Books with title The Golden Skull

Three 13-year-olds dabble in "CSI" to reveal a town's long-kept secret. The hardcover version of the first in the Remy and Roadkill Series. To help practice facial reconstruction, Remy purchases a monkey skull at an estate sale. Curious how the animal died, she enlists the aid of the school's outcast -- a teen with a strange fascination in dead animals. They team up with a runaway and together take a job in the mansion's library. But they have more than shelving books on their minds, because when Remy completed her reconstruction, she discovered that the skull wasn't from an animal. There are others who know the skull is human. And there is one person who will stop at nothing to keep its identity a secret.

And faster than you could blink—not a second, but a fraction— Crosby shot the puck before Miller reacted. It slipped through his pads and like that it was done, The country erupted—Canada had won!The Vancouver Olympics, 2010. Canada’s best hockey players battle Team USA for the Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey. The stakes are high, and the game starts off fast with both teams fighting for the puck. At the end of the second period, Canada is ahead 2-1 and the gold medal is within reach. Then, with minutes left in the third period, the US scores to tie the game. With millions of Canadians on the edge of their seats, the game goes into overtime and thirteen minutes in, Sidney Crosby shoots and scores. Sid the Kid and one of the greatest hockey teams ever assembled clinches the gold medal on home ice for Canada, the birthplace of hockey. The Golden Goal captures the energy and excitement of the game and celebrates the tenth anniversary of this iconic moment in Canadian history. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with kids of all ages.

Seeded by starships from Earth, the world of Erm developed at different rates. Those people living in the east around the continent of Dakana did not retain the technology brought by the ships. Consequently, their rate of development was slower than those living in the western part of the world but this was being rectified quite quickly now.The avatars of Earth who had accompanied the original ships were worried that the planet would suffer total destruction from pilfering of natural resources by the Orion confederation. Knowing that crystal skulls had been imbued with power by beings in Atlantis, they decide to utilise these hidden powers in raising a barrier around Erm.After finding all the skulls, the avatars realised that there was one more to find which would bind the power to complete the barrier around the planet, the Golden Skull.The Golden Skull had been in safekeeping with the Pleiadean council, who now had requested a being who could fly between worlds to return it to Erm; the dragon Geraunt.Meanwhile, the avatars had requested various groups to combine to complete the mission of fetching the skull from the dragon and thereby erecting the barrier and while they are doing this, there are other mysteries revealed.

When Sakhwal accidentally gets some sand, intended for the king, he has no idea that it will turn to gold and change his life.Dravyashah uses his wits to win the kingdom of Liglig in the Himalayas. He is horrified when his brother demands the kingdom from him. When Dravyashah refuses to give up his kingdom, it looks like war will break out between the two brothers and their kingdoms. The stories in this collection come from the mountain country of Nepal. Though Nepal is very close to India and shares so much of its culture, these stories have a flavour all their own.