Charlie Blake was ten years old when he became an orphan. For the past four years he has been living at Alpha Children's Home and at potential homes to be adopted into. Now he is hoping to be adopted by a man named Jacob Willoughby who lives in West Sussex. Things are looking good until a week after going there when he wakes up from a nightmare like the one he had before his dad died. Soon after that he learns some disturbing secrets about Jacob. Then Charlie meets a very mysterious being who seems to follow him. That being may be friend or foe.
When Tidi Summerbee finds that her family has been taken bythraiks, she goes to her brother's teacher and takes hisplace as an apprentice wizard. Soon after she is sent ondangerous journey to return the great book to its hidingplace so no one can use it for evil. Some people though wantit for themselves and will do anything to get it--even kill.Now she must go through many life threatening choices to getthe great book to its hiding place. Her life may never bethe same again.
The DMS (Department of Millatary Sciences) is trying to keep the Mastermind a super computer out of the hands of two groups.Both of the groups want to eliminate the DMS. One of the groups is making weird creatures. Joe Ledger is working for the DMS and is trying two stop both sides. Although nether side is prepared.
The Silver Donkey is a young adult fiction book written by Sonya Hartnett,and it takes place during World War I.The story starts one day when two sisters, Marcelle and Coco, find a runaway solider in the woods. The solider, Lieutenant Shepard, is blind and is trying to get back home to his dying brother. Marcelle, the oldest sister, realizes they can't get the solider home without help, so they tell their older brother, Pascal. Pascal creates a plan to help get the solider home. In return, the solider tells the children four stories about his good luck charm, a silver donkey.
