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It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly.

Here are eight princesses for the Rebel Girls generation: bold, empowered, full of curiosity and adventure and determined to be true to themselves. Natasha Farrant's original stories are set in different times all around the world, blending modern and traditional.

Anax thinks she knows her history. She'd better. She's sat facing three Examiners and her gruelling four-hour examination has just begun. After the Great War in 2077, her island Republic emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens were safe - but never free. They lived in complete isolation from the outside. Until one man rescued a girl from the sea, and shook the very foundations on which the Republic was built. It was a time where ancient philosophical questions had collided dramatically with the march of technology.

Justice, fairness, friendship, and curiosity. That's the motto of the Heroic Commission. Unfortunately, the heroes aren't coming to save the day, and it's up to Becky Blueshift and her friends to save them! Becky's parents are stuck between dimensions, her little brother has made a mess of their starship, and her best friend just wants to go home. Too bad in space, no one can hear you complain. Danger and death lie around every corner, but none of it is as scary as Becky's fear of failure.

Mr. Phillips, the lighthouse caretaker, is missing! Molly is the only other one who knows the true secrets of the lighthouse and how to access the magical world of Sansnom. She suspects that Mr. Phillips must be somewhere in that world and sets off once again, this time with some unlikely companions, to find her friend. Molly must travel farther into Sansnom than she ever has before. She’ll come across some giant surprises and face dangers that she never imagined.

Hurry back to Sansnom with Molly in the sixth book of the Into the Lighthouse series. Water is leaking from the old Lighthouse and Molly must go inside to find the cause. Join Molly, Matthew, and Vincent as they help the Vesilites, meet new friends, and protect Sansnom.

When 11-year-old Elizabeth is left to babysit her four-year-old sister one rainy night, neither of them expect the adventure that unfolds. Their parents don’t return home, and by morning there is a flood that fills the first floor of their house. Elizabeth must take initiative and make an agonizing decision: whether to stay put where her parents might find them, or to be brave and leave home to go in search of their parents. Dangers loom in either scenario.

Help Fuzzy and Romeo solve the mystery as they call on the members of the Pooch Club to help. An exciting dog adventure story for children of all ages based on real characters. Meet Fuzzy, a Shih-Tzu and her younger brother Romeo, an American Eskimo miniature, as they call upon their canine cousins and their best friend human to join in solving the mystery. Everyone in the Pooch Club takes part in discovering The Mysterious Intruder.