Books with title The Ghost of Lizard Light

Fourth-grader Jack Carlton is miserable: His family is moving across the country and he might never see Iowa or his best friend again. But Jack can’t help cheering up when he sees his new home — an old lighthouse keeper’s lodge, right on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. As it turns out, there’s another 10-year-old boy who calls the lighthouse home — and he’s a ghost! Nathaniel Witherspoon materializes in Jack’s room one foggy night and announces, “You’re exactly the kind of boy I need.” After Jack’s terror subsides, he listens to Nathaniel’s tale of the shipwreck that cost him his life . . . and of the mystery surrounding his father’s death. Can Jack help his new ghost-friend discover the truth about his dad and that long-ago stormy night?

Fourth-grader Jack Newton is miserable: his family is moving across the country and he might never see Iowa--or his best friend--again. But Jack can't help but cheer up when he sees his new home: an old lighthouse keeper's lodge, right on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. As it turns out, there's another 10-year-old boy who calls the lighthouse home--and he materializes in Jack's room one foggy night. He's a ghost! After Jack's terror subsides, he listens to Nathaniel's tale of the shipwreck that cost him his life...and of the mystery surrounding his father's death. Can Jack help the ghost discover the truth about his dad and that stormy night long ago? This haunting middle-grade ghost story from the acclaimed author of Dear Levi and Dear Austin will have reluctant readers and mystery fans racing to uncover this 150-year-old secret.

An adventure tale told mainly through the eyes of a fifteen year old.In the arid plains of North Africa, a secret lurks, one that could unearth a long-lost civilization buried millennia ago in the sand.After Duncan Beckett picks up a stone tile engraved with strange shapes in an Algerian market, he’s thrust deep into the heart of a mystery 14,000 years in the making. Stranger yet is the stone’s origin, which coincides with a massive climatic shift at the end of an ancient Ice Age in Greenland.Soon, Duncan and his father have set out on an adventure that will take them from the Arctic’s frozen ice fields to the scorching sands of the Sahara. It also turns out that there is even more to this lost civilization than they thought, and there are those out there who would do anything to exploit it for profit.In a final showdown, can they prevail and save the discovery for all mankind?

Fourth-grader Jack Newton is miserable: his family is moving across the country and he might never see Iowa--or his best friend--again. But Jack can't help but cheer up when he sees his new home: an old lighthouse keeper's lodge, right on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. As it turns out, there's another 10-year-old boy who calls the lighthouse home--and he materializes in Jack's room one foggy night. He's a ghost! After Jack's terror subsides, he listens to Nathaniel's tale of the shipwreck that cost him his life...and of the mystery surrounding his father's death. Can Jack help the ghost discover the truth about his dad and that stormy night long ago? This haunting middle-grade ghost story from the acclaimed author of Dear Levi and Dear Austin will have reluctant readers and mystery fans racing to uncover this 150-year-old secret.From the Hardcover edition.

Adventures Of A Small Town Single Mom - Beamed To An Alternate Dimension. Taking off, with no money and no prospects, to a small town in the Texas desert may not be the smartest move. However, when Kristy, a down-on-her-luck single mom, loses her job and gets evicted, she follows her intuition and heads to Marfa Texas to show her five-year-old son the famous ghost lights. Kristy has no idea her new start on life will take her as far as an alternate universe, called In, courtesy of being beamed up by a Marfa ghost light. There mysterious aliens set Kristy on a path of self-exploration and romance. Is the wonderful world of In everything it seems to be? Or do the Inids have an ulterior motive for helping her and her son? Sci-Fi Fantasy

An adventure tale told mainly through the eyes of a fifteen year old.In Algeria, a boy discovers a few stone tiles, curiously carved. They hint of an origin far away and long ago. And so begins the adventure of a lifetime to track down the source of an unknown civilization. Duncan, together with his father and the people he meets along the way are challenged to find the clues and solve the mystery. But they must be quick because they aren’t the only ones on the trail!

Legend has it the ghost bird would roam the ancient town of Nambour in the dead of night, with low mournful cries near the homes of those who would die mysteriously before morning. No-one had ever seen the bird but many had heard its mournful song and shook at the sound of eerie giant, flapping wings. Will Ethan and James find the elusive Ghost Bird?

Legend has it the ghost bird would roam the ancient town of Nambour in the dead of night, with low mournful cries near the homes of those who ould die mysteriously before morning. No-one had ever seen the bird but many had heard its mournful song and shook at the sound of eerie giant, flapping wings. Will Ethan and James find the elusive Ghost Bird?