Books with title Water Street

When the birds return to Water Street, will anyone be left to hear them sing? A Bird on Water Street is a coming of age story about Jack, a boy growing up in a Southern Appalachian town environmentally devastated by a century of poor copper-mining practices and pollution. Jack is opposed to the mine where so many of his relatives have died, but how can he tell that to his Dad who wants him to follow in the family trade? Jack just wants his dad safe and the land returned to its pre-mining glory with trees, birds, frogs, and nature--like he's learning about in school. After Jack's uncle is killed in a mining accident and the Company implements a massive layoff, the union organizes and the miners go on strike. It seems Jack's wish is coming true. But the cost may be the ruin of his home and everything he loves. A Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Spring OKRA PICK

Sima, Kojo, and Tom program computer games. But they are hiding a big secret. One evening the three friends enter "Street Wars" and play their game for real. Danger is all around as they try to beat a gang of thugs. Can they win the game against all odds? The Dangerous Games series features exciting adventure story plotlines in a graphic novel style that will hook the reader from the outset and ensure they don t put the book down until the very last page. The series is set in a computer games company and each book sees the three main characters design and develop a computer game which they then enter for real—encountering exciting and sometimes deadly situations!

Something’s not right at number 56 Water Street. From the sidewalk in front of the abandoned house, ten-year-old best friends Derek and Ravine watch lights flicker on and off, again and again. When they race home to tell their parents, they’re in for a shock: there is no house at 56 Water Street! The house is invisible to everyone but Derek and Ravine, and the ghost haunting the old place wants to get their attention. Trapped for more than a hundred years, Isabel Roberts needs to solve the mystery of her younger sister’s fate before she can truly rest in peace. And she’s chosen Derek and Ravine to help her. When the two friends summon the courage to venture inside the house, they’re unprepared for what they find (after all, meeting a ghost face-to-face isn’t exactly normal!) and the spine-tingling adventures in store for them. But Derek and Ravine are determined to help Isabel. If they don’t, she could be a ghost forever!

We have always heard every reward takes a little hard work to reach it. “Sweet Water” lets you experience first-hand the challenges and difficulties a young determined thirteen year old endures to reach the same goal generations of other family members have achieved. Feel the aches, pains, hardships, and complete joy as our character faces each new experience head on. “Sweet Water” also gives insight to the importance a family has in keeping with traditions and the rewards they teach.

Dangerous Games is a range of adventure stories aimed at reluctant older readers. The series is set in a computer games company and follows designers Sima, Kojo and Tom. Each story sees them designing and developing a computer game which they then enter for real - encountering exciting and sometimes deadly situations... Sima, Tom and Kojo work together to create computer games, but they are hiding a secret. One evening they enter their new game "Street Wars" to play it for real. Can they win against the odds?

Jiminella “Jinx” Sweetwater is a genius. She’s a scholar, an inventor, hardworking and loyal, and well known in the scientific circles around the University in Prosper City. Being smarter than everyone else might seem like a good thing, but it isn’t. At least, it isn’t to Jinx who has two friends, a small condo, and no life. After a fight with her best friend Wilder, it just gets worse. Someone breaks into her home and when her parents show up in all their hippie-like glory, Jinx has had enough and escapes to a small village by the sea. Suddenly, Jinx finds herself involved in village life, living with the unpleasant Mrs. Fratinelli and trying her best to juggle all the things that seem to end up on her plate. And then there’s calm, cool and gorgeous Dante – Snow’s boyfriend, who seems to see right through the shields Jinx has put up around herself, straight into her mind.