even less about boat-building. He wasn’t even sure what type of wood he should use, the tools he’d need, or where on earth he'd build the boat. He had much to consider…and even more to learn. But, undaunted, he embarked on a voyage of rediscovery, determined to navigate his way back to a time when we could fashion our future and leave our mark on history using only time-honored skills and the materials at hand. His journey began in East Anglia, on England’s rocky eastern coast. If all went according to plan, it would end with a great adventure, as father and daughter cast off together for a voyage of discovery that neither would forget, and both would treasure until the end of their days. How to Build a Boat celebrates the art of boat-building, the simple pleasures of working with your hands, and the aspirations and glory of new fatherhood. John Gornall “tells the inspiring story of how even the least skilled of us can make something wonderful if we invest enough time and love” (The Daily Mail) and taps into the allure of an ancient craft, interpreting it in a modern way, as tribute to the generations yet to come. “Both the book, and place, are magical” (The Sunday Telegraph).

This manual has been updated to reflect the most recent AP Physics B exams. It offers a diagnostic test and two full-length model exams with all questions answered and explained. An extensive review of all AP Physics B test topics covers vectors; motion; Newton's laws of motion, work, and energy; oscillatory motion; fluids; gravitation; temperature and heat; thermodynamics; magnetism; electromagnetic induction; waves and sound; light; geometrical optics; quantum theory; the atom; the nucleus; and much more. Also provided are study and test-taking advice, a math review, and a glossary of physics terms.

‘A wonderful act of respect for a generation, now too often sidelined, who have within them stories to make you hair curl’ Times Educational Supplement Don’t You Know There’s a War On? is a uniquely personal portrait of a nation fighting to keep going, seen through the eyes of 35 men and women who experienced life on the home front in Britain during the second world war. They talk eloquently to Jonathan Croall about the deprivations and suffering as well as the exhilaration and community spirit they experienced, in city and countryside, in homes, schools and offices, and on the land. In a world of rationing, blackout, bombs and ‘making do’, many offer vivid descriptions of shattered family lives, of interrupted schooling, of the perils of evacuation, of the vital work done by women, and of the extraordinary pressures they faced simply to survive. Others tell what it was like to be out of step with the majority and, for conscientious objectors, to go to prison for their beliefs.‘…will give younger generations a vivid sense of what the experience of those years might have been like…’ Angus Calder, author of The People’s War ‘…gem-like interviews…’ Peter Martin, The Times

Inga has become a slave. Her sworn enemy wants to help, but whose side is he really on?After going missing from Artifice Academy for months, Inga suddenly returns… as a slave. She’s forced to showcase incredible inventions on stage for the students, her friends and enemies alike. What they don’t realize is that Inga has a secret ability… one that everyone at the Academy would love to harness for themselves. When Inga’s former nemesis Ebberis leads the charge to help her escape, she can’t help but be suspicious. As Ebberis’ plans start to go awry, he must act quickly to save Inga before she becomes a slave forever…Descent is the second installment in the Artifice Academy, a gritty steampunk series. If you like fast-paced storytelling, intense characters, and themes that make you think, then you’ll love Jonathan Small’s latest exploration of an incredible world. Buy Descent to continue the dark saga today!

One man learns the ancient skills of boat-building to connect with fatherhood.How to Build a Boat is the story of a thoroughly unskilled modern man who, inspired by his love of the sea and what it has taught him about life, sets out to build a traditional wooden boat as a gift for his newborn daughter. It is, he recognises, a ridiculously quixotic challenge for a man who, with a family and mortgage to support, knows little about woodworking and even less about boat-building. He isn’t even sure what type of boat he should build, what type of wood he should use, the tools he will need or, come to that, where on earth he will build it. He has much to consider, and even more to learn. But, undaunted by his ignorance, he embarks on a voyage of rediscovery, determined to navigate his way back to a time when a man could fashion his future and leave his mark on history using only time-honoured skills and the ancient tools and materials at hand. The journey begins with a search for clues in the once bustling, but now still, creeks and backwaters of his beloved Suffolk, where men once fashioned the might of Nelson’s navy from the great oaks that shadowed the water’s edge. If all goes to plan, it will end with a great little adventure, as father and daughter cast off together for a voyage of discovery that neither will forget, and both will treasure until the end of their days. A writer following in the bestselling footsteps of Adam Nicolson, Tim Moore and Charlie Connelly – discovering what make modern man tick through the discovery of a craft long forgotten.

Every moment a lesson, every lesson a trap.Inga enters the Artifice Academy, a boarding school for advanced mechanics: her one chance to rise above a life of abject poverty.Under the surface she finds the Academy is a vipers' nest of cruel competition and merciless Masters, a brutal crucible that expels any weakness, and girls are not welcome.Her trials begin. Will she be able to overcome them and stay true to herself?Ascent is the first book of Artifice Academy, a gritty SteamPunk series. If you like intense drama with realistic characters, heavy topics, and no pulled punches, you'll love Jonathan Small's drama 'Artifice Academy: Ascent'.Enter the Academy today!