Books with author Mark Thomas

Although Alexander, a Japanese-American teen living in a small Southern-California beach town, enters his junior year of high school apathetically, he is soon thrust out of this ennui when he begins a secret relationship with Lila, his teacher’s daughter, as well as when he befriends a troubled freshman, Kenneth. Things finally seem to be looking up for Alex, all until Kenneth forms reluctant plans to bring a gun to school and Alex must act fast to stop this new friend from doing the unimaginable.No More Dead Kids is a firebrand call to action regarding the United States’ adolescent mental health epidemic and the seemingly endless cycle of school shootings and violence, examining American adolescent life through the eyes of three teenagers discovering love, music, sexuality, and personal identity during a tumultuous and uncertain time both at home and during a cross-country road trip.

The book will delight both kids and adults with their witty dialog, graphics, fun storylines and intense action. When the amazing spider-man hears that a super villain is terrorizing times square, he swoops into action! arriving on the scene, spidey finds a man in a hood pulsing with blue energy: electro! now, with hundreds of innocent bystanders in harm's way and endless energy at electro's fingertips, will the wall-crawler be able to stop new york city's newest menace? or will he be zapped like a bug?

In Psalm 150, God's Word tells us: "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD." And that includes children! With natural curiosity, an open heart, and a sense of awe and wonder, any child is the perfect age to begin a lifetime of praising God! The Perfect Story Bible For Growing Joyful Hearts-- Carefully designed stories that accurately capture Bible events and characters.-- Clear and simple language for children ages 3 to 8.-- Special "Praise Pages" after each story to help apply God's truth to a child's life. "Dear God, thank You for giving Bible stories to me and my family. I like to learn about You -- You really are so wonderful! So thank You for teaching me how to praise You more and more!" The Praise Bible is a delightful way to help children develop habits of praise and thankfulness! Children ages 3-8

When two Tritian youths embark on the 3-day voyage to their new home to attend school at the finest Science Institution on their home planet, they witness something profoundly disturbing that pulls them into the middle of an intensely woven plot filled with intrigue, suspense and danger. When A’L, the precocious son of Tritia’s brightest physicist, and Pur’, the brilliant and beautiful daughter of the planet’s finest astronomer team up to uncover the true purpose of the voyage, and the mysterious transmission to another galaxy, they find much more than they could ever have imagined in this fanciful and provocative adventure story set on a planet 600 million miles from Earth. While the two scholarly teens learn more of their planet’s carefully guarded secrets, they also find out more about themselves as they weave their way through the many mysteries involving their planet’s political structure, its degenerating atmosphere and the magnificent discovery of a gem-like planet with liquid oceans, actual living vegetation and beautiful cities. In book one of this five part series, we learn much of the similarities between this alien world and Earth. There is a connection between the planets, and the intrinsically similar inhabitants though the reasons remain elusive as bits and pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place throughout the series. For Al’ and Pur’ to decipher the truth about their planet, themselves and the newly discovered Speckled Planet, they must use their vastly superior intellect and highly developed resourcefulness to stay a step ahead of some very powerful duplicitous characters who seem determined to use and deceive them at every turn. Tritia, ‘The Speckled Planet’, is a true adventure story that highlights both the light and dark sides of people and the forced transition from childhood to adulthood under stressful and menacing conditions. The Speckled Planet can be read on many levels. It reveals much of true human nature under adversity and demonstrates the hardships that accompany the 'coming of age'.

A very determined boy being bullied at school forms an unbreakable bond with a wild brumby stallion in 1895 Australia. Casey just immigrated from America. At first, he hates Australia. He works to earn his horse Lady, then enters her in a race to save Moonrunner's life. Lady must winter with the wild brumby because they have no money for feed. Moonrunner shows Casey how to love the wild country called around the Mitta Mitta River.

Paddington 2 comes to theaters on January 12, 2018, with all of the friendship, humor, and marmalade that made the first film a critical and box office hit!Since Paddington first arrived in London, he has warmed the hearts of many with his curious nature and earnest good intentions. Filled with full-color images from the film, Paddington 2, this Level 1 I Can Read storybook introduces the family Paddington has made his own, and all of the friends who are happy to have Paddington as part of their world.Paddington’s Friends and Family is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.