Books with author M.J. Jones

Pip dreads every soccer match. His father is always there, yelling and arguing, pushing him to be more like his older brother a winner. Plus, there's the girl next door who outshines him on the field and overlooks him off of it. Then one day, Pip stumbles into a new world inside a rock-climbing gym. He even stumbles into a new, cooler name: Phil. But he still has to find a way to break free from the old world and his father's grip. An award-winning New Zealand author makes her U.S. debut with this powerful novel. "And in the unreal twilight of the deserted Igloo, it was as if someone else had taken over my body . . . and my mind. Suddenly I wasn't Pip McLeod, forever messing up. Pip; Pippin; Piphead; Pipsqueak: battling to be the son Dad wanted, and never even coming close. No-this was a new me, Philip McLeod, who'd been hidden away somewhere deep inside . . . who with each new handhold, was slowly but surely clambering his way out."

A humorous depiction of a shark family's misguided fortune, leading to an adventurous encounter with shark hunters, on the way to their ultimate vacation destination.If you were to soar high up into the sky and look down from the heavens over the vastest ocean, everything above the southern shore of Calgothalry seems calm and quiet. However, far beneath the grandest sea and the deepest water rests Sharkville, a community where sharks of all sizes, shapes, and colors live. Their lives below the water bare a striking resemblance to those above the sea, although with one great difference...

Is Mason Wilson just another wimpy kid? Wimps don't embark on an unauthorized night-time trip to a strange, old factory; he'll do anything to stop his penniless family being thrown out of their home.There's a mystery to solve to win the grand prize - if you hardly ever find dead birds lying around, why are whole flocks of them starting to fall from the sky all over the place? Does the Bible really say that it’s a sign of the end of the world?Mason uncovers some gross goings-on and plans that will change the world for ever. Should he do the right thing and try and stop them? He’ll lose an opportunity of a lifetime if he does; still, when his parents find out he's gone missing, that will be the least of his worries!A quirky, yet strangely educational, adventure-mystery that the whole family can enjoy.

Al Ravien is a street-smart teen who knows how to dodge a bullet, a necessary skill for a member of the underground society, Troll Front. Troll Front's mission is to overthrow the corporate giant, Gentek. When Al and his robo monkey steal a priceless chip from Gentek, he knows that the Troll Front will finally see him for the man he is. And he is a man, despite the body he was born in. But Al's life is complicated when the disc turns out to be a rogue A.I., and a runaway Gentek heiress, Yasmina, runs away with his heart. When the Troll Front is imprisoned and Yasmina taken by Gentek tyrant, Killigan James Jr., Al enlists the help of the A.I. G.E.N.I.E to change the destiny of the downtrodden of Tekton.

The writing in this book refers to a construction project that I was lucky enough to have being chosen to take part in on behalf of the British Antarctic Survey. The Project took place at Rothera Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, in the summer season of 1994/95. The project was to continue with the on-going regeneration of the accommodation and working structures at Rothera Station. The experience of working on the Antarctic continent was truly amazing and having being well travelled with my previous employments, nothing compared to the sights that I witnessed from leaving the Falkland Islands until we reached Adelaide Island at 67 degrees South, 68 degrees West in late November 1994. Today, I am based in Birmingham, England and I spend my time working and travelling between the United Kingdom and Turkey. I wrote this book through a diary of events relating to a construction contract that I was involved in on the continent of Antarctica.

As long as they can remember, Chris "Puck" Nadir and June "Bug" Deerstone have been neighbors and friends. Over the last year, the pair have grown apart. The sudden disappearance of June's beagle forces the two to understand why they had grown apart as they start a summer job at the carnival fairgrounds and launched their own investigation in what happened to the dog. The investigation leads the teens through Bleakwood, a small Northern Michigan town, and an array of suspects until they are confronted with a discovery- one that will change both of their lives.