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It's been years and years since the Popper family lived in
Stillwater, but the town is still riding high on its former
residents. Across the river, Nina and Joel Popper have just moved
to Hillport with their mother, into a house she got cheaply at
auction after the "Penguin Pavilion" closed overnight. There's a
lot to do: unpacking, scrubbing the floors, investigating the
basement, which used to be the penguin exhibit -- wait, what's
this?! It's two eggs, tucked snugly near the furnace. Penguin eggs!
They must have been left behind in the hasty departure. Nina and
Joel come up with a plan. They'll send a message to the caretaker
of Popper Island, asking him to come pick up the chicks. But when
they go to the port to send the message, the caretaker gives no
response. In fact, the seafarer's office tells them, they haven't
heard from the caretaker in months. Setting off on the adventure of
a lifetime, Nina and Joel endure perilous storms, a long journey to
the South Pole, and penguins. Lots and lots of penguins.
They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two
boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time
National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award
winner! Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same
rescue mission. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with
no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence
indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system
is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has
barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making
his mission succeed-not when he's rescuing his own sister. In order
to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work
together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they
discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way
to survive. * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of
the Year * A Booklist Editor's Choice of the Year * A BCCB Blue
Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
& Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *
New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer introduces a
delightful and dynamic animal duo in a race against time to save a
polar bear cub in the first book of this hilarious and heartwarming
middle grade series about friendship and conservation. When an
animal is in trouble, there's only one place to turn: the Animal
Rescue Agency! Dashing Esquire Fox used to organize the world's
most elaborate chicken raids until the day she encountered Mr.
Pepper. Meeting the blustery old rooster changed her heart,
convincing her to turn from a life of crime and instead form the
Animal Rescue Agency, which masterminds rescue operations across
the globe. Esquire and her unlikely chicken business manager
coordinate their far-flung agents to get them to the Arctic. In
that frozen land they learn that what happened to the polar bear
cub was no accident-and that saving him will pit them against the
scariest predator in the world: a human.
New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer’s second
installment in the middle grade Animal Rescue Agency series sends
your favorite fox and chicken duo on a tropical adventure to save
the world’s biggest pangolin pop star. After a frigid arctic
rescue, Esquire and Mr. Pepper get the perfect opportunity to warm
up—an invitation to Beatle the Pangolin’s private island
concert. Sun and sand await! But when Esquire and Mr. Pepper
arrive, the island is in chaos. Field agent Alphonse delivers the
bad news: due to an incident during dress rehearsal, Beatle is
trapped underground, and foul play is likely. The worst news:
There’s no way to reach Beatle and there are multiple suspects:
Jewel, Beatle’s sister and backup dancer Arabella, the monkey
stage manager Butch, a vengeful wildcat Finding the
culprit and saving Beatle before it’s too late—this
might be the Animal Rescue Agency’s most challenging case yet!
An action-packed and hilarious animal fantasy adventure from New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer, “this new series stunner” (Kirkus starred review) will thrill fans of Warriors and Spirit Animals. Includes a stunning full-color poster!
Caldera has forever been divided into the animals who walk by night and those who walk by day. Nightwalker panthers, like young Mez and her sister, have always feared daywalkers as creatures of myth and legend.
Then Mez discovers that she can enter the daylight world, and she rushes to discover what it means to cross the Veil—and the extent of her newly uncovered magical powers—before a reawakened evil threatens everything she’s ever known.
Now, with an unlikely group of animal friends—including a courageous bat, a scholarly tree frog, and an anxious monkey—Mez must unravel an ancient mystery and face her greatest fears, if they are to have any hope of saving their endangered rainforest home.
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From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an
exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star
French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores
his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club
and The Gentleman’s Gide to Vice and Virtue. They say Léon
Delafosse will be France’s next great pianist. But despite his
being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris
Conservatory, there’s no way an impoverished musician can make
his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip
columnist Marcel Proust takes Léon under his wing, and the boys
game their way through an extravagant new world. When the
larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers his
patronage, Léon’s dreams are made real. But the closer he gets
to becoming France’s next great thing, the further he strays from
his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend
Félix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice Léon makes, he
must navigate a fine line between two worlds—or risk losing them
both.Â
They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two
boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time
National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award
winner! Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same
rescue mission. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with
no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence
indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system
is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has
barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making
his mission succeed-not when he's rescuing his own sister. In order
to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work
together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they
discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way
to survive. * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of
the Year * A Booklist Editor's Choice of the Year * A BCCB Blue
Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
& Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *
It's been years and years since the Popper family lived in
Stillwater, but the town is still riding high on its former penguin
residents. Across the river, in Hillport, residents try to recreate
the magic with penguin carnival rides and penguin petting zoos,
pretending they're the Popper originals. As the years have gone by,
fewer and fewer people have come, and the small attractions
shuttered. Nina and Joe Popper have just moved to Hillport with
their mother. There's a lot to do: unpacking, scrubbing the floors,
investigating the basement -- wait, what's this? Two penguin eggs
are tucked snugly near the furnace! It's up to Nina and Joe to find
their newly hatched penguin chicks a home. Setting off on the
adventure of a lifetime, they endure perilous storms, a long
journey to the Arctic, and of course, penguins. Lots and lots of
Popper penguins!
