Brad Strickland Books In Order

The Curse of the Blue Figurine (By:John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (By:John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull (By:John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Revenge of the Wizard’s Ghost (By:John Bellairs)

Collapsed in a weird trance, Johnny Dixon is dying. Professor Childermass soon learns why Johnny is possessed by the spirit of the late Warren Windrow. In a desperate effort to find a clue that will save Johnny’s life, the Professor races to the gloomy Windrow estate where he finds himself fighting for his own life.

The Eyes of the Killer Robot (By:John Bellairs)

At first, Johnny Dixon doesn’t believe Professor Childermass’s story about Evaristus Sloane, the insane inventor of a fiendish, baseball pitching robot. Then Johnny sees faces at his window at night, and senses he’s being followed. Old Sloane has invented a new, improved robot, and he only needs one thing to bring it to life Johnny’s eyes. A unique plot, marvelous characters, and non stop suspense make for deliciously wicked fun. Booklist

The Trolley to Yesterday (By:John Bellairs)

Professor Childermass has made an astonishing discovery. Behind a bricked up wall in his house is a rickety old trolley that can travel through time. Soon Johnny Dixon, his friend Fergie, and the professor are headed for Constan tinople, 1453! The professor has a desperate plan to alter history, but it may cost him his life. Can Johnny and Fergie stop him before it’s too late? Brace yourself for a wild ride. Kirkus Reviews The late John Bellairs was the critically acclaimed, best selling author of many Gothic novels, including the novels starring Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger.

The Chessmen of Doom (By:John Bellairs)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Johnny Dixon, Fergie and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the Professor’s brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.

The Secret of the Underground Room (By:John Bellairs)

Professor Childermass is stunned when Father Higgins claims that a ghost is trying to contact him. Then the priest disappears. When the professor and Johnny catch up to him, they make a terrifying discovery Father Higgins is possessed by Masterman, the spirit of a long dead knight determined to rule the world. And it looks as if Masterman is going to get his way. ‘Has enough chills to satisfy readers not quite ready for Stephen King.’ School Library Journal

The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (With: John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder (With: John Bellairs)

Fergie takes an enchanted book from the library and slowly falls under the evil spell of sorcerer Thanatos, jeopardizing his own life and the lives of his friend and professor, but if no one can save Fergie, Thanatos will gain the power to live forever.’

The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost (With: John Bellairs)

‘Gravely ill.’ The haunting words keep repeating themselves over and over in Johnny Dixon’s brain. After all the tests, doctors still can’t find any earthly reason why Johnny’s father lies unconscious. Could it be that Johnny’s tangles with a malevolent creature have caused his father to be its latest victim? To save him, Johnny and his friends Professor Childermass and Fergie Ferguson must not only enter into battle with the fearsome fiend, they must fight it in the realm of its own unearthly world!

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (By:John Bellairs)

Lewis Barnavelt isn’t at all sure he is going to like living with his Uncle Jonathan in New Zebedee, Michigan. But when he gazes up at his Uncle’s three story stone mansion with its tall turrett and bright lights blinking at every window, he feels a whole lot better. Lewis had always dreamed of living in a mansion, and Uncle Jonathan eccentric and lovable makes him feel right at home. In the three weeks before school starts, Lewis explores dozens of unused rooms and secret meandering, passageways, which is almost as fun as playing evening poker with Mrs Zimmermann, their next door neighbor, and laughing at Uncle Jonathan’s amazing magic tricks. But things take a decided turn for the worse when lewis discovers a different kind of magic lurking in the grand old mansion, one that ticks quietly and determinedly behind every wall, like a human heartbeat…
.’it’s the blend of the everday and the supernatural that makes the story glow. What the author has done that’s so special is to touch both the intellect and the feelings’ New York Times

The Figure in the Shadows (By:John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Letter, the Witch and the Ring (By:John Bellairs)

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (By:John Bellairs)

While visiting his cousin in England, Lewis Barnavelt accidentally unleashes the ghost of the wicked Malachiah Pruitt, a three hundred year old maniacal wizard. PW. VY.

The Ghost in the Mirror (By:John Bellairs)

A summer trip becomes a dangerous journey into the past when Rose Rita unwittingly accompanies Mrs. Zimmerman, a woman hoping to regain her magical powers, until she loses her memory and leaves them stranded in the year 1828. AB. SLJ.

