Books with author Karen Wallace

For fans of Holly Black and Nova Ren Suma, a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric novel about murder, revenge, and a world where monsters—human and otherwise—lurk at the fringes. “Shallow Graves is a stunner. Gripping, gory, and insightful” (Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns).When seventeen-year-old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn’t remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she’s somehow conscious—and not only that, she’s able to sense who around her is hiding a murderous past. In life, Breezy was always drawn to the elegance of the universe and the mystery of the stars. Now she must set out to discover whatever is to become of her in the gritty, dangerous world to which she now belongs—where killers hide in plain sight, and a sinister cult is hunting for strange creatures like her. What she finds is at once empowering, redemptive, and dangerous.NYPL Best Books for Teens * Junior Library Guild Selection

This is one of a new series of books, "Read and Discover", designed to encourage children to learn about the world as they learn to read. They can cut down trees with their teeth, dig tunnels with their hands and steer under water with their tails. Find out why beavers are brilliant! It is suitable for non-fiction readers with boy and reluctant reader appeal. It includes text and illustrations, which support children learning to read. It features extra fact sections at the back of the books as well as author and illustrator biographies and an index.

Paperback. Pages: 160 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens ... It all began the day my brother and I decided to poison our mother This is Nancys story Naturally inquisitive. shes always getting into trouble. along with her dreamer.. . pain-in-the-butt older brother Andrew. best friends Clare and Amy who live in the back of an old car. and weird sisters Sandra and Tracy. with their magazines full of boys. The children have known each other and their families for ever. but everything they thought they knew. is about to change. Filled with sparkling ideas and vivid dialogue. this is the story of a summer when old dreams are shattered and new dreams are born. For Nancy and her friends. things will never be the same ...

Lady Violet Winters is resourceful, independent, and fearless. Her father's American ward, Garth, is her trusty companion and together they are constantly on the lookout for adventure, finding social conventions restrictive. Visiting Egypt with Violet's parents in the spring, they are soon drawn into intrigue. Arriving in Cairo, they visit the bazaar, packed with richly woven cloth, mounds of spices, and endless antique jewelry. Together, Violet and Garth witness a fellow steamer passenger in deep conversation with a trader and immediately suspect him of plotting. Later, they see him crocodile-hunting, as they sail down the Nile. When Violet accidentally falls into a tomb, she discovers him overseeing the theft of ancient treasures and making plans to smuggle it back to England. But try as she and Garth might, they can't work out where he's hidden the treasure. That is until a woman leads them to an exciting discovery and the secret of the crocodiles.