Books with author Michelle Vo

A laugh out loud, new Irish series with a cast of characters you'll fall in love with.A jilted bride to be, a woman with a secret past and a pesky red fox...Take a break you'll never forget at O'Mara's Manor House--the Georgian Guesthouse in the heart of Dublin's Fair City. Its cosy and elegant setting is where you'll fall in love with a cast of characters who'll stay with you long after you finish the book. Oh, and a full Irish breakfast is included.If Aisling O'Mara hadn't winged her way home to the Emerald Isle to take over the running of the family guesthouse, she'd never have met Marcus, and her heart wouldn't have been broken. She's been trying to put her life back together since he left, but now he's back and says he's sorry. Can she trust him again? Una Brennan's booked into the guesthouse she used to walk past each morning when she was a girl full of hopes and dreams for her happy ever after. She left Dublin more than fifty years ago vowing she'd never set foot in the city again. Why did she leave and what's brought her back? Meanwhile, the little red fox who raids the bins outside O'Mara's basement kitchen door at night would like to know why the woman in Room 1, cries herself to sleep each night.Witty, sad, and insightful with a touch of romance. Come and stay at O'Mara's

It isn’t often a washing machine spits a pair of washed wet knickers in your face is it? How would you feel? Shocked? Surprised? Slightly distressed? Well that is the magic of the Splishy Sploshies, a group of water sprites that seek out those who mis-use water and create all kinds of shenanigans to grab attention. One loo flush too many, being overly splash-tastic at bath time or water fountains squirting away during a drought can call the Splishy Sploshies into action. No one is out of limits when it comes to Splishy Sploshy mayhem and that includes royalty! One false splash and a home can have an infestation of Splishy Sploshies. They scope out a home and come up with innovative ways to destroy it using water. In this particular case Tingle and Josh need to figure out why the Splishy Sploshies have visited and have started wrecking their home.

The epic conclusion to the BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS series… With her family life in emotional turmoil, Nara turns her focus to the one thing she knows is most important for everyone: convincing the raven spirit inside Ethan that he is the Master Corvus. Of course, Ethan trying to protect her by keeping his distance makes that goal near impossible to accomplish.But once the archangel, Michael, warns her that Lucifer is almost upon them and she's running out of time for the Master Corvus to accept who he is, Nara receives help bringing Ethan back to her from the most unlikely source.Searching for answers leads Ethan and Nara to London, where allies and enemies converge. There, the couple must fight pure evil in the biggest battle of their lives and ultimately discover who they really are and what they stand for when faced with the hardest decision of all.Save the world or the one you love…AUTHOR’S NOTE: AWAKEN is the last book in the BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS series. It is not a stand alone novel. You must read the previous books in the following order before reading AWAKEN: BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS, LUCID, DESTINY and DESIRE. There is also a novella prequel, ETHAN, that can be read at any point, but is best read before LUCID.Books in the BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS series are best suited for upper YA readers 16+ :* ETHAN (Prequel Novella)* BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS (Book 1)* LUCID (Book 2)* DESTINY (Book 3)* DESIRE (Book 4)* AWAKEN (Book 5) - The epic conclusion is now availableNote: It's best to read ETHAN after you read BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS.

A charming new Irish saga seriesA jilted bride to be, a woman with a secret past and a pesky red fox…Take a break you’ll never forget at O’Mara’s Manor House—the Georgian Guesthouse in the heart of Dublin’s Fair City. Its cozy and elegant setting is where you’ll fall in love with a cast of characters who’ll stay with you long after you finish the book. Oh, and a full Irish breakfast is included.If Aisling O’Mara hadn’t winged her way home to the Emerald Isle to take over the running of the family guesthouse she’d never have met Marcus, and her heart wouldn’t have been broken. She’s been trying to put her life back together since he left, but now he’s back and says he’s sorry. Can she trust him again?Una Brennan’s booked into the guesthouse she used to walk past each morning when she was a girl full of hopes and dreams for her happy ever after. She left Dublin more than fifty years ago vowing she’d never set foot in the city again. Why did she leave and what’s brought her back?Meanwhile, the little red fox who raids the bins outside O’Mara’s basement kitchen door at night would like to know why the woman in Room 1, cries herself to sleep each night.Witty, sad, and insightful with a touch of romance. Come and stay at O’Mara’s.