The Doom of the Haunted Opera (By:John Bellairs)

When Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger explore an abandoned theater, they discover an unpublished opera score. Ignoring a strange omen, they show it to their music teacher, who heralds ‘The Day of Doom’ as a masterpiece. Then eerie Henry Vanderhelm, the composer’s grandson, arrives with a plan to awaken the dead and enslave the world!.

The Specter from the Magician’s Museum

John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!

The Beast Under the Wizard’s Bridge

What is it about the old Wilder Creek Bridge that makes Lewis Barnevelt so curious and so afraid? When Lewis and his best friend Rose Rita Potttinger set out to explore the bridge and the deserted farm nearby, they discover shocking secrets and a horrifying monster. Even Lewis’s Uncle Jonathan and the magical Mrs. Zimmermann may not be able to vanquish this ferocious creature! ‘ Strickland’s characters ring true in this entertaining page turner that will captivate readers.’ VOYA ‘A wonderful blend of mystery, adventure, ghosts, and friendship.’ School Library Journal

The Tower at the End of the World

An evil wizard, a mysterious island, a dark tower, and a frightening monster are just some of the elements in this gripping new Lewis Barnavelt adventure. When Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and their friends Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann vacation near Lake Superior, they encounter the ghastly Ishmael Izard, a sorcerer who’s determined to destroy the world. Will they be strong enough to defeat him, or will their fate be decided by their formidable foe? Brad Strickland continues the best selling series of the late John Bellairs in this hair raising sequel to the immensely popular, critically acclaimed The House with a Clock in Its Walls.

The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

Lewis Barnavelt is back! And this time, our lovable underdog/hero has stumbled upon something more powerful than even his overactive imagination can dream up. A camping trip with his Scout troop leads Lewis straight to an old grave and a mysterious, magical whistle. When Lewis discovers that this whistle has the power to stop the boys who insist upon bullying him, he is left with a tough decision. Does he continue to use the whistle, which he suspects might not be fully benign? Is Lewis strong enough to face the potent spirit that he is unknowingly summoning? Brad Strickland continues to attract readers to the best selling series begun by the late John Bellairs. Fans of the series will delight in the familiar cast of Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and best friend Rose Rita Pottinger. Those new to the books will be lured in by the masterfully written supernatural elements and hair raising situations.

The House Where Nobody Lived

The lovable underdog Lewis Barnavelt and his best friend Rose Rita are at it again investigating the curious and possibly supernatural? goings on in their town of New Zebedee. They get more than they bargained for when a new family moves into the Hawaii House, one of the oddest looking houses in town, and Lewis and Rose Rita are drawn into a mystery involving forces far beyond the shores of their imagination. Why are there strange drumbeats emanating from the top floor of the Hawaii House? And why is Lewis having dreams about Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire?

Incorporating actual Hawaiian legends with a spine tingling story of suspense, this is another great addition to the Bellairs canon.

The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer

Lewis’s hopes for a peaceful summer vacation are shattered as one accident after another plagues him. Is all his bad luck really just a coincidence? Or does it have something to do with the mysterious hooded figure he keeps seeing?

Mutiny! (With: Thomas E. Fuller)

Pirates and Patriots The lawless caribbean of the 1680s is a hotbed of sailors, spies, and pirate gold, where the line between patriot and privateer is a thin one. New to this exciting and dangerous world, fourteen year old orphan Davy Shea arrives at the home of his disreputable uncle Patch, a naval surgeon and complete stranger. Patch, after some reluctance, allows Davy to become his apprentice in helping the sick and wounded. When Patch joins his friend Philip Hunter on the HMS Retribution, a British war frigate, Davey comes along as his assistant. One day the captain’s brutality goes too far, and Hunter leads a failed mutiny that ends with death sentences to all involved including Patch! Hoping to save his uncle from hanging, Davy is swept along when the group escapes and forms a band of pirates. But he wonders whether Patch and Hunter have really turned their back on the king…
or if there is a larger plot at work.

The Guns of Tortuga (With: Thomas E. Fuller)

Safe Harbor?

