Books with author N. D. Wilson

Jan (14) and Ashley Albright (10) are getting ready to join their father on his new posting as CEO of Peace Valley Moonbase on the Sea of Tranquility. Unfortunately, there are others with different plans for them. Soon the two are caught up in an unstoppable series of events that will test not only their own courage and ingenuity, but the resilience of three other young people, Minks (11), Max (14) and Ajith (14) who are dragged in along with them on the way. To the bitter end they all learn one thing – the key to survival is knowing who your friends are. Things start to take a bad turn when Ashley learns that his dog, Ruff, is missing on the very afternoon before he and his sister and scientist friend of the family, Maria, are due to leave their UNASA (United Nations Aeronautical and Space Administration) apartment in Houston to join the Moon Shuttle ...

From N. D. Wilson, bestselling author of the 100 Cupboards series, comes this funny and adventurous picture-book debut. It’s time for kindergarten, and a young boy is prepared for the task, thanks to his unflinching ninja skills. The challenges of school are no match for a ninja, with his quick reflexes and immense patience. Featuring colorful and dynamic illustrations by J. J. Harrison, Ninja Boy Goes to School will have all little ninjas eager to learn how to balance like flamingos and gain the strength of gorillas (but without having to smell like one). Perfect for energetic free-spirits of all ages!Winner of the 2015 Children's Choice Award!"Vibrant, cartoonish illustrations . . ." - Booklist"Lots of fun details and BAM! POW! kid-appeal." - School Library Journal"Any kid who’s longed for a break in the school day to work out some energy and frustration will cheer Ninja Boy’s mission . . ." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Clever, moving, imaginative and funny, this is both a wonderful adventure story, and a sly look at humans through the eyes of a cat.A cat of literary distinction - Naomi Lewis, ObserverA.N. Wilson has written a classic... His episodic, quasi-picaresque story is deeply read-on, funny, moving and exciting (Literary Review). Pufftail the tabby cat was a prince among strays. He was charming, adventurous, a gentleman of the road - not for him a life purring around the shins of a Two Footer. Now that he's old and grey-whiskered, he can laze in the sun, telling the story of his life to his admiring young grandkitten.Not all his memories are happy though. He's been thrown out of a moving car, been experimented on in a science lab and joined the violent Cat Brotherhood. Some Two Footers have been kind to him, but he'd rather be free. And he can't understand humans at all. Why do they live in giant cages? Why do they put smoking chimneys in their mouths? And why do they want their own animals?

Open the cupboard door to this action-packed fantasy that will take readers to the very beginning of the bestselling 100 Cupboards series! 100 Cupboards, 100 Worlds of Adventure!When Hyacinth finds an unusual door, two boys in search of vengeance, and a witch intent on destroying the world, the ultimate battle of good vs. evil begins! Hyacinth Smith can see things that others miss, stop attack dogs from attacking, and grow trees where no trees have grown before. But she’s never had a real home. When her father tells them they’ve inherited a house from their great-aunt, Hyacinth sees trouble brewing. Their great-aunt has been playing with forces beyond her control, using her lightning-tree forest to create doors to other worlds. When one door opens, two boys tumble through . . . bringing with them a battle with the undying witch-queen, Nimiane. Hyacinth, together with the boys, must use her newfound magic and all of her courage to journey straight into the witch’s kingdom in a daring plan to trap evil and kill the immortal. “A must-read series!” —The Washington Post “[100 Cupboards] is my favorite kind of fantasy.” —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author"This fast-paced fantasy features empathetic heroes." —School Library Journal

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Charlie moves from Palm Beach to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world. Pinned between the everglades and the swampy banks of Lake Okeechobee, the small town produces sugar cane . . . and the fastest runners in the country. Kids chase muck rabbits in the fields while the cane is being burned and harvested. Dodging flames and blades and breathing smoke, they run down the rabbits for three dollars a skin. And when they can do that, running a football is easy. But there are things in the swamp, roaming the cane at night, that cannot be explained, and they seem connected to sprawling mounds older than the swamps. Together with his step-second cousin Herman ""Cotton"" Mack, the fastest boy on the muck, Charlie hunts secrets in the glades and on the muck flats where the cane grows secrets as old as the soft earth, secrets that haunted, tripped, and trapped the original native tribes, ensnared conquistadors, and buried runaway slaves. Secrets only the muck knows.

