Books with title The Baby Project

You worked for the machines. It should be the other way around, machines should be making our jobs easier, but no, we work for them.”Man 2.0. A sinister plan. Humanity lost?Would you trade your emotions against an eternal life?In a society ruled by a new generation of people who are more machine than human, where emotions are considered a weakness, 17-year-old Mia and her two-year younger brother Ben are left on their own after the death of their parents. While Mia takes a job to support them, Ben stays in school. On a day that begins like any other, there is talk of an attack. The target: Ben’s school. By the time Mia arrives, Ben has already been taken to an undisclosed location and Mia is not given any information about it. A stranger offers to help and, in her desperation, Mia accepts. He introduces her to a group of drop-outs, where Mia meets the witty and rebellious siblings Vi and Phil, who become allies in her search for her brother. Meanwhile Ben and his classmates are taken to a military base to be trained as soldiers. To fight who? Their own kind. With a system of punishment and reward, the students are manipulated to obey orders and even report on their friends.

In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin Fan.Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy genetically engineered "perfect" creatures, there is a secret lab. Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect. They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has never been outside his tiny bell jar, yet he dreams of one day seeing the world above ground that his pal Pip the cockroach has told him about: a world with green hills and trees, and buildings that reach all the way to the sky, lit with their own stars. But Barnabus may have to reach the outside world sooner than he thought, because the Green Rubber Suits are about to recycle all Failed Projects . . . and Barnabus doesn't want to be made into a fluffier pet with bigger eyes. He just wants to be himself. So he decides it's time for he and the others to escape. With his little trunk and a lot of cooperation and courage, Barnabus sets out to find freedom -- and a place where he and his friends can finally be accepted for who they are.This suspenseful, poignant and magical story about following your dreams and finding where you truly belong will draw readers into a surreal, lushly detailed world in which perfection really means being true to yourself and your friends.

“Moscato displays a brilliance and creativity that is spellbinding.”-G. Slagle, Goodreads“The author has created such an amazing world that I would love if it actually happened on earth…I want everyone to read this book.” –Oh, Just Books, Book Blog“A brilliantly thought out book with dynamic characters that left me wanting to read it again!...You need to read it once in your lifetime."-Alanna, Goodreads"This is now one of the top 10 novels I have read in 60+ years."-J. Kelly, AmazonCan the world function without money? Maybe it’s the only thing holding us back.In a dystopian world where money and greed rule, one man has a plan to change it all and an island full of people to back him up. John Greenleaf is the President of Adrianna, the world’s first all-inclusive country with pollution-free, wireless electricity and amazing new food sources that can bring an end to world hunger and cure cancer and diabetes.While the world would benefit from Adrianna’s gifts, the rich and powerful see the tiny island nation as a threat to the global economy. With trillions of dollars per year at stake, the Alliance, a secret society of power-hungry warmongers and corporations will stop at nothing to prevent Adrianna’s technology from spreading. When major American cities start disappearing in clouds of black smoke, the world begins to question the origins and intentions of Adrianna and its people.From science fiction author Johnny Moscato comes an eye-opening analysis of the stranglehold money has on our society. It’s utopia versus dystopia in the War on Greed and it all begins with The Project, a combination of high-concept scifi and fantasy that will change the way you look at the world. Wars will be fought.Economies will collapse.The Project must be completed.

For anyone who's ever felt that boys were a different species....Wildly creative seventh grader Kara McAllister just had her best idea yet. She's going to take notes on all of the boys in her grade (and a few elsewhere) in order to answer a seemingly simple question: How can she get a boyfriend?But Kara's project turns out to be a lot more complicated than she imagined. Soon there are secrets, lies, and an embarrassing incident in the boy's bathroom. Plus, Kara has to deal with mean girls, her slightly spacey BFF, and some surprising uses for duct tape. Still, if Kara's research leads her to the right boy, everything may just be worth it. . . .Full of charts and graphs, heart and humor, this hilarious debut will resonate with tweens everywhere.

Jessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. Family meetings usually meant Mum talking a lot and then the whole family getting involved in some project that left everything in a mess until they gradually forgot about it. But at school that day, Jessica forgot about the meeting. A teacher announced a new class project: They were to choose partners, pick an animal to study and present a paper. Jessica's partner would be her best friend, Margaret. And so it was Margaret whom Jessica called with the tremendous news from the family meeting: Mum was pregnant. Margaret was nearly as excited as Jessica, and very quickly the two of them decided that instead of studying the duck-billed platypus for the school project, they would study babies. But all their reading, discussions and research did not prepare Jessica or her family for the drastic changes baby Lucie would bring to their lives.

Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he wants to move out of Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother, Nicola.Can Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's newfound love last? And will Bertie really leave Scotland Street? Find out in the next instalment of this charming, beloved series.