Five months into their undercover search for the pirate Jack Steele, Captain Hunter and the Aurora head for the island of Tortuga to put in for repairs after a battle with a deadly Spanish ship. Davy Shea, now fifteen years old and accepted by the Aurora’s crew, continues to help his uncle Patch in the ship’s surgery, but Captain Hunter has a special mission for him.

The Captain has learned that captured British officers are being held on the island for ransom from the Crown, and he is determined to rescue those officers, even risking the Aurora’s cover. As a servant boy, Davy can easily pass among the various pirate groups thriving on Tortuga.

But as Davy begins to uncover the many secrets and deceptions that shroud this beautiful island, he soon realizes that more is at stake than the lives of a few captured officers. A plan is in the works that will force the pirate hunters on the Aurora to make new alliances…
and bring them face to face with former enemies.

Marooned! (With: Thomas E. Fuller)

There’s no turning back. The year is 2085, and a new teen has arrived at Mars Experimental Station One, a colony built to test humans’ ability to live self sufficiently in an alien and hostile environment. Already in existence for ten years, ‘Marsport’ is a functioning city of two thousand people with only twenty teenagers. These teens, part of the controversial Asimov Project, were hand selected from the billions on Earth and are always under the watchful eyes of the adults. The newcomer, Sean, is a fifteen year old orphan who acts tough but secretly thinks he can’t measure up to the others. His companions are Jenny, also fifteen, an ethereal blond whose frail looks belie her fierce intelligence, and Alex, a fourteen year old pilot in training who doesn’t always know his boundaries. They each have reasons to doubt themselves…
and distrust each other. But one thing is certain: Mars offers them something Earth never could. When the existence of Marsport is suddenly threatened, the group must overcome their fears and join forces, for their survival depends on nothing less.

Missing! (With: Thomas E. Fuller)

From Bad to worse…
Landslides, a deadly climate, and the increasingly unpredictable weather of Mars make survival nearly impossible, but the most immediate problem facing the Marsport colonists is the dwindling water supply. The group decides to onstruct an automated station in a rift valley where ice accumulated from the atmosphere will be melted and moved through warming pipelines to Marsport. The kids of the Asimov Project participate in the work, but then a fierce storm hits and a team that includes Jenny is isolated and lost. Despite orders not to leave Marsport, Sean puts together a group of kids to go out and find the team. As the race to save the missing colonists becomes increasingly dangerous and pits Sean against Amanda and the administration of the colony Sean quickly learns that schisms within the social order are almost as deadly as Mars itself.

Curse of the Midions

The trip to London was supposed to be for a simple reading of the will of some distant relative. Instead, things have gone terribly wrong. Jarvey Midion’s parents are nowhere to be found, and he is suddenly in the middle of a mystery a mystery involving the Grimoire, a magical book that has the power to transport people through time.

When Jarvey gets too close to the ominous tome, he is instantly transported to Lunnon, a city that is not quite of the past, but definitely not of the present day. There Jarvey must team up with the Free Folk, a ragtag gang of orphan kids who run wild on the streets. One of them wants to help him use the Grimoire to get back to his own time. But can he trust her?

The popular author of several books in the John Bellairs mystery series, Brad Strickland offers a tale of atmospheric suspense with a strong dose of magic. The Curse of the Midions is the first book of an exciting new trilogy.

Tracked by Terror

Jarvey Midion is lost within the pages of the Grimoire, a mysterious book that allows its masters to conjure up new and ghostly worlds seemingly without end. Jarvey and his friend Betsy’s mission? To continue navigating through this ancient tome and figure out its secrets. But every time it seems as if they are getting closer to an answer, Jarvey s nightmares serve up another bout of confusion. How can Jarvey fight an evil that he hasn t even begun to comprehend? And worse, what if he can t resist the temptations of the powerful book?

The second installment in the suspenseful trilogy by Brad Strickland, Tracked by Terror continues the fast paced and thrilling story of this puzzling book and the family that is imprisoned within its pages.

Flight of the Outcast

Asteria Locke’s Fight has just begun…
Asteria Locke has never left her father’s farm on the remote planet of Theron. But in one terrible moment, a surprise attack by space raiders destroys everything she’s ever known. Orphaned and alone, Asteria vows to avenge her father’s death by joining the Royal Spacefleet Academy…
even if she has to lie to get in. Branded an outcast at the Academy from the start, Asteria must work twice as hard as the other students to prove herself. But in time, she suspects that the Aristocrats who torment her have more sinister motives than shaming a commoner. They’ll stop at nothing to hide a secret from her father’s past a secret that could shift the balance of power throughout the entire universe.

