Books with title The Haunted Aquarium

In this fifth installment to The Uncaged Series, Serenity and Sky tackle life together as new parents to their toddler twins. Joined by Blackbird and her daughter, Sky and Serenity feel safe in the Sanctuary. But their peace is shattered when the twins are abducted by a woman named Haven, Director of a new Museum called The Aquarium—a sea-scraper hundreds of miles deep in the ocean. With their children’s fate in the balance, Serenity and Sky agree to a two-year contract as a dual interaction in The Aquarium, re-introducing Serenity to the crowds as the Sea Star. But navigating the perils of this new Museum will be more dangerous than ever. The Director has a reputation as the country’s most notorious assassin, her predatory brother has made Serenity his favorite new target, and the performances demanded of Sky and Serenity are simply unimaginable. When history starts to repeat itself—this time with female bodies showing up strangled—Serenity realizes that there’s no one left to help her. But will saving herself cost her more than she can bear?

An impossible truth. An impossible love. After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all. But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....“Spectacular! The Hollow keeps you reading from beginning to end without coming up for air.” --L.J. Smith, bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries and Night World

An impossible truth. An impossible love. After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all. But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....“Spectacular! The Hollow keeps you reading from beginning to end without coming up for air.” --L.J. Smith, bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries and Night World

ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S "BIGGEST AND BEST YA BOOKS OF THE SUMMER"From Danielle Vega, YA's answer to Stephen King, comes a new paranormal novel about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance, and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places.Clean slate. That's what Hendricks Becker-O'Malley's parents said when they moved their family to the tiny town of Drearfield, New York. Hendricks wants to lay low and forget her dark, traumatic past. Forget him. But things don't go as planned. Hendricks learns from new friends at school that Steele House--the fixer upper her parents are so excited about--is notorious in town. Local legend says it's haunted. But Hendricks isn't sure if it's the demons of her past haunting her ...or of the present. Voices whisper in her ear as she lays in bed. Doors lock on their own. And, then, one night, things take a violent turn. With help from the mysterious boy next door, Hendricks makes it her mission to take down the ghosts . . . if they don't take her first.

After battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic, Riley Williams, felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland.Or so she thought.Laria, the spirit of the witch who had cursed Ian wants revenge for Riley’s interference and she’s bringing along friends—dark entities who thrive on evil.The one bright spot in Riley’s world is Ian’s descendent, Kade MacKinnon, who could easily be Ian’s modern day twin. The parallels between the two guys are undeniable. As Riley’s relationship with Kade blossoms, she begins to realize Laria has grown in her power since their last confrontation—a power that could very well manipulate the living just as effectively as the dead.Please note: THE HAUNTED is a mature YA. Due to strong language, mention of alcohol and drug use, cutting, and sexual content, it is not recommended for younger teens.THE MACKINNON CURSE series:The Deepest CutThe HauntedThe DepartedThe MacKinnon Curse (The Beginning) novella

ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S "BIGGEST AND BEST YA BOOKS OF THE SUMMER"From Danielle Vega, YA's answer to Stephen King, comes a new paranormal novel about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance, and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places.Clean slate. That's what Hendricks Becker-O'Malley's parents said when they moved their family to the tiny town of Drearfield, New York. Hendricks wants to lay low and forget her dark, traumatic past. Forget him. But things don't go as planned. Hendricks learns from new friends at school that Steele House--the fixer upper her parents are so excited about--is notorious in town. Local legend says it's haunted. But Hendricks isn't sure if it's the demons of her past haunting her ...or of the present. Voices whisper in her ear as she lays in bed. Doors lock on their own. And, then, one night, things take a violent turn. With help from the mysterious boy next door, Hendricks makes it her mission to take down the ghosts . . . if they don't take her first.

An impossible truth. An impossible love. After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all. But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess.... “Spectacular! The Hollow keeps you reading from beginning to end without coming up for air.” --L.J. Smith, bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries and Night World

ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S "BIGGEST AND BEST YA BOOKS OF THE SUMMER"From Danielle Vega, YA's answer to Stephen King, comes a new paranormal novel about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance, and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places.Clean slate. That's what Hendricks Becker-O'Malley's parents said when they moved their family to the tiny town of Drearfield, New York. Hendricks wants to lay low and forget her dark, traumatic past. Forget him. But things don't go as planned. Hendricks learns from new friends at school that Steele House--the fixer upper her parents are so excited about--is notorious in town. Local legend says it's haunted. But Hendricks isn't sure if it's the demons of her past haunting her ...or of the present. Voices whisper in her ear as she lays in bed. Doors lock on their own. And, then, one night, things take a violent turn. With help from the mysterious boy next door, Hendricks makes it her mission to take down the ghosts . . . if they don't take her first.

