Books with author William Ritter

A vigilante fights for justice at any cost.Wallis Stoneman isn’t like other teenage girls. She’s beautiful, fearless, and deadly.Wally lives alone in her Brooklyn loft. She’d be a regular teenager, except that she’s the daughter of a Russian assassin. Crime is in Wally’s blood, but she uses her legacy for good: she solves missing persons cases for the Ursula Society, an under-the-radar organization that uses oft-illegal tactics to find people the police have given up on.The person Wally most wants to find? Tiger, her own fugitive brother. But the closer Wally gets to finding Tiger, the more dangerous her search becomes. And Klesko, Wally and Tiger’s sadistic father, is again at large. With two highly-skilled con men against them, Wally and Tiger band together to destroy a conspiracy in which they—and their hearts—are mere pawns.

Learn all about the seasons in this engaging science reader! The seasons go in a cycle each year from winter to spring to summer to autumn. The cycle always continues! Vibrant images pair with easy-to-read text to keep students engaged from cover to cover. This reader also includes instructions for an engaging science activity and practice problems to further students' understanding of the seasons in a creative way. A helpful glossary and index are also included for additional support.

Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At fifteen, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets.Now the sixteen-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She'll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko - her dark-eyed father - finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally's mother stole from him long ago. Even if that means murdering his own blood. But Wally's had her own killer training, and she's hungry for justice.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for teens, this debut thriller introduces our next big series heroine!

Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At fifteen, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets. Now the sixteen-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She'll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko - her darkeyed father - finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally's mother stole from him long ago. Even if that means murdering his own blood. But Wally's had her own killer training, and she's hungry for justice. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for teens, this debut thriller introduces our next big series heroine!

A vigilante fights for justice at any cost.Wallis Stoneman isn’t like other teenage girls. She’s beautiful, fearless, and deadly.Wally lives alone in her Brooklyn loft. She’d be a regular teenager, except that she’s the daughter of a Russian assassin. Crime is in Wally’s blood, but she uses her legacy for good: she solves missing persons cases for the Ursula Society, an under-the-radar organization that uses oft-illegal tactics to find people the police have given up on.The person Wally most wants to find? Tiger, her own fugitive brother. But the closer Wally gets to finding Tiger, the more dangerous her search becomes. And Klesko, Wally and Tiger’s sadistic father, is again at large. With two highly-skilled con men against them, Wally and Tiger band together to destroy a conspiracy in which they—and their hearts—are mere pawns.

Budding astronauts and astronomers can reach for the stars with this mind-bogglingly entertaining Space Creativity Book! Perfect for every young kid with dreams of space, this out-of-this-world activity book offers puzzles, games, more than 150 stickers, and pullout art paper. There’s enough here to keep a whole planet of children busy: they can take a Space Adventurer’s test before entering the world of aliens, look through a telescope, participate in interstellar battles, follow a maze to safety after an asteroid alert, and join some cosmic critters to see if they’ve got the right stuff to pass astronaut school with flying colors.

Excerpt from History of My Own Times, or the Life and Adventures of William Otter, Sen: Comprising a Series of Events, and Musical Incidents Altogether OriginalWell aware, in all his undertakings, never to do or say any thing which does not run smoothly and With the grain-knowing ourselves as we should do, so necessary Upon all occa sions; he will make his readers and himself too, as happy as a delicate and refined judgment is capable of; and in the plenitude of his own veracity he will give, free from coloring, a clear conception and precise account, of all the scrapes he had a hand ih, jointly or severally.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

As a child, Jane Goodall dreamed of working with animals. She worked hard and achieved her dream. Open this book and step into the forests of Africa. Find out how Jane's dedication to chimpanzees taught us about these creatures-and about ourselves.About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

Kids can draw their own pictures of visitors from other planets, use stencils to make rocket ships, make a time capsule, test their knowledge with an outer space quiz, color in the Big Bang, create extra-terrestrial sticker scenes on gatefold illustrations, and much more. This title in Barron's growing list of Creativity Books is filled with fun projects to keep kids cheerfully occupied on rainy days, on lengthy car trips, or during quiet time at home. Its features include-- Games, puzzles, stencils, sticker sheets, and an illustrated gatefold page for sticker decorating Special pull-out art paper and art projects to complete Pages for coloring Fun-to-answer quizzes Each Creativity Book has a distinctive theme to capture specific interests of boys and girls. Illustrations on virtually every page include 40 pages in color.

Find the underwater animals and read all about them, too!Can you spot:• Dolphins leaping from the waves?• Penguins diving for fish?• Lobsters scuttling along the sea bed?From whales to swordfish and sharks to turtles, there's so much to spot under the sea! Filled with colourful illustrations and a wonderful cast of animals to find, this busy and informative activity book is guaranteed to keep children aged 5 and up entertained for hours on end.