Books with title Jade

Jade King lives life at full speed. After over a year undercover for the DEA, she’s back in play and wants what any hot-blooded woman who’s gone a year without sex would want: an alpha bad boy who is convenient, delicious and disposable. A fun one-night stand, multiple orgasms, and absolutely no strings attached. Right? If only. Nicolas DeMarco has a library stocked with little black books, and his bedpost is nothing but notches. His love ‘em and leave ‘em mentality served him well…until it didn’t. Now, forty years old and in charge of Guardian’s Domestic Security, he’s done with the biological catch and release game that used to thrill him…until Jade King let herself into his office and made him an offer. One he couldn’t refuse…but man, could he screw it up.When one of the Guardian’s family members is targeted for death, Jade is pulled from her much deserved vacation and into Nicolas DeMarco’s world—a world complete with strings, attachments, feelings, and danger. When the elusive head of the Triad maliciously plans and executes an event that devastates an entire city, it catapults Jade and Nic into a Guardian sanctioned operation. An operation that they may not survive.

Although he wants to take his Cub Scouts to Wales, Heron Melomane (a.k.a. Colonel Clifton) is forced to take them to Devonshire. The reason for this change of plan: a note in his mailbox stating that the Second World War isn't finished yet and signed AKC 666! Decrypted by his faithful housekeeper, Miss Partridge, the message sets up a mysterious meeting. This information piques the interest of the British Secret Service, and of course it's Clifton who is chosen to sort out this mess. But Clifton is unaware that MI5 has sent a new agent to protect him. Just in case.

Like a mashup between Blade and Resident Evil.In the not so distant future, a starship freighter returns from a far away planet in outer-space, carrying a strange virus. Earth falls victim to a horde of zombies, and the remaining survivors struggle to stay alive, hiding in the wreckage created by a war to eliminate the threat. The survivors are thrown into a tailspin when bloodthirsty alien vampires invade a post-apocalyptic Earth, seemingly to defend the earthlings. With humans quickly becoming a dying breed near extinction, a select few find themselves the unwitting participants in a secret plan to aid mankind. Young Jade leads the charge in this suspenseful thriller, utilizing her newfound special gifts and a specially crafted sword, she embarks on an epic journey with love interest, Trent, to assault the supernatural menace. She soon uncovers a dark web of deceit and must fight to uncover the truth.

Her name was Melanie Lennox, but she preferred to be called Jade. "Swords, adventure, freedom," sixteen year old Melanie cried," and I'll pay any price!" Driven by her courageous, independent spirit and hatred of slavery, Jade attempts to release a ship's cargo of slaves destined for bondage in Virginia. While she is being publicly flogged for her efforts, the ship is captured by pirates, and Jade, undaunted and realizing her opportunity for adventure, decides to join them.

Fifteen-year old Nasa Peregrine knows that he’ll never be selected to bond with one of the wildly destructive, Jade-green crystals kept under careful guard by the Office of Humanity. After all, Nasa is just an average student, and everyone knows that average kids are doomed to lead boring, uneventful lives. But that all changes when Nasa is unjustly declared a traitor by the Office of Humanity and is forced to flee the city of last refuge, or face a torturous death. Pursued by the Harvester, the most powerful of the Jade wielding elite, Nasa escapes into war ravaged lands where he discovers that an ordinary kid can have extraordinary powers to change the fate of an entire world.

The first thing Lem said to me was, ‘You look terrible.’‘Thanks.’ I spilled out everything that had been happening to me. Lem didn’t say a word, she just looked at me across the kitchen table. The rest of her family were out so we had the house to ourselves. ‘I thought it was Dicey’s mum’s dodgy chicken, but it’s been nearly a week now and I’m starting to feel scared.’‘Could you be pregnant, Jade?’ Lem whispered.Automatically my head shook from side to side. Suddenly I felt very cold, even though the day was warm.‘No, I couldn’t be.’ Lem just sat staring at me.’

Like a mashup between Blade and Resident Evil.In the not so distant future, a starship freighter returns from a far away planet in outer-space, carrying a strange virus. Earth falls victim to a horde of zombies, and the remaining survivors struggle to stay alive, hiding in the wreckage created by a war to eliminate the threat. The survivors are thrown into a tailspin when bloodthirsty alien vampires invade a post-apocalyptic Earth, seemingly to defend the earthlings. With humans quickly becoming a dying breed near extinction, a select few find themselves the unwitting participants in a secret plan to aid mankind. Young Jade leads the charge in this suspenseful thriller, utilizing her newfound special gifts and a specially crafted sword, she embarks on an epic journey with love interest, Trent, to assault the supernatural menace. She soon uncovers a dark web of deceit and must fight to uncover the truth.

This title introduces young readers to jade, the mineral used for thousands of years as both jewelry and weapons. Learn about the two types of jade, jadeite and nephrite, how jade is formed, and where it is found. Historical and modern mining methods are detailed. The many uses of jade in ancient and modern times are examined. See how artisans such as lapidaries use jade to create beautiful and useful jewelry. Finally, a list of tools and tips will set young rock hounds up to unearth their own treasures. Glossary words in bold, an index, and phonetic spellings for those hard-to-pronounce geologic terms enhance and supplement the text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

It is the last Monday of the school year, and fourteen-year-old Jade Baker, could not be more excited. Besides it being a three day week, it is also her last day at Brunson Junior High School. Besides saying good bye to the eighth grade, Jade will also be saying goodbye to the bullying and torment that she endured the last three years. At this point, it is only natural that Jade thinks nothing could rain on her parade. However, things are not always as they seem. During lunch, Jade is attacked by her boyfriend and some of his teammates from the football team. The injuries are so bad,that they land Jade in the hospital. They have also left Jade with minor brain damage and Epilepsy. Even though she feels discouraged, she also feels strong and hopeful. As she will soon learn, never losing hope has it's advantages. When some long time best friends come to visit Jade in the hospital, she is given an educational opportunity that has the power to make her future the brightest that it can be.In this story of pain, recovery, change, hope, and finding the light at the end of a dark tunnel, follow a young girl on her journey of finding out the amazing things that can happen when you don't lose hope.