The Star Ghost

While living on Deep Space NineTM, Jake Sisko has seen a lot of strange things, since his father, commander of the station, opened it to every lifeform who pas*ses through this sector of space. But when Jake’s Ferengi friend Nog says he’s seen a ghost, Jake doesn’t believe him, until a shimmering figure with glowing red eyes appears in Jake’s quarters. Soon enough the spectre has Jake on a dangerous mission into the depths of the station, with the fate of Deep Space Nine resting on his boyish shoulders.

Stowaways

With the help of a Bajoran girl, Jake Sisko and his best friend, Nog, try to rescue Doctor Bashir, who is kidnapped and taken the Bajoran wastelands.

Prisoners of Peace (By:John Peel)

Life suddenly gets interesting on Deep Space NineTM when a new student turns up in Jake and Nog’s class, Riv Jakar, a Bajoran boy whose parents were killed by Cardassians. Riv thinks school and hanging out on the Promenade are a waste of time. Instead he is determined to join the Bajoran freedom fighters in their battle against the Cardassians. When Jake, Nog, and their friends Ashley and T’Ara are investigating some mysterious incidents on the station they discover a stowaway, a Cardassian girl named Kam. She is the daughter of a high placed Cardassian official who has just shown up at Deep Space Nine with eight warships, demanding the return of his daughter. But Riv has other plans for Kam, and it’s up to Jake and Nog to save her before Riv starts a new war.

The Pet (By:Mel Gilden)

It’s the anniversary of the discovery of the Wormhole, and ships from all over the galaxy are headed to Deep Space NineTM to celebrate. When the freighter Ulysses docks at Deep Space Nine, an animal escapes from one of the crewmembers and heads straight for Jake Sisko. It does not speak or eat, but loves to play ball! Since the furry little creature presents no threat to the station and the owner is under investigation by Security Chief Odo. Commander Sisko allows Jake and Nog to keep the pet until the situation can be straightened out. Besides, the Commander has more important things to worry about. For starters, a huge new ship has come through the Wormhole and its captain is threatening to blow up the station unless his Crown Prince is returned, unfortunately for Sisko, he’s never seen the prince. Also, mysterious creatures have begun terrorizing the station. With time running out, Sisko and his crew search the station for clues, while Jake and Nog try to save their pet from an alien’s evil plan.

Arcade (By:Diana G. Gallagher)

There’s a new player on the Promenade, a Ferengi shop owner named Bokat. His Games Bazaar specializes in hard to find virtual reality computer games. He approaches Jake Sisko and Nog with a tempting offer to play a hot new game called the Zhodran Crystal Quest. No non Zhodran player has ever won this game, but then Jake and Nog have the best scores on all the other games at the Games Bazaar. And Bokat is willing to bet on their ability to win the game, and, as a result, win Bokat a lucrative business deal with the Zhodrans. But soon, kids all over the station are falling into comas, their minds trapped in an ever changing game. Suddenly, it’s up to Jake to go into the game and rescue them. If he wins, so does the Federation. If he loses, he’ll be trapped forever in a deadly game with a very real Borg.

Gypsy World (By:)

The Fjori star trader Orak is strictly off limits as it docks at the repair bay on Deep Space NineTM. But Jake and Nog can’t resist the challenge of stealing a look at the Fjori star maps and trying to find the secret Fjori home planet, Eden. And no sooner do they give in to temptation than they find themselves trapped in the starship, hurtling though uncharted space, and not even Jake’s father, Commander Sisko, can help them. If they set foot on the forbidden planet, they’ll be forced to stay for life. Their only hope is Vija, a Fjorian girl who asks the Council of Elders to let Jake and Nog attempt the perilous Rite of Passage in order to win their freedom.

