Books with author Tad carpenter

Until the first spooky visit, ten year old Chrysantha Howe doesn't think about ghosts. She thinks about plants.All. The. Time.She has her future planned out, and that future includes plants. Chrys is going to be a plant scientist like her uncle and her favorite teacher, and she's determined to find the very rare Coralroot orchid.The ghost is not in the plan.But when her teacher disappears and the police suspect her uncle was involved, Chrys has to figure out what the ghost is trying to tell her--before it's too late.

From tracking the elusive grizzly bear to targeting ducks as they dart through the air, huntinglike all sportsrequires special skills and techniques. This series takes readers along on a variety of thrilling excursions, exploring the intricate challenges of different types of hunting. Readers discover important strategies while also learning how to be safe and responsible. These in-depth books are a cant-miss for sports fans and outdoor enthusiasts alike. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

"Though she be little, she is fierce," that quote describes Lily, Raised up to bear the burdens of those around her. Martha Mae leaned heavily on Lily, the youngest of her nine children. Being the sole supporter of the family, Martha Mae didn't think she had a choice as she intended to keep her family together no matter the cost. Lily's saving grace was her best friend Tommy and his wonderful mother. Lily had always believed she would grow up and marry Tommy but things happened to her in her early teens to make her feel she was no longer worthy to be in Tommy's family. Lily turned to drugs and alcohol to help her cope with her tormented mind and hardships. Lily finally escaped Martha Mae's heavy load by marrying Jed. Less than a year later she gave birth to Jeddah. For a while Jeddah was enough to keep her occupied and sober but life has a way of testing all of us and Lily was no exception. As her closest brother Leon lay in ICU struggling for his life Tommy was thrown back into Lily's life. She had almost forgotten the young girl she use to be and how she had loved him, he hadn't forgotten. What would she do? Would she forfeit her marriage? Would that jeopardize Jeddah's happiness? Would she walk away from Tommy never knowing what could've been, should've been? As she looks back over her life, did she make the right decisions or will she always live with regret?

Science never tasted so good!Dig into a feast of fun—where you’re the scientist and the kitchen is your laboratory! Discover what it takes to make sugar crystallize into rock candy, what moisture has to do with popping popcorn, and how proteins are essential in making cakes and muffins rise. And after you’ve tested your theories and made some amazing discoveries, you can actually eat your results!Vicki Cobb’s Science Experiments You Can Eat has stood the test of time, filling the minds—and stomachs—of kids for more than forty years. Now with revised and updated material that includes clever new procedures, many new experiments, and vital information on nutrition, a whole new generation of readers can devour this cornucopia of food for thought.

The Stray Who Became A Service Dog is based on the true story of a stray, a dog found wandering the streets of Tennessee. The hero is Shawn, a blind boy who thinks he has no friends and does not want to go to school. The stray, N.E., becomes the boy's service dog and together they learn to care for each other. N.E., who inspired the story, was the author's service dog and wonderful companion. A seven year old mixed breed, when adopted by the author, N.E. had been in a Tennessee shelter for a long time. He knew nothing. Together they worked with a dog trainer, and N.E. became the author's service dog.

Bad luck comes in threes: 1 - You're dying… 2 - You're being framed for murder… 3 - Everything you ever believed is a lie… Half Italian, half Jew, all bulldog; Teo Borelli is at the top of his game. He's overcome horrific circumstances to build a successful business and a happy life with his loving fiancé. He is living the dream until a single word from his doctor shatters his world: "Terminal". His bright future gone, the pains of his past reawaken long dormant emotions – rage, hatred, loneliness, profound disappointment; all the result of his mother Eden's incomprehensibly selfish decision to end her life. With his time short, he embarks on a pilgrimage to reconcile Eden's decades-old self-immolation but along the way he uncovers a web of lies surrounding her death. A cadre of small-town yokels, whose intertwined lives obscure a sordid history, morph his simple quest for closure into a life and death struggle. Deceit, blackmail, sex and greed drive events that turn deadly in rapid-fire succession as Teo struggles to stay alive and out of jail long enough to find a sibling who shouldn't exist and a truth that's as elusive as his salvation.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

In the year 2222 there lives a boy who's world is about to be turned upside down. He soon discovers that surviving and graduation from the foster care program are the least of his worries. Layne Parker is about to find out that he is destined to be King. At first he rejects everything and insists that there's no way he could be King! Though, with the help of Taylor Collins and a few others, he will soon realize that he has no choice but to reclaim his Fathers throne from the man, who destroyed his whole world.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.