Books with title The Gryphon Project

Brian Falkner delivers in this sci-fi thriller with a Da Vinci Code twist! It begins with a book.The most boring book in the world. A book so boring no one could ever read it—the perfect place to hide a dangerous secret.When best friends Luke and Tommy volunteer to help move books from their library's basement to higher ground during a quick-rising flood, they discover the only surviving copy of the world's most boring book: Leonardo's River, lost for over a hundred years. Mysteriously connected to Leonardo da Vinci, the book is worth millions, so Luke and Tommy return that night to steal it. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones with that plan. . . .Brian Falkner, author of The Assault, Brain Jack, and The Tomorrow Code, weaves another page-turning thriller full of heart-pounding action--this time, with a secret from Leonardo da Vinci that could determine the fate of history. Hand this to a reluctant boy reader or any reader who loves action and mystery. "Falkner delivers a thriller that melds humor, danger and history. . . . The result is an entertaining mystery with plenty of enjoyable twists and turns." —Publishers Weekly "[The Project] reads like an action movie, with plenty of chases, explosions, and by-a-hair escapes." —School Library JournalFrom the Hardcover edition.

Anne Fine’s story of how one family looks after their aging grandmother. The book contains a sensitive and funy playscript suitable for classwork and school production, accompanied by resources including background material and lively activities.When Natasha and Henry decide to put Granny into a home, their four children Nicholas, Tanya, Ivan and Sophie start up a major protest. Nicholas and Tanya begin a series of tantrums and nightmares about Granny going away, while Evan and Sophie write the devastating ‘Granny Project’: a full account of their grandmother’s life for a social science project at school. Their parents finally give in and announce that Granny can stay – on the condition that all the nursing and caring must be done by the children themselves!

'What does he mean What's going on Are you two thinking of putting Granny into a Home''Thinking is finished,' Natasha told him. 'It is decided.'The four children, Ivan, Sophie, Tanya and Nicholas, can't believe it. Their parents are planning to put their grandmother into a Home. She's a bit of a dotty old lady - sometimes demanding, often annoying - but as much a part of their lives as their shambly house or the whirring of the washing machine.So they decide to take action. They begin 'The Granny Project', with immediate and sensational results . . .

They had all thought The Project had been lost many years ago. Stolen by someone they had all trusted. They had thought it had been destroyed when they had been removed, but they had been wrong.The Project had been developed and adapted. It had been changed beyond all recognition. It had been transformed into something none of them could possibly comprehend and it was about to be unleashed upon the world.It had been created whilst Tyler Donovan had still been a child. He’d remained oblivious to its existence, but when his parent’s secret had been exposed everything had changed.He’d kept them hidden throughout his young life. They’d been sentenced to life in prison and had languished in a maximum security unit. He’d been passed from one foster family to another, when they’d been taken from him, and he’d cut them out of his life entirely.He’d thought he’d found stability in his friends, Freya and Sol, but when his parents had reappeared into his young life, he’d been powerless to stop what was about to unfold.Tyler finds himself thrust into a thrilling world of espionage, full of secrets and lies as he begins to uncover the instrumental role his parents played in The Project’s initial creation.He becomes a target as the truth unravels and he realises his parents are not the people he thought they were. Tyler is in danger. The man is coming for him. He’s coming for all of them.Tyler and his friends discover they are inexplicably linked, as they delve into the murky world The Project now inhabits. People he thought he could trust betray him as he becomes integral to The Project’s success or failure. It is imperative he survives and stops The Project reaching its terrifying conclusion. If Tyler fails, The Project will infiltrate every country across the globe. Everything will be lost to a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his ultimate goal. Tyler Donovan must save the world.

Born to be the next queen of the gryphons, Sunsky of the Mountains sees her whole life ahead of her but conforming to her role is another story. Although she considers taking the mighty Dreamspinner as her official king, she shuns the expectations set upon her and strikes out to find her own path. She soon finds herself falling into a forbidden relationship with a beautiful, black winged horse named Nightsky. The hippogryph baby that is the result of their love is considered an enemy of the gryphons and will be hated and shunned by the gryphonic tribes. After putting family before duty, she is forced to leave her home in the mountains and live with her offspring in the Valley of Outcasts. In her place, the evil Talona seizes the crown and enforces a new order of repression and violence, not only on her gryphon subjects but on the hippogryphs and other subordinate creatures as well. With her family and friends enslaved, imprisoned, or killed, hope for the future begins to fade. Now, Sunsky must answer the call of destiny to return from exile, retake her queendom and unite her fractured nation before it is too late....

Born to be the next queen of the gryphons, Sunsky of the Mountains sees her whole life ahead of her but conforming to her role is another story. Although she considers taking the mighty Dreamspinner as her official king, she shuns the expectations set upon her and strikes out to find her own path. She soon finds herself falling into a forbidden relationship with a beautiful, black winged horse named Nightsky. The hippogryph baby that is the result of their love is considered an enemy of the gryphons and will be hated and shunned by the gryphonic tribes. After putting family before duty, she is forced to leave her home in the mountains and live with her offspring in the Valley of Outcasts. In her place, the evil Talona seizes the crown and enforces a new order of repression and violence, not only on her gryphon subjects but on the hippogryphs and other subordinate creatures as well. With her family and friends enslaved, imprisoned, or killed, hope for the future begins to fade. Now, Sunsky must answer the call of destiny to return from exile, retake her queendom and unite her fractured nation before it is too late....

They had all thought The Project had been lost many years ago. Stolen by someone they had all trusted. They had thought it had been destroyed when they had been removed, but they had been wrong. The Project had been developed and adapted. It had been changed beyond all recognition. It had been transformed into something none of them could possibly comprehend and it was about to be unleashed upon the world. It had been created whilst Tyler Donovan had still been a child. He’d remained oblivious to its existence, but when his parent’s secret had been exposed everything had changed. He’d kept them hidden throughout his young life. They’d been sentenced to life in prison and had languished in a maximum security unit. He’d been passed from one foster family to another, when they’d been taken from him, and he’d cut them out of his life entirely. He’d thought he’d found stability in his friends, Freya and Sol, but when his parents had reappeared into his young life, he’d been powerless to stop what was about to unfold. Tyler finds himself thrust into a thrilling world of espionage, full of secrets and lies as he begins to uncover the instrumental role his parents played in The Project’s initial creation. He becomes a target as the truth unravels and he realises his parents are not the people he thought they were. Tyler is in danger. The man is coming for him. He’s coming for all of them. Tyler and his friends discover they are inexplicably linked, as they delve into the murky world The Project now inhabits. People he thought he could trust betray him as he becomes integral to The Project’s success or failure. It is imperative he survives and stops The Project reaching its terrifying conclusion. If Tyler fails, The Project will infiltrate every country across the globe. Everything will be lost to a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his ultimate goal. Tyler Donovan must save the world.

Phoenix envies her brother Gryphon. The daredevil and sports hero has all of his recons left: three more chances at life. But Phoenix is left with only one, and she learns that her beloved brother is responsible for one of her deaths. When Gryphon himself has an accident the governing body Chrysalis refuses to recon him, deeming his death to be a suicide. His friends’ code of silence makes it difficult to find out what happened, but Phoenix is determined to unravel the mystery and save her brother.