Cardassian Imps (By:Mel Gilden)

Jake and Nog are looking for action in all the wrong places. They’ve played all the family holosuite games and the adult games are strictly off limits. So when Garak, the only Cardassian on Deep Space NineTM, suggests a trip to the unknown depths of Level 45, they’re ready to go. When they arrive on the musty, abandoned deck, they find a funny Cardassian toy that says ‘Moop’ when activated. And then they discover the replicator button on the toy. Perfect! They can replicate enough ‘Moops’ for a baseball game. But suddenly the figures that stand before them are as tall as Nog and they’re replicating themselves!

Space Camp (By:)

Commander Sisko has made Jake an offer he can’t refuse the chance to attend Starfleet Academy Summer Space Camp on Rijar, once home to an ancient civilization, now an archaeologist’s dream. Jake’s father has even agreed to send Nog. Jake is looking forward to the adventure and maybe finding something in the ruins to write a story about. But from the day they arrive it’s a disaster! The best friends are on their way to becoming worst enemies until an accident triggers the countdown of a megabomb that threatens the entire planet! Jake and Nog lead an expedition into the catacombs under the base in a desperate race against time. Their only hope is a terrifying voyage into cyberspace to gain control of the ticking bomb that is about to explode…

Trapped in Time (By:)

Jake and Nog are in Paris where they chase a Changeling back in time to the Resistance Movement in Paris in the 1940s. Along the way, Jake meets a girl who turns out to be a distant ancestor of Picard’s.

Crisis on Vulcan

Assisting his father during a peace treaty negotiation, young Spock meets Starfleet officer Christopher Pike and is torn between accepting his position at the Vulcan Science Academy and applying to Starfleet Academy.

Aftershock (By:John Vornholt)

Stuck at Starfleet Academy during winter break when upstart Jim Kirk gets him into trouble, medical student Leonard McCoy reluctantly joins the Disaster Relief Service Club with the humorless Spock.

Cadet Kirk (By:Diane Carey)

Journeying to the lecture site of computer genius Professor Richard Daystrom, by the book cadet James Kirk and his teammates are kidnapped by space pirates and must outwit their captors, who are plotting to trap the professor.

Salty Dog

When he accompanies Joe and his friends to look for treasure in the condemmed Trumbull barn, Wishbone imagines himself as young Jim Hawkins who acquires a treasure map and soon finds himself involved with dangerous pirates.

Be a Wolf!

This new series of novels is structured like the Wishbone public television episodes, reproducing the major elements and charm of the show while keeping the story focused on Wishbone, the dog. The series is a mixture of novelizations of existing episodes as well as original Wishbone stories. This book is inspired by the classic work, Beowulf.

Gullifur’s Travels

When Joe’s team is in the running for the basketball playoffs, Wishbone is reminded not to judge people by size as he imagines himself as the seventeenth century traveler, Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures included visits to Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.

The Treasure of Skeleton Reef

When they help restore the Skeleton Reef Lighthouse for the Oakland Historical Society, Joe and Wishbone discover that the lighthouse holds the key to incredible treasure and to some dark and dangerous secrets.

Riddle of the Wayward Books

After several burglary attempts occur at the bookstore where he is working for the summer, Joe and Wishbone decide to investigate and discover that some of the most important clues to the mystery are in the books themselves.

Drive-In of Doom

While helping Gladys Glendower fix up the old Moonlight Drive In, Wishbone and his friends try to discover who is responsible for the series of mysterious fires that threaten to destroy the old theater.

The Disappearing Dinosaurs

Wishbone and his friends try to find out who is threatening to destroy the exhibit of a newly discovered dinosaur at the Oakdale College Museum of Natural History.

Disoriented Express

When Joe and Wishbone take a mystery train ride to solve a pretend murder, they encounter a real crime that must be solved before the train arrives.

The Stolen Trophy (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

When an old basketball trophy disappears from the home of a new boy in town and one of their friends is suspected of being the thief, Joe and Wishbone determine to discover the truth about what really happened.

The Stolen Trophy (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

When an old basketball trophy disappears from the home of a new boy in town and one of their friends is suspected of being the thief, Joe and Wishbone determine to discover the truth about what really happened.

The Sirian Conspiracy (By:Paul Kupperberg,Michael Jan Friedman)

When a mysterious green, glowing object drops from the sky on the outskirts of Oakdale, Wishbone and friends set out to investigate.