The action-packed conclusion to the Lost Rainforest series by
award-winning and bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers one
last thrilling adventure as the shadowwalkers are pushed to the
limit to protect Caldera. Perfect for fans of Warriors and Spirit
Animals. When the shadowwalkers were victorious in their battle
against the Ant Queen, they hoped their work to save Caldera was
done. But the rainforest has begun to rumble. Rumi, a scholarly
tree frog who can control the wind, must bring his band of animal
friends to face the greatest danger they've yet encountered-the
giant volcano beneath the jungle itself. While the volcano roars,
rumors of a mysterious evil blanket Caldera-the Elemental of
Darkness has emerged and is building a legion of followers. When
the shadowwalkers are forced to divide and conquer, Rumi finds
himself an unlikely leader and must grapple with his own secrets
before he can unlock the full scope of his magical powers. Can Rumi
rally the shadowwalkers to save their rainforest home?
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From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the
compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos -- and
herself -- from a violent coup. Congo is a dangerous place, even
for people who are trying to do good. When Sophie has to visit her
mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be
there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for
the first time she feels responsible for another creature. But
peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed
revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked,
and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught
in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep
safe, to eat, and to live. In ENDANGERED, Eliot Schrefer plunges us
into a heart-stopping exploration of the things we do to survive,
the sacrifices we make to help others, and the tangled geography
that ties us all, human and animal, together.
In National Book Award finalist Endangered, Eliot Schrefer showed a
human's first encounter with an ape. Now comes this astonishing
story of a family of gorillas' first encounter with a human. Before
humans, and before human history, there were the apes.Snub is a
young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known
as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and
restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up
her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling
. . . and lost in a reshaped world.Snub may feel orphaned, but she
is not alone. There are other creatures stalking through the woods
-- a new form of predator, walking on two legs. One of their kind
is also orphaned, and is taken in by Snub. But the intersection of
the human world and the gorilla world will bring both new
connections and new battles.In his boldest work yet, two-time
National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer shows us a riveting,
heartbreaking early encounter between ape and man -- told from the
ape's point of view. It is a journey unlike any other in recent
literature.
The story continues in this sixth book in the Spirit Animals series
- an epic collection of stories that leap from the page into a
riveting online game. Your book is the key to claim your spirit
animal! Deep in the desert there sits a beautiful oasis, ruled by a
monarch unlike any other in Erdas. His name is Cabaro, the Great
Lion, and he reigns over a kingdom of animals, jealously guarding
his golden talisman. No human has ever set foot in the Great
Beast's territory. The journey to his oasis is impossible.As a
team, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have achieved the impossible
before. But now that team is broken -- the friends scattered by a
devastating betrayal. The young heroes and their spirit animals
have already sacrificed much in their quest for the talismans. But
with the world crumbling all around them-and a ruthless enemy
opposing their every move-their greatest sacrifices are yet to
come. The fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of these brave
strangers . . . and on you.. Part engrossing book series, part
action role-playing game - discover your spirit animal and join the
adventure. Six immersive novels and a breathtaking game make this a
world children will want to live in for ever Hardback format makes
this a lovely gift Each book in the series will unlock expanded
gameplay on the Spirit Animals online game site
www.spiritanimals.com The stunning game puts players in the world
of the books, drawing reluctant readers into the story
A top SAT coachawhose high-scoring strategies earned him $300 an
hour from Manhattanas elite private-school students anow makes his
unique, proven secrets available to all.
Money can buy academic success, and the SAT is no exception.
Harvard honors graduate Eliot Schrefer discovered this lucrative
truth when he took a job at the nationas most exclusive test-prep
firm. He has helped hundreds of his clients raise their scores an
average of 300 points and reel in admission to exclusive colleges.
Now, in a guide that is as unique as his tricks, Schrefer brings
his extraordinary pointers to every anxious applicant.
This user-friendly rescue manual delivers such scoreboosting
features as:
a[ a killer vocabulary list, including words the SAT has repeated
for decades (and why reading "Vanity Fair" magazine is smart test
prep)
a[ cheap tricks to master the math section (surprise! you learned
all you needed to know about SAT math by the eighth grade)
a[ how to be a grammar genius without cracking another book
(bonus: discover the tiny subset of grammar rules that is the SATas
secret lover)
Schrefer writes in a snappy, conversational tone, dishing gossipy
anecdotes about former clients while presenting advice not found in
competing books. With a design that is as vibrant as a gameras
virtual world, this is the ultimate weapon in the quest for
test-score triumph.
Noah rose from humble beginnings and, through pure grit and
resourcefulness, got himself through Princeton. Now staggering
under the weight of massive student loans and dazzled by life in
the big city, Noah enters the rarefied field of SAT tutoring in
Manhattan, working one-on-one with the spoiled, gorgeous children
of the American aristocracy.
He takes on the considerable academic challenges that are Dylan
Thayer, a dissipated high school athlete-socialite, and his waifish
sister, Tuscany. Dylan won't lift a finger to do anything but pick
up a lacrosse stick, and Tuscany is avidly pursuing her own
downfall via drugs and relationships with men more than twice her
age. But their mother, a self-medicating pediatrician, has
ambitious plans for them in spite of their shortcomings -- and she
has plans for their SAT tutor as well.
With echoes of "The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, " and
"Bright Lights, Big City, Glamorous Disasters" is an incisive
portrayal of a small and privileged world, a cautionary tale
written by a Harvard grad who was once an SAT tutor himself -- an
outsider who became a magnificently observant insider.
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