Books published by publisher Stone Arch Books 2011

Peter and Noah Eccleston are identical twins, so it's no surprise they make the perfect paintball teammates. But when Coach Patterson offers them a chance to compete for a single spot on his elite paintball team, the brothers turn on each other. With markers blazing, the twins cut down the competition with ease. But when they finally face off against each other for a point-blank shootout, who will be the first to pull the trigger?

BATMAN has been kidnapped by the RIDDLER! The crook has left behind one of his infamous riddles, addressed to ROBIN. If ROBIN can solve the puzzle, he will locate the CAPED CRUSADER. But that first riddle leads to another. Then the RIDDLER turns off all the lights in GOTHAM CITY. What, ROBIN wonders, is the point? When will the riddles end? If the BOY WONDER cannot find his partner by the next sunrise, BATMAN will be gone forever.

Reporter CLARK KENT investigates the theft of black crystals from a METROPOLIS museum. As he searches for clues, electrical transformers beneath the street suddenly explode! CLARK quickly changes into his alter ego, SUPERMAN, and locates the problem. It's ACRATA, a super heroine who can teleport through shadows. She insists that the power must be shut down, or the earth will be doomed. SUPERMAN isn't convinced. He stops ACRATA, but soon a new problem arrives. The evil ECLIPSO appears, carrying the stolen crystals and threatening to take over the world. SUPERMAN and ACRATA must stop him from casting an evil shadow over Earth.

When animals and people begin to disappear in one of GOTHAM CITY'S parks, BATMAN suspects that the deadly POISON IVY and her creepy plants are at work again. But the green villainess is locked behind bars. BATMAN goes to investigate, and just in the nick of time. When he arrives at the park, he sees a police officer dragged into the depths of the sewer system. The officer was pulled there by living vines!

Dino-Mike is going deep into Atlantic Ocean in this chapter book adventure! Young Michael Evens and his dino-huntin' dad are headed to an underwater dinosaur habitat! They're not real dinosaurs, of course . . . Or are they? Imagine Dino-Mike's surprise when the dinosaurs actually come to life and an underwater portal to the Jurassic period is revealed. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on nearly every page, Dino-Mike chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. Written and illustrated by the Eisner-Award winning creator of Tiny Titans, Franco!

Carlos Ramirez has always been the Strikers' best scorer. He pulls off bicycle kicks with ease, and his best friend, Tou Yang, knows exactly where to put the passes. But the state's best team, the Bandits, are coming to town, and Carlos hears that he'll have a very special fan in the stands. His uncle, a professional soccer player, will be watching his nephew's every move during the Strikers' biggest game of the year. As the pressure to perform sets in, Carlos struggles to even hit the ball, let alone do bicycle kicks. Everyone has seen that Carlos is a gifted athlete, but no one knows whether he'll shine as the center of attention, or be blinded by the spotlight.

The story about how Hades kidnapped Persephone when she was picking flowers? Totally false! Zeus made that story up to make himself look better. What else would you expect from a total myth-o-maniac? The truth is, Persephone was trying to escape her overprotective mother, Demeter. King Hades, Ruler of the Underworld, is here to set the record straight.

Darkseid has kidnapped Jason Blood (AKA the Demon Etrigan) in an attempt to reignite the central core of the planet Apokolips. Now the Justice League led by Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman must rescue their friend. Can the world's greatest team of super heroes stop Darkseid's possession of Etrigan? Or will the supervillain cause a planetary core meltdown that could destroy Apokolips and the entire universe?