Jack and the Beanstalk

When Wishbone returns to find the ball he accidentally left in Joe’s third grade classroom and must face a big, scary custodian, he imagines himself as Jack, the boy who met a real giant.

Terrier of the Lost Mines

While helping Joe, Sam, and David look for an ancient Oakdale secret, Wishbone imagines that he is Allan Quartermaine, searching for legendary treasure in an unexplored part of Africa.

The Prince and the Pooch

When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life.

Robinhound Crusoe (With: Caroline Leavitt)

Oakdale is shut down during a blackout, and Joe’s big chance to get noticed by the eighth grade basketball coach will be left in the dark unless he and Wishbone can somehow high tail it across town to the game in time! Their adventure reminds Wishbone of Daniel Defoe’s great tale Robinson Crusoe. Wishbone imagines himself as Crusoe.

Survive!

After an earthquake sends him tumbling down a cliff, young Kurt awakens unhurt, but terrified. He can’t remember anything not even his own name! Hopelessly confused, Kurt stumbles away from the cliff, unknowingly wandering deeper into dangerous rain forest. Meanwhile, Kurt’s family and his Deinonychus friend Tostri are urgently searching for him. But without his memory, how will Kurt know who they are?

Static (By:D.J. MacHale)

Before they landed on a remote desert island, the survivors of Flight 29 Down weren t necessarily friends. Some of them were friend ly, some were healthy competitors, and some were…
just plain strangers. Get the backstory on television’s hottest group of tween castaways in this original prequel.

The Seven (By:John Vornholt,D.J. MacHale)

The castaways from 29 Down have learned to fend for themselves, and it looks like island living may agree with them at least until they re rescued. But even while they hone their survival skills, the resentments and issues that divide them continue to grow. They ve chosen a leader but what good is a leader if he can t keep the team together?

The Return (By:John Vornholt,D.J. MacHale)

After a week of being stranded on an unknown island, the remaining seven survivors of Flight 29 Down have pretty much gotten their routine down. Everyone has his or her job and pulls his or her weight. But when an unexpected visitor suddenly reappears on the scene, will she disrupt their delicate balance?

The Storm

Daley, Nathan, and the rest of the survivors of Flight 29 Down have learned to rely on one another for nothing less than survival. After all, they re in the wilderness, and if they can t work together, no one is safe. So when personal belongings start to go missing, the bonds of trust are shattered with dangerous consequences…

Ten Rules (By:D.J. MacHale)

Fans of Flight 29 Down have watched the castaways slowly build a home together and learn to navigate the perils of the desert island on which they re stranded. But what about the beginning, when they were classmates together some friends, some rivals, and some unrequited crushes? Go back in time and relive the events leading up to the fateful flight in this drama packed prequel!

Scratch (By:D.J. MacHale)

We re back in real time, after the enormous and enormously destructive storm. The food supply has been flooded and the shelter has been decimated. Jackson and his motley crew are going to have to start from scratch. But there’s mutiny afoot, as the group splinters off and teamwork dissolves. Someone s going to have to step up to keep everyone together but that s easier said than done.

On Fire (By:D.J. MacHale)

When Eric breaks the camp lighter and the fire goes out, the castaways are in real trouble. That fire is their source of heat, smoke signals, and, most importantly, clean water. No one is having much luck getting the fire going, but when Jackson gets very sick from drinking unsanitized water, the heat is really on. Can they get the fire lit again before it’s too late for one of their own?

Survival (By:D.J. MacHale)

Back in the real world, Abby was passive and mellow, but the need to survive changes people. While Daley and the others are safe at the campsite, Abby is roughing it in the jungle no more yoga for this girl. When Abby returns to camp for a second time and challenges everything they have built, Daley expects the group to cling to the status quo but she couldn t be more wrong. Abby is ready to take action, and she’s not the only one.

Letters from Atlantis (By:Robert Silverberg)

On a mission to observe the fabled city of Atlantis through the mind of its royal heir, Ram, twenty first century time traveler Roy Colton soon becomes worried by Ram’s dark dreams of the island’s future destruction. AB.

