Books with title Rising Storm

No.12 in the highly popular "My Secret Unicorn" series, featuring Lauren and her magical pony, Twilight. Lauren and Twilight are delighted to learn that Currant, the new foal at Orchard Stables, is also a unicorn, and that Lauren's friend Grace is his special unicorn friend. Now they can all have fun together. But Currant soon realises being a unicorn is not as easy as he thinks, particularly when it comes to flying. Currant needs lots of help and, luckily, Lauren and Twilight know just what to do.

Dive into this exciting magical adventure that teaches the importance of caring for the environment—will you answer the call of the Silver Dolphins? Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin—she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace. A colony of puffins is endangered by a building development and baby birds are constantly under threat from the diggers. Can Antonia and Cai protect the pufflings and their cliff top home?

Raingate Cemetery has long been the spooky playground of Tom Allerton, Daniel ‘Doc’ Studd and Jasmine ‘Jazz’ Baxter, and provides a great opportunity for them to play a practical Halloween joke on their schoolmates. Events take an unexpected turn when a freak storm occurs and lightning strikes an ancient and crumbling tomb. The children flee in terror, all except for Jazz who decides to investigate. Peering into the smoking rubble of the sepulchre, she is strangely drawn towards a weird pendant which unleashes a chain of terrifying and supernatural events. As the unearthly owner of the pendant endeavours to get it back, the friendship of the central characters is put to the toughest test, and they discover the true meanings of friendship, loyalty, truthfulness and fear.The children learn that there are far more things in the universe than they ever learned at school, as a terrifying monster is awakened from a long hot sleep...

Selena Summers didn't want to be a movie star. But, when she went with her friend, Beth to be extras in a movie near Santa Fe, she was discovered by the director. She was also singled out by the handsome young star of the movie, Matthew Mason. A modeling job led to a starring role in another movie, neither of which she was really interested in. Her dream was to become a published author and see her books in print. As romance blooms with her costar, Matt, she struggles between an unwanted movie career and making her real dreams come true.

He froze. It was the girl's voice again. The one he'd heard when the pain had struck. Clear and urgent, deep inside his head._That click was a Heckler and Koch MP7 personal defence weapon. It fires 950 armour piercing rounds per minute. The sound you heard was the safety catch coming off._No! It was talking rubbish. Mum and dad were outside, they'd come back for him. There was no killer with a machine gun behind his bedroom door. How could there be?The voice in his head was a stupid figment of his imagination. It was just stress, after that terrible pain. He could ignore it. All he had to do was open the door. Mum and dad would be there, smiling at him._Davy, open that door and you are dead._~~~He doesn't know it yet, but fourteen-year-old Davy Taylor is about to have the worst day of his life.With a journalist for a father and a scientist mother, family life has always been nomadic: France, South America and now, London. Coming home from school, he collapses in the street. More pain than he'd ever thought possible... a brain haemorrhage? Is he dying? He staggers home. Surely his parents can help? But they're gone. The flat's empty. He's alone.And then the voice in his head starts talking.Davy finds himself facing a powerful underground group who have lived for hundreds of years—and want to see him dead. The future of human existence is in the balance...About the AuthorBrian Clegg is an author of popular science books, including The God Effect, A Brief History of Infinity, How to Build a Time Machine and Inflight Science. He has written for many publications from The Wall Street Journal and the Times to Playboy and Nature. He lives in Wiltshire, England with his wife, twin daughters and golden retriever.

Most teens love music and celebrities, but sixteen year-old Manhattanite Nikki Bellinger is not satisfied with just dreaming about them. She wants more than just her humdrum high school classes and modest school newspaper column and she wants it now. With determination, cleverness, and a bit of luck, Nikki evolves from a typical student into a serious entrepreneur and music business industry phenomenon as she represents the pop rock band Long Story Short from its anonymous starting days to its stardom.But, Nikki has some choices to make. Will she put a personal relationship with a sexy band member ahead of her professional dreams? Should high school class work take second priority to her career goals? Will she let some of the recording industries' top moguls take advantage of her youth, inexperience, and femaleness?From Long Story Short's escapades on the road to Nikki's struggle being a young female in the music business, Rising Star takes a realistic look at almost every teenager's fantasy of touring with a rock band.

The continuing adventures of Jaden, Cali, and the Cross Ups crew. When Jaden gets a call inviting him to Comic Con to test out a new version of his favorite game, Cross Ups, he is thrilled . . . sort of. He’ll get to go with his best friend, Cali, they’ll be in New York City, and best of all, he’ll meet his idol and the greatest gamer of all time, Yuudai Sato. But he’s got no time to practice, and worse, his signature moves no longer work. His trip starts to feel less and less exciting, and more and more like one big problem. Jaden has to come up with some solutions—fast. He looks to some older gamers for guidance, but is JStar willing to change who he is for the sake of a game? With its sharp dialogue and relatable characters, Rising Star, the third book in the Cross Ups series, chronicles the ups and downs of middle school with a relevant, contemporary twist.

He froze. It was the girl's voice again. The one he'd heard when the pain had struck. Clear and urgent, deep inside his head. _That click was a Heckler and Koch MP7 personal defence weapon. It fires 950 armour piercing rounds per minute. The sound you heard was the safety catch coming off._ No! It was talking rubbish. Mum and dad were outside, they'd come back for him. There was no killer with a machine gun behind his bedroom door. How could there be? The voice in his head was a stupid figment of his imagination. It was just stress, after that terrible pain. He could ignore it. All he had to do was open the door. Mum and dad would be there, smiling at him. _Davy, open that door and you are dead._ ~~~ He doesn't know it yet, but fourteen-year-old Davy Taylor is about to have the worst day of his life. With a journalist for a father and a scientist mother, family life has always been nomadic: France, South America and now, London. Coming home from school, he collapses in the street. More pain than he'd ever thought possible... a brain haemorrhage? Is he dying? He staggers home. Surely his parents can help? But they're gone. The flat's empty. He's alone. And then the voice in his head starts talking. Davy finds himself facing a powerful underground group who have lived for hundreds of years—and want to see him dead. The future of human existence is in the balance...

Halmar’s Ghost Warriors are legendary for their skill in battle, especially at night, and are said to the be perfect assassins. Halmar has allied with Bhimar, much to the dismay of those fighting against him. This includes his daughter-in-law, Sigrid. She and Drusus have been sent to Halmar to request the Ghost Warriors, as well as to fetch the Hearts of Fannar and Yewsel. Nia, meanwhile, struggles to become the leader she is destined to be. With her unit still in Seos, she is almost constantly in the shadows, moving between there and Linwood. It means that alliance building is still up to Tesni. But with no more than a promise from Yewsel of shelter and material aid should they need to evacuate, could Bhimar actually stand a chance?