Books with title The Pen

Jake Serent is the biggest loser you’ll ever meet. But he’s got something you don’t — a pen that can save the world.After his cousin goes missing, Jake soon finds himself on a journey that takes him worlds away to a planet called Discis, where he’s told he’s the only person who can wield a magical Pen that can stop an evil tyrant, called The Creator, from wreaking havoc on the planet’s citizens.But that’s easier said than done. Jake, along with the friends he makes along the way, is bombarded with hardship after hardship, including a torrential blizzard, inner demons and the temptation to go back home. Does Jake, who's never succeeded at anything in his life, have the courage and strength to save an entire planet?This book will have you on the edge of your seat. It's for fans of Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. Don't miss out!

World War II has just ended. Revenge is in the air. All across France accusations are flying. Paris has decided to appoint one person in each town to investigate allegations and make life-and-death judgments. In eleven-year-old Lily Page’s small town of Sainte-Therese-Sur-Seine the hunt has begun for Nazi collaborators. Their fate rests in the hands of one man, Pascal Monette, the town lawyer, Lily’s neighbor, and the father of her best friend Albert. Nicknamed the Pen because of the power granted him by the central government, Pascal Monette has been empowered to sign death warrants for those he deems guilty of collaboration. Who is the first in his sights? It’s Lily’s older sister Beatrice, who stepped out with a German soldier during the war. But did Beatrice do something much worse than that? And if she did, can any power on earth save her? Lily will try … but can anyone stop the Pen from signing? In a France hungry for revenge, the fate of Lily Page’s beautiful sister Beatrice rests squarely on Lily’s shoulders.***AuthorEric Maisel is the author of 50 works of fiction and nonfiction. His nonfiction includes Overcoming Your Difficult Family, The Future of Mental Health, Coaching the Artist Within, and The Van Gogh Blues. His novels include Murder in Berlin, The Blackbirds of Mulhouse, Aster Lynn, and Settled. He writes the "Rethinking Mental Health" blog for Psychology Today, the "Coaching the Artist Within" column for Professional Artist Magazine, and leads workshops internationally in locations like New York, London, Prague, Rome, Berlin and Paris.***Publisher’s Reviews“The Pen is so suspenseful I literally could not put it down until I'd finished it. We hear so much about ‘the me generation’ of young adults who care only about themselves. In The Pen we have a teenage girl who is totally focused on saving her sister. We experience her fears, her frustrations, and her determination through many exciting twists and turns. Just as I thought the book would end, a new development occurred and I was glued to the page, anxious to know what would happen to Lilly, her sister Beatrice, her best friend Albert, and the scoundrel Leon. The Pen is an excellent read!”—Marj Penley

The pen began as a sharpened reed used by Ancient Egyptians, but the reed point dulled quickly. It was replaced by a feather quill, then a steel-nibbed quill, a fountain pen, and finally the disposable Bic pen that was manufactured in the billions. Meanwhile, the Japanese and Chinese were using soft brushes and ink because regular pens were not useful for character writing. Only when the felt pen was invented did they switch. From those came the colored markers children use today. Little Inventions by Raphaël Fejtö is a series of kid-sized books about objects that children encounter every day with little thought of how, where and when they were invented. In fact, the beginnings of these common objects are fascinating and their true stories are told here in amusing anecdotes and charming illustrations. Each book closes with a memory game, making them useful for early reader groups.

Jake Serent is the biggest loser you’ll ever meet. But he’s got something you don’t — a pen that can save the world. After his cousin goes missing, Jake soon finds himself on a journey that takes him worlds away to a planet called Discis, where he’s told he’s the only person who can wield a magical Pen that can stop an evil tyrant, called The Creator, from wreaking havoc on the planet’s citizens. But that’s easier said than done. Jake, along with the friends he makes along the way, is bombarded with hardship after hardship, including a torrential blizzard, inner demons and the temptation to go back home. Does Jake, who's never succeeded at anything in his life, have the courage and strength to save an entire planet? This book will have you on the edge of your seat. It's for fans of Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. Don't miss out!

World War II has just ended. Revenge is in the air. All across France accusations are flying. Paris has decided to appoint one person in each town to investigate allegations and make life-and-death judgments. In eleven-year-old Lily Page’s small town of Sainte-Therese-Sur-Seine the hunt has begun for Nazi collaborators. Their fate rests in the hands of one man, Pascal Monette, the town lawyer, Lily’s neighbor, and the father of her best friend Albert. Nicknamed the Pen because of the power granted him by the central government, Pascal Monette has been empowered to sign death warrants for those he deems guilty of collaboration. Who is the first in his sights? It’s Lily’s older sister Beatrice, who stepped out with a German soldier during the war. But did Beatrice do something much worse than that? And if she did, can any power on earth save her? Lily will try … but can anyone stop the Pen from signing? In a France hungry for revenge, the fate of Lily Page’s beautiful sister Beatrice rests squarely on Lily’s shoulders. *** Eric Maisel is the author of 50 works of fiction and nonfiction. His nonfiction includes Overcoming Your Difficult Family, The Future of Mental Health, Coaching the Artist Within, and The Van Gogh Blues. His novels include Murder in Berlin, The Blackbirds of Mulhouse, Aster Lynn, and Settled. He writes the "Rethinking Mental Health" blog for Psychology Today, the "Coaching the Artist Within" column for Professional Artist Magazine, and leads workshops internationally in locations like New York, London, Prague, Rome, Berlin and Paris. *** Publisher’s Reviews “The Pen is so suspenseful I literally could not put it down until I'd finished it. We hear so much about ‘the me generation’ of young adults who care only about themselves. In The Pen we have a teenage girl who is totally focused on saving her sister. We experience her fears, her frustrations, and her determination through many exciting twists and turns. Just as I thought the book would end, a new development occurred and I was glued to the page, anxious to know what would happen to Lilly, her sister Beatrice, her best friend Albert, and the scoundrel Leon. The Pen is an excellent read!”—Marj Penley