Books with author Robert Elmer

Book 3 in a series of 6 booksHere comes treble…Who’s the star of THIS show? Austin and Ashley Webster are about to find out when they’re sucked inside the musical side of the crazy, confusing World Wide Web. It’s all thanks to Austin’s laptop computer and strange digital camera he picked up at a garage sale. But their timing couldn’t be worse: Ashley is just about to sing in the state “Greatest Young Vocalist” finals.Never mind the advice from their Aunt Jessica and so-called “help” from Tucker Campbell—who will do just about anything to win the finals. Austin and Ashley stumble deeper than ever into the Web, bouncing from one music-linked website to the next. Can they find their way back home before the competition is history? Or will their newest exploits hit a sour note and leave them trapped in the Web… forever?

Final books in a series of 6 books.Who knew getting lost could be so much fun—or so dangerous?When the Websters leave Normal, Illinois, for a family holiday, Austin and Ashley get pulled right back into the World Wide Web—and this time, Mr. and Mrs. Webster get sucked into the Internet, too! What began as a relaxing getaway turns into a wacky road trip when they set out to find Lost Lake Resort. Soon, the Websters are stumbling through a long lineup of lost links, like LostKitty-dot-com, the Lost Sea Cave, the long-lost Inca city, and a lost round-the-world flight.Ah, but this is no vacation, any more! Because the kids’ old rival Mattie Blankenskrean and her assistant Mr. Z still want to wipe out truth on the Internet, and a final showdown with the two drags the whole Webster family into real danger. Can the Websters escape Mattie and find their way back to Normal… before they’re deleted for good?

Book 5 in a series of 6 booksUsing the strange digital camera that takes them inside the Internet, Austin and Ashley Webster slip into the World Wide Web—this time to get ideas for Ashley’s art project. But their simple research trip turns into a battle for survival when a hacker-launched computer virus comes after them. Suddenly, everything from the Vesuvius volcano to the moons of Jupiter starts to blow up in their faces!The real trouble, though, happens back home when Austin is suspended for trashing a new mural at school. Could Austin really do such a thing? Or could there be a connection between the Internet hacker and the mystery troublemaker back home? When all the evidence seems to point to her brother, it’s up to Ashley to lead a wild online hunt for the truth—and launch an all-out rescue mission to clear Austin’s name.

The Pursuers Become the Pursued...Thanks to a very weird digital camera, normal 12-year-olds Austin and Ashley Webster from Normal, Illinois are still stuck inside the World Wide Web. They’re meeting cyber-people, chasing their aunt’s dog AppletÉand trying to keep the mysterious Mattie Blankenskrean from erasing the truth!But truth can be tough, sometimes, especially when it would be so easy toÉ well, fudge the facts just a little. Even so, with Ms. B’s hand-held computer–the one she uses to wipe out the Web–maybe they can get home, after all. Or not. Because Mattie Blankenskrean will do anything to get her computer back. And don’t look now, but she’s right behind them!

What would it be like if Jesus had come to another planet?Oriannon is living the good life on the bright side of Corista, a small planet circling three suns. But things get crazy for the teen when a new music teacher arrives at her school with strange songs and even stranger ideas. Soon Oriannon is pressured to spy on her teacher, Jesmet, by using her powers to record everything she sees and hears.Could Jesmet really be a faithbreaker, like Oriannon's friend Margus says? She's not so sure, but her life is turned upside-down when she loses her way on the dark side of the planet and is taken in by an odd, cliff-dwelling people. And when her new friends face a deadly threat, can the once self-centered Oriannon follow her heart. . . and save half the planet?Program Summary Field:Those who live in lush comfort on the bright side of the small planet Corista have plundered the water resources of Shadowside for centuries, ignoring the existence of Shadowside’s inhabitants, who are nothing more than animals. Or so the Brightsiders have been taught. It will take a special young woman to expose the truth―and to help avert the war that is sure to follow.

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