Books with author Katy Jackson

Excerpt from Around the World to Persia: Letters Written While on the Journey as a Member of the American-Persian Relief Commission in 1918I thought it best not to begin a letter to you on land as there were so many interruptions. We landed on the 21st at Yoko hama in the most terrific downpour, and as they said it was the rainy season, I feared we should never see the sun. The next day, however, was beautiful. Yokohama is essentially a port, so we went to Tokyo to stay. Electric trams run every few minutes between the two cities, taking about fifty minutes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When a tremendous tornado transports Dorothy to the peculiar land of Oz, she fears she will never see Kansas again. Joined by some unlikely new friends, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road in search of a mysterious wizard in the hope he may be able to send her home. But the Wizard of Oz wants something impossible from her in return… Full of vivid imagery, Baum's classic tale is a must-read for any day-dreamer.

Three fifteen-year-old high school girls; Miranda, Pippen and Sophia discovered in their sophomore year that some people are passing yellow and white notes to one another. The girls could not figure out what the notes contained and wondered if they would ever know.The girls made it their mission in to find out what the Secret Note contains before time runs out and school is over for the year. It wasn’t going to be easy, because they didn’t belong to the inner circle of high school students. Miranda, Pippen and Sophia had to use all of their investigative skills to solve the mystery of The Secret Note.