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The ultimate guide to the twenty-four Tributes participating in Panem's 74th annual Hunger Games. Follow the Tributes' journey from the Reaping to the Games, with a look at all teh highlights along the way. Get exclusive information about the Tributes' strengths and weaknesses, their weapons of choice, and their training before entering the arena.
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The New York Times bestseller by Suzanne Collins is now a major motion picture -- and this is your guide to all of the movie's excitement, both in front of the camera and behind it. Go behind the scenes of the making of The Hunger Games with exclusive images and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions to the elaborate sets and costumes to the actors' performances and directors' vision, this is the definitive companion to the breathtaking film.
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Whit and Wisty Allgood have sacrificed everything to lead the resistance against the merciless totalitarian regime that governs their world. Its supreme leader, The One Who Is The One, has banned everything they hold dear: books, music, art, and imagination. In this stunning climax of the epic Witch & Wizard series, the stakes have never been higher-and the consequences will change everything.
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Cal's enemies are rising in number just as quickly as his days are running out. A gunshot rings out as Cal hides from his stalkers, and a hostile desert seems determined to become his final resting place. Meanwhile his plan to break into Oriana's safe seems impossible, but it could also be his only hope for survival. The clock is ticking. Any second could be his last.
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...time is running out for the student ninja to collect the scrolls they need to pass the Chunin Exams!
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Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura passed the written portion of the Chunin Exam, but that was only the beginning!
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They've danced along the brink of death during training, but Naruto and his friends now face their most terrifying challenge: exams!
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In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.
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Naruto's greatest fears come true when it's revealed that the diabolical Zabuza survived their last battle. Now, in anticipation of their enemy's return, Kakashi puts Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke through rigorous training programs to ready them for Zabuza's return. This time, their job of protecting the cranky bridgebuilder Tazuna and his family won't be nearly as easy!
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R to L (Japanese Style). Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief and, sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Believe it!
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Mars Trilogy : A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, The Warlord of Mars |
Ever since A Princess of Mars was published in 1912, readers of all ages have read and loved Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. Now, 100 years later, this brand-new bind-up contains the first three classic John Carter of Mars books: A Princess of Mars , The Gods of Mars , and The Warlord of Mars . Featuring an Introduction by Bruce Coville and illustrations from three classic fantasy illustrators--Mark Zug, Scott Gustafson, and Scott Fischer--this collection is an incredible value and will be treasured by existing and new fans.
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The astonishing final novel in Richelle Mead's epic series! Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. Now, with Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for the Royal Throne, nothing will ever be the same between them.
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The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London's dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters-including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them.…
Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
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Garrett is an average fifteen-year-old, except that he's in love with an older woman. Even though Garrett gets good grades and hasn't had any real discipline problems, his parents decide to ship him off to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for teenagers. He is "kidnapped" by camp employees and transported there, where after a painful attempt at rebellion he quickly figures out that the fastest way to graduate is by following all the rules. But no matter what rules he follows, Garrett soon realizes that the people who run the boot camp won't rest until his spirit is well and truly broken. And so, with danger at every turn, he plans a daring escape--with chilling consequences.
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Abby long ago accepted that she can't measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess, but at least she knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible. Until the accident. Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby's life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it's nothing compared to living without her. Abby's got a plan to bring Tess back, though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli. But then she learns a shocking secret about Tess. Something that was always right there, but she'd never seen. Abby is about to find out that truth isn't always what you think it is, and that life holds more than she ever thought it could.
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For centuries it has been locked away Lost beneath the sea Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight. But now magic is rising to the world once more. And a boy called Gavin, who thinks only that he is a city kid with parents who hate him, and knows only that he sees things no one else will believe, is boarding a train, alone, to Cornwall. No one will be there to meet him.
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Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone . . . because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
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When 8-year-old Kodi leaves his coastal village for a hike up Misty Mountain with his grandfather, he imagines that they might be back before nightfall. But this is no ordinary journey, and certainly Gardon, his grandfather, is no ordinary person!
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Protecting Chicago from the dark side of life can be an exhausting job, especially when you're in high school. So when the girls of St. Sophia's start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to take a break from fighting to get ready for the event. But when a Reaper unexpectedly crashes the party prep and Lily's firespell fails, she realizes that she has a much bigger problem than a full social calendar...
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Watanuki's vow to the witch Yûko, who has disappeared, leaves him in charge of the shop where wishes must be granted to those who meet the price. Enter a deranged customer who is determined to capture the heart of the man she is stalking. Now Watanuki may have no choice but to deliver his friend Shizuka Dômeki into the arms of this unstable woman! xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP. Don't miss it!
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When Alexandria Hyatt is arrested for shoplifting a judge orders her to work for an international charity in Kenya. 7000 miles away from home, Alexandria is confronted with a land as unfamiliaras it is unsettling. Over the course of her month in Africa, she will face a reality she could never have imagined and will have to look inside herself to see if she has what it takes to confront it.
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When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help.
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Summit Series '72 : eight games that put Canada on top of world hockey |
The story of Canada's place in international hockey leading up to the Summit Series, and gives all the key plays and players in the series."
