Books with title Emerald

Emerald Johnston is sure that she is destined to be a pop star. After years of coming up short in auditions, she finally gets her big break. But she soon finds out that recording an album, going on tour, and rising up the music charts is really hard work. Everyone in her life seems to be pulling her in opposite directions. Plus, the business is all about image which really stinks. They tell her that her waste is too big, and her hair is too red, and that her skirts aren t short enough. It s as if her voice doesn t even count! Can she become a star and still be true to herself? Can she make it to the top without losing the people she loves along the way?

Stacy Justice may be a witch, but she still wants a nice, normal twenty-ninth birthday. Unfortunately, Stacy rarely gets normal. As her grandmother, Birdie, plans a birthday ritual for Stacy, disastrous news derails the celebration: the magic cauldron that supplies the world’s food has disappeared. And the last time it vanished, Ireland fell under the Great Famine. A secret society known as The Council decrees that if Stacy finds the cauldron, she’ll receive the coveted role of Seeker of Justice, and her mother will finally be freed from prison in Ireland. But the grandson of nasty council member Tallulah challenges Stacy for the role. If he finds the cauldron first, Stacy will never see her mother again. And if they both fail, the world will suffer an unimaginable fate. The fourth book in the enchanted Stacy Justice series, Emerald Isle follows Stacy’s journey to Ireland—and to a mysterious, magical world. But can the reluctant witch complete her international, intergenerational quest in time to save her mother—and the whole planet?

A foreboding prophecy. A lost empress. And a battle to determine the fate of the world.In the arduous war against the dark god Kashmeru, the elite mages have managed to track down half of the magical daggers. But the enemy isn’t far behind.Leading the shadow army, the dark mages have won battles of their own, and the Lotus empress is still under Kashmeru’s control. But mysteries are unraveling that could help the elite mages gain an advantage—if they can survive long enough to fulfill their legacies.

A HIDDEN ISLAND. A FORGOTTEN CHILD. A KINGDOM RULED BY FEAR. Far away on a hidden island, smoke rises from an ancient chest buried in the sand. When Indie sees a boy’s face in the smoke, she is sure he will answer her questions. But the boy, Kai, has a more desperate motive. He helps Indie escape from the island, knowing she is the only hope for Gort and the tree-dwelling Kalika people.

Tess is that girl that almost everyone grew up as; a shy, quiet, quietly strong girl who just wants something to happen for once. When she gets the chance to be spontaneous, to be a little bit risky, a little bit dangerous, she takes it.Alec is dark, handsome and mysterious.Against a backdrop of a smoky French sky and the lapping tide, Tess discovers what it is to have a secret, the thrill of having done something you know you shouldn’t have. As her understanding of Alec grows, so too does her understanding of the darker story of the town she’s staying in, of the sea creatures that terrorise the coast, and somehow Alec is always at the centre of her suspicions. How could she ever confront him about his shadowy past when she’s completely lost in that smile of his, and those deep emerald eyes? But when Tess’ friends and family start getting caught up in the darkness, Tess must learn what it really means to be a hero.

A princess, a pea, and a tower of mattresses. This is the sliver that survives of a story more nightmare than fairytale... Maggie Rhodes, high school junior and semi-reformed stalker, learns the tale’s true roots after a spying attempt goes awry and her best friend Kate ends up as the victim of an ancient curse. At the center of the curse lies an enchanted emerald that has been residing quietly in a museum for the past fifty years. Admirers of the gem have no idea that it feeds on life. Or that it’s found its next victim in Kate. Enter Lindy, a school acquaintance who knows more than she’s letting on, and Garon, a handsome stranger claiming he knows how to help, and Maggie is left wondering who to trust and how to save her best friend before it’s too late. If only Maggie knew her connection to the fairy tale was rooted far deeper than an endangered best friend.

In Kerstin Gier's Emerald Green, Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is.She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. This stunning conclusion to The Ruby Red Trilogy picks up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

Series; Wonderful Wizard of Oz treasury collection.; Wonderful Wizard of Oz pop-up series. Physical description; 6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Cover title. "Based on the classic story by L. Frank Baum"--Page 4 of cover. Subjects; Toy and movable books -- Specimens. Toy and movable books. Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction. Genres; Specimens. Fiction.