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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Sporting stories
Ages 9 to 12 years It's not easy being captain of the Jags -
especially when your team-mates are also your best mates! Someone
special is coming to the Jags' next game. But who is he watching,
and what does he want? What could be better for encouraging
reluctant boy readers than a series of football fiction by footie
enthusiast, writer and radio presenter Tom Watt?
Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets—perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved.
Caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
With her checklist in hand, Apricot sets out to make sure
everything is ready for Splatter and Friends annual Bat it! Splat
it! baseball game. But as the day goes on, Apricot soon discovers
one key item hasn't been finished. Apricot Saves the Day! teaches
your child about the importance of friendship, sharing, and working
together through an entertaining story that will keep your child
asking questions.Apricot Saves the Day! is a fun to read rhyming
children's story.Splatter and Friends is an educational children's
book series that promotes creative learning, self-awareness, and
the secret recipe for silliness. The color of Splatter and each of
his friends symbolizes personality traits. Determine which
character your child identifies with and encourage them to express
their full splaterific color!
In the early, hazy month of September 1984, Grice Grafton will
begin a brand new odyssey at Northside High School. After learning
to play pool as a youngster from his mentor Mr. Evans, Grice
thought he knew everything he needed to know to survive in the
world. 'Life is pool' according to his mentor and Grice believed
him. At Northside, Grice would learn much more than he could ever
imagine when he allows his loyalty to his one true childhood friend
pull the mild mannered Grice into a pool match with a ruthless thug
named Dragon, who will stop at nothing to win. The days leading up
to the match will test Grice's views on race relations; his
perception of his longtime friend, Brenda; his relationship with
his father; his faith; and even his dreams. Grice's first few days
of high school will shatter his world...forever.
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