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Watanuki no longer leaves the wish-granting shop he inherited from the witch Y ko. What’s more, he must help everyone who walks through its doors-even the monster that ate his eye! How can the still-inexperienced Watanuki handle what can only be called one dangerous customer? xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP.
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Sherlock Holmes is fourteen - but he’s not the ordinary schoolboy he was three months ago. Witnessing death has changed him - and his thirst for knowledge and adventure has become unquenchable. But now danger is very close to home - his brother, Mycroft, faces a terrible decision. And soon Sherlock is following him to a frozen Russia, where both their lives will be threatened, and death has one of them in its icy clutches...
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In the beach town of Nightshade, California, home to both human and supernatural beings, the Giordano sisters find summer employment and uncover mysteries involving doppelgangers and oversized football players.
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As the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary-on Halloween, of course-many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats.
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A creepy, campy new mystery series Welcome to Nightshade, California-a small town full of secrets. It's home to the psychic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries. When a gorgeous new student's prediction that a teacher will be murdered comes true, seventeen-year-old Daisy is determined to solve the crime, but when all signs point to the killer being a werewolf, she fears she is in over her head.
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Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
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A high school diving champion develops bone cancer in this story told from the points of view of the diver, his best friend, his sister, and his girlfriend.
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...With the approaching blue moon heralding her only window for travel, Ever is forced to decide between turning back the clock and saving her family from the accident that claimed them--or staying in the present and saving Damen, who grows weaker each day...
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Responding to a letter from her uncle, Anna returns to Wisteria only to find that his body has been found in the trunk of a burned-out car. Her aunt seems psychotic, and, although Anna's first impulse is to leave at once, she becomes drawn into the mystery, along with her neighbor Zack.
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When funny, charming, absolutely-normal Audrey Cuttler dumps her boyfriend Evan, he writes a song about her that becomes a number-one hit - and rockets Audrey to stardom!
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Are these my basoomas I see before me? : final confessions of Georgia Nicolson |
British teenager Georgia Nicolson's humorous diary entries reveal the results as she finally chooses between potential boyfriends, but then becomes involved in a play with the one not chosen, further complicating her love life.
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A dreamlike, loose retelling of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous love poem "Evangeline", Anxious Hearts tells an epic tale of unrequited love -- and the hope that true love can be reunited.
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Hannah isn't thrilled to be moving in with her dad and his new family, who live right next to a spooky cemetery. Luckily, Hannah doesn't believe all the ghost cat stories she's heard about the graveyard. Not so luckily, the cemetery is the least of Hannah's troubles. Her stepsister, Madison, is the meanest girl in Hannah's grade. Her cat, Icky, has been missing since the move. And worst of all, Hannah can't sleep at night: Something keeps scratching at her door, but when she looks for it, nothing is ever there! Hannah's starting to wonder -- could those scary stories be true after all?
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In his sequel to Alexandria of Africa, Eric Walters brings exciting new characters to life, with the urban jungle of Los Angeles as their backdrop.
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Two look-alike, discontented seventeen-year-olds--one a sophisticated city girl and the other an Amish farm girl--decide to trade lives for a week.
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Luuurve is a many trousered thing-- fab new confessions of Georgia Nicolson |
Georgia Nicolson's bestselling 8th book of confessions. The original Sex God has re-landed, Masimo the Italian Stallion wants to be her boyfriend, and Dave the Laugh is still a regular snoggee. How will Georgia cope juggling all three boys of her dreams?
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Through a school project Lou meets No, a teenage girl living on the streets. As their friendship grows, Lou cannot bear that No is still on the streets when she goes back home - even if it is to a home that is saddened and desolate. So she asks her parents if No can come to live with them. To her astonishment, her parents - eventually - agree. No's presence forces Lou and her parents to finally face the sadness that has enveloped them. But No has disruptive as well as positive effects. Can this shaky, newfound family continue to live together? A tense, brilliant novel tackling the true meanings of home and homelessness.
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When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
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The Council of Elders, having been informed that Tomas still lives, puts off Vlad's execution, providing Vlad the opportunity to try to set some things right.
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So Shelly
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When their mutual friend Shelly is drowned in a sailing accident, high school junior John Keats and his volatile classmate Gordon Byron decide to steal Shelly's ashes and, in a romantic gesture, return them to the small Lake Erie island where her body washed up, but the journey proves more revealing and emotionally complicated than either of them had anticipated.
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Thirst. No. 1
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Alisa has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive.
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Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escaps her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
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Former best friends Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily, who lost their best friend and leader, Alison, years ago when she disappeared, find themselves in grave danger when they pursue the truth about Alison.
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Georgia Nicolson is now the girlfriend of the Sex God (aka Robbie), and everything should be perfect. But whether it's because her loony parents drag her off to Och Aye land (aka Scotland) or because she accidentally snogs old flame Dave the Laugh at a party, Georgia's life never turns out as planned! In this edition that combines the third and fourth volumes in the hilarious #1 "New York Times best-selling series, Georgia may be about to become a shameless vixen! The hysterically funny third and fourth volumes of the best-selling Georgia Nicolson diaries: knocked out by my nunga-nungas and dancing in my nuddy-pants.
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