Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7107&N=6594+4294967144&No=20 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642665 Youd think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal. But it isnt as great as it sounds. Princes need to be hard to kill--as Khemri learns the minute he becomes one--for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor, and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642135 Trundle, Esmeralda, and Jack race across the skies of the Sundered Lands in search of the nest of the wondrous phoenix, where they hope to find the Crown of Fire, third of the six lost crowns of the ancient Badger Lords, joining a battle in the skies over Swallowhaven on the way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643877 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644493 Things start looking up for Emily and Jackson when Emilys inheritance clears and Aunt Hilda becomes her legal guardian and offers to become Jacksons, as well, but Uncle Victor reappears, willing to do anything to steal Emilys fortune. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728919 Deep in the jungle, Max and Lola battle a zombie army, mutant cave spiders, and even the ancient Maya Lords of Death--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644501 When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Lucca, she faces battles on the field and of the heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1560195 In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640688 Shy, twelve-year-old Una Fairchild is suddenly transported by a mysterious book into the Land of Story, where characters from books hope to be cast into a tale of their own, and Una attends the Perrault Academy while trying to discover why she is there. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639102 When, at the age of twelve, he is sent out from the Opportunities School for Orphans and Foundlings to be a bookkeepers apprentice, Jack finds his heretofore predictable life full of unusual adventures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642439 A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele, for a short trip but soon their boat encounters unforeseeable anomalies, strange storms, a terrifying sea monster, and the rank remains of The Very Last Sandwich. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642030 After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the dud farm, where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but there are also mysteries at the colony and when Taemon unwittingly leaks one of the secrets he must find the courage to repair the damage, even if it means returning to the city from which he was banished. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699990 When mysterious men in black abduct his father, the court jester of Austerneve, thirteen-year-old Tymmon flees into the forest, where he acquires a strange animal companion and plots to rescue his father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561645 When his own government turns against him, undercover agent Jason Steed will have to rely on his training to defeat the Triads. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574655 After a tragic attack by an evil force, Alexa and her friend Yipes are stranded in a strange community known as the Five Pillars. Each pillar of rock has its own secrets--and its own challenges. As darkness descends, Alexa must risk everything to defeat it--even if it means taking to the skies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699203 Faced with the death of his father and a growing international scandal, Em Governton must uncover the secrets behind the Knights of Themis before its too late-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562351 Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562368 Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fools Gold Gang. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643517 The annual Great Quest is about to be announced in Quendel, a task that will determine the future of Marcus and the other boys from the village who are coming of age. The wizard Zyll commands them to find the Rock of Ivanore, but he doesnt tell them what the Rock is exactly or where it can be found. Marcus must reach deep within himself to develop new powers of magic and find the strength to survive the wild lands and fierce enemies he encounters as he searches for the illusive Rock. If he succeeds, he will live a life of honor; if he fails, he will live a life of menial labor in shame. With. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711210 Accused of ruining a champion dogs career after an unfortunate incident at a mall show, Luthor is sent to the pound, prompting a skeptical Griffin to hatch a daring plan involving a sinister saboteur, a reclusive trainer, and large supply of red dye. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699073 Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey to save him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727057 Twenty years after robots designed to fight wars abandoned the battlefields and turned their weapons against humans, siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass must risk everything when the wilderness community where they have spent their lives in hiding is discovered by the bots. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643385 As part of a group of young adventurers traveling the length of the Amazon River, the reader will encounter dangers and must make the choices that will ensure survival and the success of the expedition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562081 When an outsider appears in the ThunderClans midst, it drives the Clans further apart and as tension mounts they must decide who they can trust before it is too late. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710930 Join Aidan and his friends, Lily and McKenzie, as they embark upon the journey of a lifetime. Just before his thirteenth birthday, Aidan learns of a prophecy that holds the key to ending the terrible war. Aidan must leave his home to fulfill his destiny and bring peace to the land. On this journey, Aidan and his friends learn the true meaning of courage, the importance of compassion, and the value of friendship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543287 Furgal, a half-greyhound puppy, escapes a cruel dogtrack owner and sets out in the hope of finding his father and the fabled Doglands, later returning to try to free his mother, and the other abused dogs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543073 In their continuing quest to save the world from evil forces, Mistral, Elettra, Harvey, and Sheng meet again in Paris, where they must search for the mysterious veil of Isis reportedly hidden in the heart of the city. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699575 The first Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Horror House, Zacs SpyPad intercepts a message from BIG! The address in the message leads him to a creepy house thats full of surprises. Will Zac get to the bottom of BIGs plans? Then, in Thrill Ride, theres a sinister invention at Shark Park thats about to be unleashed! Zacs spy senses are on high-alert. He must ride the scariest roller-coaster, stop the invention and save the world ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710829 While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River to a jaguar preserve in Brazil, fourteen-year-old Jacob must contend with dangerous animals and fortune hunters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539876 When average kid Zeke Bartholomew is kidnapped and mistaken for a spy, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous mission to stop the evil mastermind Le Carr from turning the children of the world into mindless zombies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710713 William Little Bear Tucker and Sarah love to explore the caverns of the Sacramento Mountains, but are they clever enough to find an exit from both the maze-like cave and the dangerous men lurking in the darkness one afternoon? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706517 After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Maxs ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427878 When Danny and Wendell find an injured bat at the neighborhood pool, they take it to Mexico where Dannys cousin, a bat specialist lives, but once there Danny is snatched up by a giant bat monster, and it is up to Wendell to save him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542196 Twelve-year-old Goldie, impulsive and bold, relies on her skills as a liar and a thief to try to rescue her captured friends from the child-stealers running rampant in the City of Spoke. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711179 Will Burrows believes he is safe at the very center of the earth, in a world that no one knows exists, but the Styx are close behind and will follow him anywhere, while on the surface, Drake and some unlikely allies unearth some critical secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542806 Princess Wisdom, who yearns for a life of adventure beyond the kingdom of Montagne, Tips, a soldier keeping his true life secret from his family, Fortitude, an orphaned maid who longs for Tips, and Magic the cat form an uneasy alliance as they try to save the kingdom from certain destruction. Told through diaries, memoirs, encyclopedia entries, letters, biographies, and a stage play. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711201 Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle schools display case, replaced by Griffins retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709431 While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573299 When a plane goes missing over Mount Everest, Jack and his fellow agents must brave the highest mountain on Earth to recover its cargo--the first true yeti skull ever recovered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639125 Seventh-grader Jonah Stone discovers that he is one-quarter angel--his mother is the daughter of a human and a fallen angel--and when she is kidnapped, Jonah and his sister Eliza must try to rescue her, with the help of prayers and a guardian angel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710634 Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710950 When she finds out who murdered her mother, Celandine, Rowan Hood returns to her former home to seek revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710574 Reports of a strange phenomenon at the fringe of the galaxy and its connection to one of Fathers old friends send the entire Mumby family, accompanied by Jack and other friends, to a far-off planet where they must find a way to prevent a new invasion of the solar system by giant moths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642103 Jack Sparrow is a merchant seaman for the East India Trading Company. His ship is attacked by pirates and he is suddenly in command. He then is made commander of the ship the Wicked Wench, by Cutler Beckett who sends Jack on a voyage to an island called Zerzura to find treasure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710638 When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Wills archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward Topsoilers like Will and his father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573843 Ray, Conker, and their Rambler friends face the Gog and his Machine in a final struggle at the 1893 Chicago Exposition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710880 After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the birdkids, who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1212774 Flat Stanley, his father, and his brother travel to Africa in search of a recently discovered flat skull, hoping it will provide clues to Stanleys condition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542881 Miss Bianca, a white mouse of great beauty and self-confidence, travels with the ambassadors son to Norway on behalf of the Prisoners Aid Society