When Silenus, Primas of the Satyr Clan, sends an urgent message to King Priam, it is the beginning of another adventure for Percy Fitz, Princess Portia, and Puma. It seems that the Helena Dome, another Netherworld kingdom, is on the verge of collapse. The only hope of saving the Satyrs and humans that live there is some maps made by a cave explorer named Carson Provost, and Percy's knowledge of the Outworld. Equipped with a portable Earth Sublimator ( a device capable of boring through a dome wall) the three companions set out on another journey. It's a journey fraught not only with danger from the natural world, but danger from their evil enemies, Manu the Manticora, and Glaucus the Satyr.

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)][Read by MacLeod Andrews]From the bestselling author of 100 Cupboards comes the second book in a one-of-a-kind middle-grade time travel series that is perfect for fans of Soman Chainani's School for Good and Evil books.Sam Miracle never thought that his future could lie in the past. But after leaping through centuries at the side of a mystical time walker, Sam and his best friend, Glory, know that the next morning's sun could belong to yesterday as easily as tomorrow.But no day is safe. Since the Vulture escaped, Sam and Glory's greatest nemesis has left no time nor place unmarked by his path of destruction. At least Sam and Glory have Peter, the youngest version of their mentor, Father Tiempo, to help repair the sands of time ... until they don't.Determined to save their friend from the Vulture's clutches, Sam and Glory put their trust in Ghost, a creature from before time itself. But now, the sidekick must fill the legend's shoes, the hero must play backup, and the powers they have yet to discover might just hold the key to protecting every last second for eons to come.

Lucas Tavera is twelve years old. He has been in an accident, and now something is terribly wrong with him. His mother is convinced he’s close to death, and the CIA has taken him into custody. All Lucas is certain of is that, somehow, he’s been given incredible powers. As a dark organization emerges, Lucas is told he must use his powers to fight, but he soon realizes that his greatest enemy is still hidden beneath the surface.

The day Edgar is initiated as a wizard's apprentice he findsout that magic may be fading from existence.With very little training, he must journey with his uncle and master,Magnus, to uncover the source of the magical disturbances before it's too late. When Adelaidetook an apprentice job with a local herbalist, she never dreamed that the herbshop was merely a front for a secret magical lair. Women aren't allowed to use magic in the kingdom of Chadwick, but that hasn't stopped Addy'smaster, Hestia, from secretly performing magic anyway. Addy learns all about the different shades ofmagic, and the punishment of death that awaits any woman caught using thecraft. When The Ancient Fellowship charges Magnus and Edgar with researchingthe loss of magic, their investigation leads them to a small herbal shop whereEdgar and Adelaidediscover the vast history shared by their masters. They embark on an adventure to try and salvagethe very fabric of magic itself. Shades of Magic is a story of self discovery andlove.

Brought to life by celebrated author and animal lover A. N. Wilson, and charmingly illustrated, Hazel will capture the hearts of guinea-pig lovers everywhere.Creep under the kitchen table and join Hazel the greedy guinea pig as she gets into some sticky situations...Hazel the guinea pig just wants to explore. But she's also very fond of food... When her seven-year-old owner puts her down into the kitchen, she seizes her chance to escape - but her bulging tummy gets her stuck in a wellington boot!That's just the beginning of Hazel's adventures. She's about to meet Tobacco, a handsome boy guinea pig, and together they must fight off a hutch invasion from a curious furball called Fudge. Can Hazel and Tobacco warn the humans in time - using just the power of squealing?