Books with title The Trouble with Trading

Max Hunter and Jessie Miller, two sixth-grade girls living near the Cascade mountains, make an unlikely pair: Jessie has leukemia and is bald. Max dresses in thrift-store grunge and acts tough in school. But their friendship holds life together when everything else falls apart. Then one day Jessie discovers Max’s best-kept secret. Jessie wants to help her, but doing so means risking their friendship and possibly her life.

Once upon a time a young girl wanted revenge. But first, she wanted to be beautiful.Twelve-year-old Bettony has read enough stories that begin with once upon a time to know what happens to the ugly stepsisters at the end, and she’s determined to escape that fate by any means necessary—even by magic.Unfortunately, when it comes to magic, there is no place for regret, refunds, or exchanges. Even if you accidentally turn your older sister into a toad.If Bettony wants her happily ever after to end well, she’s going to have to find a way to turn her sister back into a person before their mother finds out she’s been dabbling with magic and grounds her for life. And if she wants to do that, she’s going to need more magic.Tracking down the family magic turns out to be surprisingly easy. Now, if only it came with instructions . . .

Meet Zenon Kar. She’s your typical elementary school kid, except she lives on a space station in 2049! These humorous stories about Zenon are all reality-based so kids can easily identify with her situations. In book #3, when an important Earth scientist visits Space Station 9, Zenon agrees to entertain his daughter, Teena. At first Zee’s job is easy. Teena seems polite and well behaved. But when the adults turn their backs, she changes completely! All Teena cares about is having fun, even if it means breaking all sorts of space station rules. Written and illustrated by the award-winning husband-and-wife team who created P. J. Funnybunny and Alistair.

Livi wants to ditch her nerd status. Adam couldn’t care less about being a geek. They’ve been best friends for years, but will Livi’s makeover mission tear them apart, or bring them even closer together?- - -For Livi Howard, high school sucked. Orchestra Geek, Choir Monkey, The Ginger … and the labels didn’t end there. But high school is behind her now, and fabulous university life is ahead. Let Project ‘Ditch the Nerd’ begin! Adam Anderson is a nerd and proud of it. His university plans include computer studies, Xbox marathons, and reruns of his favourite sci-fi TV shows. Watching his best friend Livi transform herself into a person he barely recognises was never on the list.With Project ‘Ditch the Nerd’ a success, Livi thinks she finally has it all—except for the part where she’s growing further and further away from Adam. When a party goes south, Livi is forced to reconsider the lengths she’ll go to be accepted by the ‘right’ people. How far is too far? And will she ever be able to find her way back to herself—and to the guy who’s been in front of her all along?- - -The Trouble with Flirting is a standalone contemporary romance novel from author Rachel Morgan.Heat Rating: Sweet• No sex• No violence• No explicit language

In a high school full of shifters, it's the one inquisitive human who poses the biggest threat.When Amelia overhears a conversation at school, all her suspicions are confirmed. People are keeping secrets from her – major ones! And some of the worst offenders are her best friends. Tired of being kept in the dark, she begins an investigation to uncover the secrets everyone’s hiding.Amelia’s friends can see the writing on the wall. They know she’s close to discovering the truth and they’ll do everything in their power to ensure they’re not the ones responsible for that outcome. The easiest way to bring everything out in the open would be to throw Melvin Moose and Amelia together. Then they can all stop keeping secrets and move on with their lives. Too bad Melvin refuses to cooperate.Melvin knows discovery is imminent. All he cares about is NOT being the one responsible for outing shifters to Amelia. He and his unruly rack will just have to continue avoiding her until the inevitable happens.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.Welcome to Shifter High. Beware the Human.

Have you ever needed something you just couldn't get? The Trouble with Trolls is a fun story about manners. Colorful illustrations punctuate the story about William, and his encounter with a stubborn troll. William discovers that sometimes it takes more than material things to make one self happy. Your little reader will identify with William if they have ever been frustrated by someone else's stubborn personality, or their own! This book is the perfect length for an easy story time or bedtime story, and teaches a powerful lesson for children and adults alike. ***New Cover***

The trouble with Gran is that she’s secretly an alien! And that means she has all sorts of special powers that can turn a boring rainy day at the seaside into a wonderful intergalactic adventure. Bestselling author Babette Cole brings her trademark zany approach and wonderful illustrations to this hilarious story.This colour children's picture book is designed to be viewed in double-page spreads and is best read on a tablet device in landscape orientation.

Alana is a half Kubiteron demon, half witch who witnesses a Matusa demon's murder of his summoners. He sees her in her astral form watching him and she's next on his list of victims.Hunter is half human, half Matusa demon, fighting to keep the evil ones out of the human world. When he's poisoned, he sees the vision of a girl watching him, only she's not really all demon and not really all there. She offers to save his life, if he offers to protect her from one of his kind. But no lesser demon dictates terms to a Matusa.Jared is a full Elantus demon, raised by humans, who's searching for his real parents. When Hunter saves his life, he vows his loyalty to him and designs a tracker device to locate demons entering the human world.When Alana beats on Hunter's chest to get his heart beating again after he dies, twice, he knows the half demon is hot for him.Often at odds, the three teens work together to stop the plans of a group of Matusa to take over the human race before it’s too late.

Counterfeit skateboards! Who is trying to put Mike Holt out of business? He's already had one tragedy in his life, will this be more than he can handle? Jim and Ben need to find out who is doing this quickly or their dreams of a skateboard park will be gone forever.This is the story of five close friends who all share one common love - skateboarding. They live in the small city of Exton, Pennsylvania that is not known as a skateboarding haven. They have dreams of changing that by helping to open a new skate park in their city. Their plans are taking shape when disasters strikes. Mike's shop is in danger of being put out of business by a mysterious stranger and that would lead to the end of the 2nd Annual Boardzone Skateboard competition and their skate park dreams.Like most kids they can't resist getting involved and jump right in to try and figureout what is going on - and of course, get into a load of trouble in the process. With the help of their Uncle, a retired policeman, the group of young people get into one precarious situation after another while searching for the identity of the counterfeiter. Each day leads our young group one step closer to facing their biggest challenge ever.Will they solve the mysterious counterfeit skateboarding ring? Will Mike lose his store and cancel the big competition? Will corrupt city officials steal the land for the new skate park?No one is going to take away their dream of the first skate park in their hometown. Even if they have to face their enemy head on - they will.