in a perilous mission to rescue a poet imprisoned in the dreadful Black Castle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539984 Andy Hawke discovers the truth behind his parents deaths and has to save his grandfather from the same fate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710635 In 22nd-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, the piratical Reavers kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter and thirteen-year-old Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her seacat on a daring rescue attempt, with a mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1328735 As the children of two world-famous explorers, eleven-year-old twins Celia and Oliver prefer television-watching to adventure-seeking until their father takes them to Tibet to help search for their long-lost mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710841 Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1270264 On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540260 Warren Trumbull gets the worst assignments working for Prince Charmings Damsel in Distress Rescue Agency....assignments like exterminating a Gorgon--a mean, green, scaly creature with the power to turn humans to stone. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709448 When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the others very different station in life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710934 In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710897 After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710622 When Flory the night fairys wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573537 When life at home becomes too difficult, eight-year-old Noah sets out to see the world and have an adventure, and in the forest he meets a toymaker who has a story and some advice to share. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642523 Eleven-year-old Theodosias ability to detect black magic raises her suspicions about a magician known as the Great Awi Bubu, while Henry, home for the spring holidays, discovers an artifact at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities that is coveted by every black-cloaked occultist in London. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709426 A young Englishman, seeking to avenge the death of his father, becomes involved in the band of the Black Arrow and the events of the War of the Roses. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711013 Alex Rider does battle with a charity broker con artist who has invested millions of dollars in a form of genetically modified corn that can release an airborne strain of virus capable of knocking out an entire country in one day. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711151 In an ancient and mystical time, fourteen-year-old Dane joins forces with his rival, Jarl the Fair, to retrieve the Shield of Odin and Astrid, the girl they love, from the tyrant Thidrick, fulfilling a destiny long foretold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1538989 Twelve-year-old Billy discovers that his parents extermination business is really a cover for something a whole lot more sinister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1607000 Presents books twenty-two and twenty-four in the Geronimo Stilton adventure series in which Geronimo is mouse-napped by his old friend Creepella von Cacklefur, and finds himself at Niagara Falls with his nephew Benjamins class, who are determined to send him over the Falls in a barrel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710949 In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574230 Unable to return to their normal lives despite the end of the Clue hunt, new Madrigal leaders Amy and Dan anxiously prepare for a retaliatory strike by the Vespers, who kidnap a number of Cahill family members and demand that Amy and Dan steal a famous painting. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562096 As Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw continue trying to understand the mysterious prophecy that binds them, Jayfeather receives a desperate plea for help from the Tribe of the Rushing Water. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710637 As fourteen-year-old archaeologist Will and his friends plummet down a subterranean pore, they face deadly creatures and discover a strange fungal shelf, which not only reveals artifacts from ancient civilizations, but clues to a lost land at the end of the Earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710947 Young Lionel, minstrel in the outlaw band of Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin, tries to find his courage when she is abducted from Sherwood Forest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711203 In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat an old--and undead--enemy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710879 The time has come for Max,Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543016 Eleven-year-old orphan Tommy Learners world in 1900 New York City collides with that of twelve-year-old, modern-day Jezebel Lemon in the basement of her apartment building, where together they must use the portals between worlds to thwart the Dead Gentleman, a legendary villain whose last unconquered world is the planet Earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709356 Allan Quatermain relates the events of his safari into the interior of South Africa in search of the legendary lost treasure mines of King Solomon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710916 After leaving home in search of adventure, romance, and riches, seventeen-year-old Abel, the normal son of freak show entertainers, is haunted by a mysterious spirit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699622 The third Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Deep Waters, Zac investigates an enemy sub that can dive deeper than ever before. Then in Shipwreck, he has to find a GIB agent whos gone missing in the most mysterious part of the ocean. Maybe this time Zacs in over his head ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710653 Tally, a twelve-year-old English girl, and her classmates at Delderton, a progressive boarding school, help Karil, the young prince of Bergania, escape into England after the Nazis invade Bergania and kill the king. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643279 In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat an old--and undead--enemy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710902 While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639518 Sixteen-year-old Colt McAllister, now in training at the secret Central Headquarters Against the Occult and Supernatural academy, joins in the battle against alien forces and discovers startling truths about himself, his friendship with Oz, and why he is being singled out from his fellow recruits. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709488 Continuing their adventures through space and time, Ben and his faithful dog, Ned, find themselves in the Mediterranean region in 1703, befriended by a troupe of traveling entertainers and relentlessly pursued by ruthless Barbary slave traders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641398 When mummies go missing all over London, eleven-year-old Theodosia puts aside her fight against the Serpents of Chaos to save her father, who is suspected in the thefts, all the while avoiding a string of new governesses. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573812 When a diphtheria outbreak forces twelve-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710636 As Will Burrows continues to search for his lost archaeologist father in the strange underground world he has discovered, he stumbles across a sinister plot with terrible implications for the world above. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711130 In the fortress of King Eldred the Moody, Dane the Defiant receives honors and a magical rune sword that belonged to his father, but he also finds treachery that sends him and his friends on a quest to retrieve the sword from a thief who hopes it will lead to a fabled treasure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710719 Francis, Lottie, and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710612 Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642791 Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710611 Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Toms fathers warnings about headhunters and cannibals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539577 In this, the second book in the series, the heart-stopping adventures of the Black Stallion continue as Alec discovers that two men are after the Black. One claims to be the Blacks rightful owner and one is trying to kill the beautiful steed. An Arab chieftain proves his ownership of the Black and takes him away, but Alec is determined to find his horse again. Following the pair to Arabia, Alec encounters great evil and intrigue, as only a horse as spectacular as the Black could inspire.From the Trade Paperback edition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643978 Fourteeen-year-old Sunni, her stepbrother Dean, and an art-student friend trace the footsteps of a labyrinth built in Blackhope Tower by a mysterious and brilliant sixteenth-century artist, and suddenly find themselves trapped inside his enchanted painting, trying desperately to get out. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643384 As part of a group of young climbers trying to climb Mount Everest, the reader must make decisions that will ensure survival and success in reaching the summit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710898 After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710911 Relying on true courage and true love, as well as some surprising connections to the Arthurian legends, a young Welsh teenager named Rhodri embarks on a quest to remove an ancient curse from Great Britain during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186107 As the four friends known as the Grey Griffins begin school at Iron Bridge Academy, where children with special powers like theirs are trained to fight evil beings, rumors surface that a mad scientist known as the Clockwork King is back, and the Griffins must defeat his robotic war machines before total devastation is unleashed upon the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201965 Oscar Ogilvie is living with his dad in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, in Cairo, Illinois, when world events change his life forever. The great stock market crash has rippled across the country, and the bank takes over their home -- along with all their cherished model trains. Oscars dad is forced to head west in search of work, and Oscar must move in with his no-nonsense aunt Carmen... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295916 Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue a holy relic taken from a church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio, and once there, they tell the story of their adventures to playwright William Shakespeare, who turns it into a play. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640627 Thirteen-year-old Dave and Sticky, his kleptomaniac sidekick gecko, try to keep a special potion from falling into the hands of the diabolical Damien Black. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186190 Jacob and Will Reckless have looked out for each other ever since their father disappeared, but when Jacob discovers a magical mirror that transports him to a warring world populated by witches, giants, and ogres, he keeps it to himself until Will follows him one day, with dire consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186121 When farm boy Homer Puddings explorer-uncle dies and leaves him a droopy dog with a mysterious coin hidden on its collar, it leads him to The City, where they meet Madame La Directeur, the conniving head of the Natural History Museum, who is trying to steal the coin and take Homers place in a secret society of adventurers.