Jacinda is a draki…beings descended from dragons. She can shift between human and dragon forms. Her pride lives separately from humans deep in the Cascade Mountains under the heavy cloak of magic fog. One morning, while taking a flight, she is attacked by hunters… humans who know about the draki and hunt them for the wealth that their hides and blood will bring. One of the hunters let her escape. Then she must decide whether her feelings for him are worth the risk of getting closer.
Butcher's Moon (A book in the Parker series) (1974) A novel by Donald E. Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) Parker, the master theif who has appeared in fifteen previous tough, lean novels by Richard Stark, now appears in his masterwork. The same hardness of line and clarity of prose that led The New York Times to say that "nobody tops Stark in his objective portrayals of a world of total amorality" is here wedded to a sweep of story and a range of action far beyond the usual thriller. When Parker comes to Tyler, a thriving Midwestern city, he isn't looking for trouble.
Getting a child's attention is hard enough, but holding it is the real challenge. This exciting series takes young readers to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, to every corner of the globe, back to the ancient myths of Greece and Rome, and inside the circuitry of the walls in their homes.
Write About Science books connect to science content and are specifically designed to exemplify a target genre (expository, persuasive, procedural, or nonfiction narrative) and to demonstrate many elements of authors’/writers’ craft in that genre, such as use of an opening to engage the reader in expository text or use of compelling photographs to incite action in persuasive text.
A zombie outbreak has ravaged the earth and only a handful of superheroes have kept the situation from deteriorating into total chaos. Reeling from losses in their own community, a band of heroes has established a fortified safe zone in Hollywood to help whatever survivors they find. Unfortunately so has a much larger group of gang members, who have some deadly tricks up their sleeves.