Siler House has stood silent beneath Savannah’s moss-draped oaks for decades. Notoriously haunted, it has remained empty until college-bound Jess Perry and three of her peers gather to take part in a month-long study on the paranormal. Able to talk to ghosts, Jess quickly bonds with her fellow test subjects, who have their own “gifts.” One is possessed. Another just wants to forget. The third is a guy who knows how to turn up the August heat, not to mention Jess’s heart rate…when he’s not resurrecting the dead. The study soon turns into something far more sinister when they discover that Siler House and the dark forces within are determined to keep them forever. To escape, Jess and the others must open themselves up to the true horror of Siler House and channel the very evil that seeks to hold them in.

Relive the highlights of Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless’s adventures in this retelling of the DreamWorks Animation movie How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World! How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World flies into theaters on February 22, 2019​!As the new Chief of Berk, Hiccup is faced with his biggest challenge yet: A dragon hunter named Grimmel who will stop at nothing to capture Toothless. While Hiccup tries to decide if it’s time to leave Berk for good to keep the dragons and villagers safe, Toothless has something (or someone) else on his mind. As soon as he meets the Light Fury, a dragon with glimmering white scales and special abilities, she is never far from his thoughts… Relive the magic of the movie in this beautiful storybook retelling! How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

40 fun exercises help students take a quick break and return to their work refreshed and ready to learn. Each exercise is designed to get more oxygen and energy to students’ brains, improve their focus, and calm their nervous systems. The result: increased motivation, cooperation, and learning in the classroom. Includes a full-color poster with five easy moves all kids can do when they need a ""brain break""! For use with Grades K–5.

“Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, "miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer." Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and apparently still do. Why—in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness—do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.America's embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century—for example, more than 90% of soybeans grown in the US in 2008 are Roundup Ready GMOs, dependent upon generous use of the herbicide glyphosate to control weeds. Mart investigates the attraction of pesticides, with their up-to-the-minute promise of modernity, sophisticated technology, and increased productivity—in short, their appeal to human dreams of controlling nature. She also considers how they reinforced Cold War assumptions of Western economic and material superiority.Though the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism might have marked a turning point in Americans’ faith in pesticides, statistics tell a different story. Pesticides, a Love Story recounts the campaign against DDT that famously ensued; but the book also shows where our notions of Silent Spring’s revolutionary impact falter—where, in spite of a ban on DDT, farm use of pesticides in the United States more than doubled in the thirty years after the book was published. As a cultural survey of popular and political attitudes toward pesticides, Pesticides, a Love Story tries to make sense of this seeming paradox. At heart, it is an exploration of the story we tell ourselves about the costs and benefits of pesticides—and how corporations, government officials, ordinary citizens, and the press shape that story to reflect our ideals, interests, and emotions.

Passion, romance, drama, humor, and tragedy intertwine in this compulsively readable Hamlet retelling, from the perspective of a strong-willed, modern-day Ophelia. Meet Ophelia, high school senior, daughter of the Danish king's most trusted adviser, and longtime girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. She lives a glamorous life and has a royal social circle, and her beautiful face is splashed across magazines and television screens. But it comes with a price--her life is ruled not only by Hamlet's fame and his overbearing royal family but also by the paparazzi who hound them wherever they go. After the sudden and suspicious death of his father, the king, the devastatingly handsome Hamlet spirals dangerously toward madness, and Ophelia finds herself torn, with no one to turn to. All Ophelia wants is to live a normal life. But when you date a prince, you have to play your part. Ophelia rides out this crazy roller coaster life, and lives to tell her story in live television interviews.

Playtime means very different things to these two spirited friendsPip is full of ideas for what to play: Dress up! Magicians! Dolls! Only, Nico doesn’t want to play any of them, and Pip gets mad. REALLY mad. But don’t worry—Nico finds the perfect way for them to play together. Michelle Lee’s irresistible characters show that finding a way to play together will always hit the right note.

The third book in a new four-book series about a school for trainee angels who just can’t help getting up to mischief!The first angel in Ella’s school year has earned her sapphire halo—and Ella’s friends aren’t far behind. But Ella still has several halo points to collect, and she doesn’t want to be the last to earn her sparkling sapphire halo. When an injured magical hare is brought to the school, nasty angel Primrose jumps at the opportunity to care for it. But all Primrose really cares about is earning more halo points and getting her sapphire halo. It’s down to Ella to take responsibility for the hare, a task that she doesn’t begrudge at all—Ella loves animals. Will Ella ever earn the halo points she needs to join her friends in gaining a sapphire halo? Will Primrose ever get her comeuppance? Join Ella and her angelic friends on another magical adventure.