The Project is the story of Ibrahim and his friends, who are determined to work together as a team to win first prize at their school science fair.However, Yasin decides to make an effort to complete the project alone. This is a story of how much more can be achieved as part of a team than individually and the unexpected rewards that teamwork can deliver.This story unfolds in The Project, the second book from 'Childhood Champions', a series of stories about a group of Muslim children in New York City and their daily adventures.

Brian Falkner delivers in this sci-fi thriller with a Da Vinci Code twist! It begins with a book.The most boring book in the world. A book so boring no one could ever read it—the perfect place to hide a dangerous secret.When best friends Luke and Tommy volunteer to help move books from their library's basement to higher ground during a quick-rising flood, they discover the only surviving copy of the world's most boring book: Leonardo's River, lost for over a hundred years. Mysteriously connected to Leonardo da Vinci, the book is worth millions, so Luke and Tommy return that night to steal it. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones with that plan. . . .Brian Falkner, author of The Assault, Brain Jack, and The Tomorrow Code, weaves another page-turning thriller full of heart-pounding action--this time, with a secret from Leonardo da Vinci that could determine the fate of history. Hand this to a reluctant boy reader or any reader who loves action and mystery. "Falkner delivers a thriller that melds humor, danger and history. . . . The result is an entertaining mystery with plenty of enjoyable twists and turns." —Publishers Weekly "[The Project] reads like an action movie, with plenty of chases, explosions, and by-a-hair escapes." —School Library Journal

Brian Falkner delivers in this sci-fi thriller with a Da Vinci Code twist!It begins with a book.The most boring book in the world. A book so boring no one could ever read it—the perfect place to hide a dangerous secret.When best friends Luke and Tommy volunteer to help move books from their library's basement to higher ground during a quick-rising flood, they discover the only surviving copy of the world's most boring book: Leonardo's River, lost for over a hundred years. Mysteriously connected to Leonardo da Vinci, the book is worth millions, so Luke and Tommy return that night to steal it. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones with that plan. . . .Brian Falkner, author of The Assault, Brain Jack, and The Tomorrow Code, weaves another page-turning thriller full of heart-pounding action--this time, with a secret from Leonardo da Vinci that could determine the fate of history.Hand this to a reluctant boy reader or any reader who loves action and mystery."Falkner delivers a thriller that melds humor, danger and history. . . . The result is an entertaining mystery with plenty of enjoyable twists and turns." —Publishers Weekly"[The Project] reads like an action movie, with plenty of chases, explosions, and by-a-hair escapes." —School Library Journal

“Moscato displays a brilliance and creativity that is spellbinding.”-G. Slagle, Goodreads“The author has created such an amazing world that I would love if it actually happened on earth…I want everyone to read this book.” –Oh, Just Books, Book Blog“A brilliantly thought out book with dynamic characters that left me wanting to read it again!...You need to read it once in your lifetime."-Alanna, Goodreads"This is now one of the top 10 novels I have read in 60+ years."-J. Kelly, AmazonCan the world function without money? Maybe it’s the only thing holding us back.In a dystopian world where money and greed rule, one man has a plan to change it all and an island full of people to back him up. John Greenleaf is the President of Adrianna, the world’s first all-inclusive country with pollution-free, wireless electricity and amazing new food sources that can bring an end to world hunger and cure cancer and diabetes.While the world would benefit from Adrianna’s gifts, the rich and powerful see the tiny island nation as a threat to the global economy. With trillions of dollars per year at stake, the Alliance, a secret society of power-hungry warmongers and corporations will stop at nothing to prevent Adrianna’s technology from spreading. When major American cities start disappearing in clouds of black smoke, the world begins to question the origins and intentions of Adrianna and its people.From science fiction author Johnny Moscato comes an eye-opening analysis of the stranglehold money has on our society. It’s utopia versus dystopia in the War on Greed and it all begins with The Project, a combination of high-concept scifi and fantasy that will change the way you look at the world.

Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Book Prize in Canada, The Baby Project tells the poignant story of a family forced to make hard adjustments. Jessica and her brother Simon are somewhat shocked when their high-powered engineer mother announces she is pregnant. While Simon is off in his own teenage world of sports and music, 11-year-old Jessica is more focused on home, the punk tenant in the basement, and her best friend Margaret. She and her stay-at-home dad share excitement in anticipating the new baby, and when Lucie arrives it is the happiest time in Jessica's life. But soon the entire household is turned upside down by the tragedy of the baby's sudden death. First published in hardcover as The Family Project, this realistic story, by turns funny and sad, tender and moving, is a powerful and sensitive look at a child coming to terms with death and grief. The Baby Project will long remain in the memory of young readers.