The Dreaming Place (By:Charles de Lint)

A young woman locked in rage yet seeking magic, Ash is drawn into a wondrous Otherworld of totems and dryads, living tarots and mystic charms. At the same time, Ash’s cousin Nina is stalked by an Otherworld demon a manitou who can force her mind and soul into the bodies of beasts. Ash must find the strength to overcome her own anger, learn the full power of magic, and save Nina before she becomes the manitou’s weapon, turning the faerie realm into an arctic wasteland. De Lint fans will relish this urban and otherworldly fantasy, partially set in the author’s trademark Newford. ‘One of the most original fantasy writers currently working.’ Booklist

Dragon’s Plunder

Jamie Falconer can whistle up a breeze anytime he wants. When captain Deadmon and his band of pirates discover Jamie’s talent, they plan to kidnap him and take him along on their quest for a dragon’s gold. Jamie makes a shocking discovery: Deadmon is dead! The mummified pirate captain once vowed never to rest until he’d plundered a dragon’s ho*ard and divided the booty among his men. Since there were few dragons even in those days, swearing such an oath was a foolish thing to do. The pirates have been searching for a dragon since Deadmon died in battle ten years before, and the search isn’t going well. There is one dragon left within their reach, but it lives on the Isle of Winds, where no ship can approach unless Jamie’s talent for whistling up the wind can get them there!

Wishing Season (By:Esther M. Friesner)

Approaching his graduation from magic school, young genie Khalid tries out a lamp of his own, but forgetting to tell his first human master that he can only have three wishes, Khalid is trapped by a wish for unlimited wishes.

Born of Elven Blood (By:Kevin J. Anderson,John Gregory Betancourt)

Escaping into the world of Faery when her own home begins to fall apart, Maria Blanca joins in the fight against the savage trogs that threaten the eleven great elven cities and is taken into the heart of the trog empire.

Monet’s Ghost (By:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)

Blessed with the ability to literally throw herself into paintings, art lover Geena Howe enters one of Monet’s water lily paintings, where she encounters a mysterious ghost in a Victorian castle.’

Worf’s First Adventure (By:Peter David)

Cadet Worf arrives at Starfleet AcademyTM as the first Klingon to gain entrance since the Federation Klingon, Peace Treaty. Raised on Earth by human parents, Worf wonders whether he is still a Klingon, the proud member of an honorable warrior race, or is he more human? Command level clas*ses fill his schedule, but nothing prepares him for his fellow cadets, among them his human foster brother. Intelligent, ambitious, and confident, the Academy cadets make life difficult for the young warrior. Worf must win over his classmates including the always logical Vulcans and the fierce Brikar even though they are still trained to think of him as the enemy. Then a routine trip to a training satellite turns into an unexpected disaster, and Worf must unite the cadets and risk his life before a terrible accident destroys the entire mission.

Line of Fire (By:Peter David)

On his first mission at Starfleet Academy, young cadet Worf travels into deep space and must deal with the conflict between his Klingon heritage and his role in Starfleet.

Survival (By:Peter David)

Stranded on a remote planet, Worf, his friends from Starfleet Academy, and cadets from the Klingon Empire, fight for survival as they face a mysterious and dangerous alien warrior.

Atlantis Station (By:)

Preparing to explore Atlantis Station, an underwater research base, Geordi LaForge and his fellow cadets find themselves caught in an earthquake and must escape freezing seawater and the collapsing station before they are trapped.

Starfall (With: )

Jean Luc Picard has failed his entrance exam to Starfleet AcademyTM. Now all his plans for the future are gone, and he must make the best of his life in his parents’ vineyard. Pressure from his father to become more involved in the family business and the constant fighting with his older brother, Robert, make this life difficult. Jean Luc’s best friend, Louis, tries to cheer him up with an exciting trip, but the future captain’s dream of the stars still haunts him.

A chance to re apply to the Academy arises and Jean Luc must use all his skills to pass the challenging tests. But the greatest risk he faces is the wrath of his father.

Nova Command (With: )

When Joe and David decide to use a computer to publish a sports newsletter that will outshine the one that the school produces, Wishbone is reminded of Mark Twain’s story and imagines himself as Hank Morgan, a nineteenth century American who travels back in time to King Arthur’s court.

Breakaway (By:Bobbi J.G. Weiss)

Cadet Deanna Troi faces her most difficult Starfleet Academy test when, in a holosuite simulation, she is taken captive by space pirates, along with a group of classmates who mistrust her because of her telepathic abilities.

