Ten stories from old Scottish folk songs tell histories and local legends in the voice of the peopleMany Scottish ballads tell stories of adventure and danger, trickery and wit, valiant nobles and passionate romances.
Ten legends of heroes from the Scottish Western Isles To natives from the Western Isles the Outer Hebrides there is little more beautiful than the raw power of the ocean.
Eight folktales tell stories of romance, danger, and adventure in the ancient Scottish HighlandsIn Scotland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, traveling monks or harpers called seanachies passed down many legends.
When a new horse has trouble adjusting, Ellie uses her power to help himAfter a few months in England, Ellie still misses the life she left behind when her parents died, but there is one thing in this strange new country that helps her forget her pain: Spirit, a skinny gray horse whom she loves more than life itself.
A young girl begins a new life in the English countryside and discovers a remarkable horseAfter her parents are killed in a car accident, Ellie leaves the rolling hills of New Zealand behind to live in England with her uncle, who is as cold and gray as the country she now must call home.
Some people will do anything for power-and Jimmy will do anything to stop themJimmy is ready to tell the world the truth about the government, his role in the bombing, and his own genetic alteration.
The secret is out and the hunt is onIn the nonstop sequel to Jimmy Coates: Assassin, eleven-year-old Jimmy is in hiding from NJ7, the British intelligence agency that designed and programmed him to be a superassassin.
A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age: Stewart jumps at the chance to travel into space, but it turns out his mission is more dangerous than he thoughtStewart Hale is about to turn thirteen, and all he wants is to become a rocket pilot, just like his mom.
After escaping from her scientist captors, Rat finds herself aboard a space stationWhen Rat a lavender-colored, highly intelligent rat escaped from her cage and found a hiding place in a nearby crate, she had no idea she'd be headed for the stars.
Rat and Jeff are back and still aboard the space station-but with suspicious scientists and robots around every corner, Rat is in danger againRat barely escaped the wrath of the researchers aboard the space station last time around.
Enter the world of Lacey, where everything is bright and lively, only Lacey soon learns that life sends difficult situations in order for a lesson to be learned.
For more than a decade, twins Sean and Dillon Kirrel have felt pulled toward another world--a place they have sketched out in detail and posted on the walls of their bedroom.
A fun filled adventure with Nick and Alex, with their little dog, Penny, using their make believe space ship exploring everyday items through their own eyes.
Heir to the throne of enEdlia on the magical world of Irth, Crown Patriarch Thairyn insistently claims that he has a magical birth-gift, even though there is no evidence of it.
Skip only receives a portion of his leprechaun powers when he turns sixteen, but that doesnt stop him from sneaking out of his grandparents tree home on an important quest.
In a time and place where things were simple and magical, the fates of two lands with different cultures rest on the shoulders of a young princess and her unfortunate companion.
Akelian is a magical land in a lost age of the Earth, created by ancient creatures and inhabited by captivating elvesand this is the world that young twins Demetri and Darion call home.
It has been eight long years since eight-year-old Nicholas Claus was last seen disappearing in a flash with the worlds Christmas spirit stored safely within his very being.
