Books with author Katherine Bell

The official guide to the amazing virtual world of National Geographic Kids Animal Jam, this colorful, fun companion book offers novices and expert gamers alike all they need to know. Richly illustrated with colorful photography and Animal Jam-style art, this book reveals never-before-known information about the game's world and its animal inhabitants. Packed with photos, facts, and fun, it's also a great guide to real-world animals, making it both a fact extravaganza and a game handbook.

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson, Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade readers, tweens, teens, and parents and teachers alike. Join plucky heroine Sophie, her eccentric guardian Charles, and her intrepid orphan allies on the rooftops of Victorian Paris, as they encounter suspense and adventure that will keep kids of all ages on the edge of their seats right to the heartwarming end.My mother is still alive, and she is going to come for me one day.Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case and swaddled in a Beethoven score, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help...Charles, a fellow survivor and an eccentric scholar, finds Sophie and brings her home to his London bachelor flat. Raised in a quirky home filled with music, words and love (though questionable diet), Sophie grows into a free-spirited tomboy with a taste for Shakespeare and the unshakeable belief that anything is possible. And you should never ignore a possible.So when the child welfare agency in its bureaucratic wisdom threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, the optimistic girl and her odd guardian flee to Paris on a quest to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.Secured in an attic to evade the French authorities, Sophie escapes through the skylight and meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - homeless urchins who tightrope walk above the busy streets below, dining on pigeons and snails alongside the gargoyles and bell tower of Notre Dame. Together they set out on an unimaginable adventure, scouring the city for Sophie's mother before she is caught and sent back to London - and most importantly, before she loses hope.Readers who enjoyed the Lemony Snicket books, Ellen Potter's The Kneebone Boy, Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, and Sally Gardner's I, Coriander will want to put Rooftoppers on their "Must Read" list.

Annawadi is built on garbage dumps at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are scavengers, construction workers and economic migrants, all of them living in squalor in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a murder rocks the slum community and global recession shocks the city, suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy begin to turn brutal. As Boo gets to know those who dwell at Mumbai's margins, she evokes an extraordinarily vivid and vigorous group of individuals flourishing against the odds amid the complications, corruptions and gross inequalities of the new India.

“Fairy tale and history merge seamlessly” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in this enchanting and lyrical novel about love and resilience from the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, Katherine Rundell.Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive.

Parents’ Choice Recommended From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes.Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

In a secretive scientific society on the brink of war, two women targeted for their abilities will show what it means to fight back.Nora is a Seer, but she doesn’t know it. Exiled from the Enlightened Society and her memories erased, she has no idea that she’s a rare genetically enhanced probability expert. But the war has changed things. The people who once rejected her now see her as both a weapon and a liability. When a pair of eccentric strangers try to warn her, she’s skeptical—right up until the point when futuristic soldiers storm her home with guns drawn.On the opposing side, Annabel lives a life of privilege and prestige as a member of the ruling family. But her status can’t protect her from her brother Cyrus, who will do anything to assert his dominance over both factions of the Enlightened. He subjects Annabel to a dangerous genetic modification, hoping she will become a Seer herself.Targeted and alone, both women will have to form alliances to survive. Nora is forced to seek the help of an irascible outsider she can’t remember—and yet there is something about him that hints at a forgotten past, drawing her closer. Annabel refuses to be a pawn in her brother’s game and plots to take him out, but her plans are foiled by her friend, Jasper. He doesn’t turn her in, but as Cyrus’s right-hand man, she might not be able to trust him.Even as Seers, it will take everything they have to avoid falling victim in a war where attacks are launched from hidden cities, people can be tracked by their genetic profile, soldiers can teleport, and a puff of air can be as lethal as a bullet. Cyrus must be defeated, but can they live long enough to do it?Fans of Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles or J.C. Andrijeski’s Bridge and Sword Series will love The Seers, Book 1 of the Enlightened Series.Buy The Seers today and discover the mind-bending world of the Enlightened Society in this fast-paced romantic science fiction novel!

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational adoration.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Vita tests her own limits, and readers will thrill at her cleverness, tenacity, and close escapes.” —Booklist “A satisfying adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a fast-paced and utterly thrilling adventure driven by the loyalty and love between a grandfather and his granddaughter. When Vita’s grandfather’s mansion is taken from him by a powerful real estate tycoon, Vita knows it’s up to her to make things right. With the help of a pickpocket and her new circus friends, Vita creates the plan: Break into the mansion. Steal back what’s rightfully her grandfather’s. Expose the real estate tycoon for the crook he truly is. But 1920s Manhattan is ever-changing and full of secrets. It might take more than Vita’s ragtag gang of misfits to outsmart the city that never sleeps. Award-winning author Katherine Rundell has created an utterly gripping tour de-force about loyalty, trust, and the lengths to which we’ll go for the ones we love.

Princess Haven was never meant to be queen. Her immortality has saved her time and time again, but when the last of her royal family dies at her feet, she is next in line to rule a nation on the brink of war. With no formal training, Haven must rise to the occasion with the help of her personal guards, or risk losing everyone she has ever loved. Between assassination attempts and brutal scare tactics, the evil tyrant Kadia’s army is fast approaching. Haven's neighbors are quick to fall under the swords of Kadia's shadow soldiers, leaving a sea of bodies and a clear path to Haven's only home. Haven must make a choice; take her people and flee to the foreign Republic across the sea or lead a last stand against a powerful dictator.Scroll up to claim your copy today!The Series:HavenSavagesAshen+ Fyre (short story collection)+The Blood Amulet (short story)The Chronicles of Warshard is a series of standalones, and can be read in any order.

Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter. Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does. Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case.As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."

Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter. Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does. Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case.As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."

A girl and the wolves who love her embark on a rescue mission through Russian wilderness in this lyrical tale from the author of the acclaimed Rooftoppers and Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms.Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive. From the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure,” and Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, which VOYA called “a treasure of a book,” comes an enchanting novel about love and resilience.

The coup murdered Annabel’s parents. Now they’re coming for her.Annabel’s family has faced years of setbacks, trying to create the perfect human civilization—one free of poverty and disease. In their advanced, scientific society, the people demand progress, but she never imagined the anger would lead to an attack that left her parents dead and her own life in danger. She narrowly escapes with her brother, but the conspirators remain, lurking in the shadows and waiting for their next chance to attack. As the vulnerable heir to her parents’ seat of power, Annabel is forced to navigate the dangerous political waters of her advanced scientific society, where allies are few and everyone has their own agenda. Her calculating uncle steps in to advise her but seems just as likely to play her against her brother. Her brother acts on his own—each move more drastic than the last. And other families seek to use her as a pawn. Hunted and increasingly isolated, the only person keeping her alive is a young outcast guard with an imperfect genetic profile. Saving herself and her family’s legacy will require Annabel to do what her parents never could: deliver a new research discovery, unmask the conspirators looking to oust her family, and secure her right to rule once again, or face the same bloody fate as her parents. If you enjoy the the futuristic world of the Lunar Chronicles or the political intrigue of The Hunger Games, you’ll love this riveting prequel to The Enlightened Series.Get Black Rose today and immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Octavius and the thorns that lie beneath…**This is a prequel to The Seers, Book 1 of the Enlightened Series. Black Rose can be read before or after reading The Seers.**