The Haunted Starship (By:)

Geordi LaForge has been given the chance of his lifetime! He’s been chosen to join the training vessel Benjamin Franklin as assistant engineer, an opportunity rarely given to plebes. Geordi is determined to live up to Commander Sanchez’s expectations. Their mission is to chart a neglected sector of the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter. That night, Sanchez calls up’s history of the old starship and Ben’s first commander, the heroic Ike Ikushima, who died saving his crew from disaster. The next night Geordi sees Ikushima’s ghost, arm raised, pointing directly at him! When he tells Sanchez, everyone begins to doubt Geordi’s reliability…
until the ghost reappears, pointing a warning finger at them all! What does it mean? Is the ship haunted? Is it an alien invasion? The cadets are about to make history themselves if they escape with their lives!

Deceptions (By:Bobbi J.G. Weiss)

Barely three months into his program at Starfleet Academy, Cadet Data is sent to the planet Arunu as part of a class research team investigating ancient ruins. The android is fascinated by the dead planet and its effect on his fellow cadets. All the newcomers except Data and the unemotional, pragmatic Dyrondites are experiencing the jitters as they approach the artifacts of a culture based purely on emotion. There is a lesson here for each of them. But it is Data who will be put to the test…
Suddenly the communications system breaks down and they’re trapped in Arunu. It’s sabotage! Someone has discovered the ultimate weapon and plans to leave no witnesses behind. Data must use his relentless logic to infiltrate the enemy and save his friends before it’s too late!

Shadowshow

The horrifying tales at the Shadowshow Theater are unique. Under new ownership, the theater delivers terrifying scenes of violent sex and gore that pack the theater in the small town of Gaither, Georgia each night. New owner Athanial Badon never tells the people who push into these midnight movies that it will be themselves acting out these horrors on the screen. But when the lights come on, the nightmare continues.

When Mack Came Back

Maury is terrified when he hears howling coming from the woods. When he goes to see what’s making the noise, he finds a shivering dog tangled in blackberry vines. Maury realizes that it’s his brother Ben’s dog, Mack. Ben gave Mack to a friend before he left for the army, but Mack has come back home. There is nothing Maury wants more than to keep the dog that once belonged to his brother. But Maury’s father sees Mack as a constant reminder of his eldest son, who abandoned the family farm to go fight a war…
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Kong: King of Skull Island

In 1932, American showman Carl Denham returned from a mysterious, hidden island with a priceless treasure the island’s barbaric god, a monstrous anthropoid called ‘Kong.’ The savage giant escaped and wreaked havoc through the concrete jungle of Manhattan, but within hours of the beast’s death plummet from the peak of the Empire State Building, his body and Carl Denham disappeared. Twenty five years later, the son of Carl Denham makes a shocking discovery that leads him back to the site of his father’s greatest adventure and to answers that will unlock the secrets surrounding nature’s greatest miracle and history’s greatest mystery.

Authorized by the estate of King Kong’s creator, Merian C. Cooper, Kong: King of Skull Island is a lavishly illustrated novel that acts as both prequel and sequel to Cooper’s original novel. Created by acclaimed illustrator Joe DeVito, co writer alongside top fantasy and science fiction writer Brad Strickland with John Michlig, Kong: King of Skull Island utilizes innovative layout and design to make for a unique, interactive storytelling experience, remaining true to the classic Kong legend while illuminating new discoveries that will deepen the original story. Introduction by film special effects master Ray Harryhausen The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad is included.

Merian C Cooper’s King Kong (With: Joe DeVito)

Since its release in 1933, Merian C. Coopers film King Kong has shocked and delighted generations of movie fans, setting the standard against which all such movies have been judged ever since. In December, 2005, Peter Jacksonwhose films of the Lord of the Rings won critical acclaim and set box office records around the worldwill release his version of this classic film, bringing King Kong back to the forefront of the popular imagination. Fully authorized by the estate of Merian C. Cooper, Joe DeVito and Brad Stricklands novel is a full rewrite of the original 1932 novel, bringing Coopers original vision of King Kong back to readers and fans alike. Set in the early 1930s, it is a classic story of exploration and adventure, at the center of which is the eighth wonder of the world himselfKong.