The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . . Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . . Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, an epic book and game adventure series featuring the magic of ancient Egypt. He is also the author of Trapped, an Indie Next List Selection, and Plunked, a New York Public Library best book of the year and an NPR Backseat Book Club selection. An editor at Sports Illustrated Kids for many years, he now writes full-time from his home in New York City. Learn more at www.michaelnorthrop.net.
The sensationalism and hysteria of the rescue attempt in early 1925 generated America's first true media spectacle, making Floyd Collins's story one of the seminal events of the century.
Two boys must escape with their lives as they search for the secret of a cursed cave, where buried treasure lies, and attempt to find a killer.
“A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Florian Bates—the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists—must save his friend ...
She started a diary, evidence to reassure herself that she wasn't going mad. This is the true story of a strong, independent woman's descent into abuse, and how she eventually escaped -- Publisher's description.
They wore their hair long , piled atop their heads to emulate the Gibson Girl , the paragon of beauty immortalized in the sketches of Charles Dana Gibson . The Ladies - Home Journal sold a million copies each month , and the Sears ...
Matt Kindt, Robert Venditti. TRADE PAPERBACK 978-1-939346-44-5 Valiant'sunbreakableall-starsuperteamleads theresistance againstthe Earth'sfirst all-outextraterrestrial incursion righthere inanall-new, standalonestoryarc fromNew York ...
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Marshall was the smallest of the Collins brothers and possessed the softest features. ... When Marshall found it at last, Floyd cautioned, “Be careful—don't knock no rocks down on me.” Marshall adjusted his lantern and peered into the ...
Many people feel trapped, and they look to God for freedom. So how is the gospel applied to trapped people? What achievement of the cross can a trapped person latch onto for hope and faith, so that the trap can be sprung and the chains ...
Kelly Matillo. I will not sit and wait in fear for him to return. I will not sit and wait at all. I will go after him, and I will find him. I will trap him just as he trapped me. I am going to kill Evan Reed, love of my life. 177 Trapped.