It isn’t that the aquarium castle is haunted, that’s not the question. Obviously, the huge centerpiece is haunted. You can see it. It’s right there. In a window. On the drawbridge. Big deal. It’s haunted.The question persists: haunted by what?What is that thing in the aquarium?Laugh after laugh, this story is a romp as Mini Ann and Jane Mary, two retired school teachers, team up with Professor Service from the university, and get to the bottom (in a manner of speaking) of it all. The thirteen chapters ran thirteen months in the popular Freshwater and Marine Aquarium. In the middle of the run, the old Freshwater and Marine Aquarium became the new Freshwater and Marine Aquarium and the October to October scheme took a big hit as now Halloween came in late spring.All thirteen chapters include a mystery fish. Some easy. Some not so easy. Think you know those fish in your fish tank? Have at it. Thirteen months. Thirteen fish. Halloween to Halloween.The Haunted Aquarium Castle is illustrated by Tom Quinn.Follow the kids, the ghost, the goblin, and the pumpkin, on Halloween, when the kids knock on the door of Mini Ann and Jane Mary.“TRICK OR TREAT!!!”“Hey kids. Come on in.”“What’s that in the window of your aquarium castle?”“Say what?“The Haunted Aquarium Castle” was originally published by the old and eventually the new Freshwater and Marine Aquarium monthly. The idea was to go thirteen (unlucky, get it?) consecutive issues/months, October Halloween to October Halloween. Unfortunately, the old Freshwater and Marine Aquarium was acquired by the new Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, and there were several months of negotiations when there was no magazine at all, so the October to October idea, Halloween to Halloween scheme, fizzled, and Halloween as far as my story goes, ended months later, March or April as I recall. Whatever, it was not October. And so it goes.Here it is in its total, thirteen chapters all lined up and in order, with the monthly mystery fish contest included.

After battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic Riley Williams felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland. Or so she thought. Laria, the spirit of the witch who had cursed Ian wants revenge for Riley’s interference and she’s bringing along friends—dark entities who thrive on evil. The one bright spot in Riley’s world is Ian’s descendent, Kade MacKinnon, who could easily be Ian’s modern day twin. The parallels between the two guys are undeniable. As Riley’s relationship with Kade blossoms, she begins to realize Laria has grown in her power since their last confrontation—a power that could very well manipulate the living just as effectively as the dead.

Years ago, the oldFreshwater and Marine Aquariummagazine announced the future publication of a novel: The Haunted Aquarium Castle. The magazine broke barriers with WadeRivers/Robert McKinnon short stories (not articles, fiction) on the subject oftropical fish; publishing a novel was way over the top. Thy top runnith over.Two retired schoolteachers, Mini Ann Harper and Jane Mary Emerson, a couple of "Arsenic and OldLace" types, have for years been attending to a monster state of the artaquarium. The riveting centerpiece is a gigantic, mixed bag castle, a gift fromMini Ann's brother, long lost years ago in Germany. At the local pet store onHalloween eve Mini Ann runs into a couple of scary strangers inquiring into thestatus of the castle. It isn't long before the castle starts acting up, and itisn't long before Mini Ann and Jane Mary are convinced the thing is haunted.But by what?Good question.Professor Service,a professor from the University, is called in, and he takes an interest in theweird aquarium inhabitant and determines to "get to the bottom" of it all. Mr.Proteus, owner of the local pet store, swears he never saw anything like itbefore, and it certainly did not come from his establishment.In the meantime,month-by-month, the anthropomorphic sights and sounds in the aquarium aregetting raucous, and all the lights and sounds aren't coming from the constantparade of gorgeous fishes swimming back and forth through creative, showy plantarrangements.In addition to theobviously goofy aquarium castle, the sporadic visits of the two weirdostrangers don't do much for peace of mind with Mini Ann and Jane Mary, who onat least two occasions, "from stress," end up in the hospital, renewing oldacquaintances with the two ambulance drivers they had in class in grade school."Is our aquariumcastle haunted?""I rather thinkso."In addition to theoverall mystery of the story, each chapter contains a mystery fish to keepreaders guessing, month after month. Some are easy. Some are tougher. And, forthe more entrenched freshwater fish hobbyists, there are a couple of zingers,which will send readers splashing for their reference books.Nancy Waddell, aretired editor from J.B. Lippencott and Silver Burdett read and helped edit The Haunted Aquarium Castle. She hadthis to say about the story: "Bob McKinnon's The Haunted Aquarium Castleis a delightful read with a bit of mystery and a passel of eccentricity. Hisfinely-drawn characters are real-life all the way; in fact, I swear one of themlives down the street from me. Once again, McKinnon weaves his own expertiseinto a very entertaining and captivating tale."Think you're good?Think you're an Afishiando? Let's see you name all thirteen mystery fish plusthe bonus fish. The answers follow the story, no fudging!!!!!