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Adam Smith has a tent, blankets, a water bottle, friends, and a school voucher. What more could he need? He’s doing great overall, but winter is coming fast, the gangs know his face, and he is failing cooking class! Choices have to be made. Stay and fight, or run? But if he stays, how will he survive? And if he runs, will she come with him?

Leo remembers the first time he met Sophie. When Leo first approached her, she was so focused on the book in front of her that she didn’t even notice him. Now, as Leo grows closer to Sophie, he begins to appreciate this aspect of his friend’s personality. Sophie possesses a sense of pride and determination that can take her far in life, but the actions of a conniving adult may ruin everything. Sophie is hiding a secret. She and her mother are illegal immigrants from Syria....

A 15-year-old boy who calls himself Adam Smith is alone and poor, struggling to survive. Adam must work to eat and stay warm and clothed. During his difficult journey toward adulthood, he deceives his way back to school, makes friends and enemies, contemplates the mysterious world of relationships, and discovers a secret that might just save his life and the lives of many others in the dangerous city.

The year is 1967, and Tim Halladay has graduated William & Mary, looking forward to studying drama at Yale, when he finds himself drafted into the United States Army. His college education makes him an object of ridicule and suspicion among the other members of C Company - Charlie Company. Of course, he has to hide his homosexuality. Tom Baker's newest novel is an honest portrayal of a young man fearful of his secret being discovered, at a time when seeking out the comfort of another man's touch could mean arrest, imprisonment, and a disgraceful court martial.

Named Guardian of the Elemental Spheres, Lavinia seeks the lost gates to the spirit realm and their ancient guardians. But some of the guardians have left their duties, and those that have stayed may prove as dangerous as her enemy, whose wrath threatens the world. To end an ancient punishment inflicted on them by the Goddess for their role in a forgotten war, the Ashanti will conquer this world and that of spirit to gain power over death.

Luke knows two unfortunate truths: sadistic killer Corwin Barnes is still out there, and someday, he'll come calling. A year ago, Luke put an end to Barnes's barbaric bone harvesting operation, but it wasn't without consequence. With a team of doctors, Luke has finally dealt with his heart-wrenching losses and the heinous crimes he uncovered. He's getting on with his life. But his nemesis hasn't done the same, and Luke could never imagine just how brutal Barnes can be.

Crock-pots use the method of slow cooking to prepare delicious and succulent meals! We have used the method of slow cooking for a very long time. If this comes as a surprise to you, think about how food used to be prepared in an iron pot placed above a fire. This was one way to slow cook your food. This process has been automated over the years by using crockpots. It is one of the healthiest cooking methods.

With the Instant Pot you can prepare almost any type of food and it is a very simple device that allows you the convenience of placing your food and letting the Pot do all the work. But with such a great cooking tool, there is the need for a great cooking book! That's where this book comes in. Within this recipe guide for weight loss, you will find over 50 amazing, low carb recipes that you will not only love, but that will also get you down to your desired weight.

The Paleo Diet is the diet of the human in the prehistoric times. It is the diet of our ancestors. A diet that is clean, healthy and great for our health and well-being. This diet avoids anything that isn't natural, including all processed foods. There is available research that shows that the Paleo Diet leads to improvement in the body health and leanness, as well as metabolism.

A talented pilot. A determined reporter. A crash of wills and a spark of flame. Saving the lives of all the passengers on that plane was just doing my job. I don’t need or want to be thrust into the limelight as some hero. Yet, when tenacious reporter Penny Green starts hounding me for the story, instead of finding it annoying, our verbal sparring feels more like foreplay. My offer to help her isn’t completely selfless - it’s a chance to get her alone and act on the simmering tension between us.

Thirteen-year-old werewolf Henry and his sister, Sarah, have finally been given a chance to babysit their little brother, Benji. It isn’t an easy job to babysit a werewolf pup, especially when it keeps changing form. When Henry discovers Benji has escaped, they must find their brother before something terrible happens to him or, worse, before their parents come home. Will they find Benji in time?

While attempting to overcome their greatest fears, five college students discover something far more terrifying.

Ben lost his father some months back and is doing his best at being a boy amidst the new tragedies in town when he is confronted by an unseen threat. With nowhere to hide, no one to help, and his mother worried that she is losing him to mental illness, Ben teams up with an unlikely ally who has a horrible secret. Dan Leeds takes the boy under his wing. Each having their own demons to battle, they are confronted by an ageless power unlike anything they could have imagined. Prophecy, the past, and a boy's need become entwined with Leeds, his secret, and saving the world.

A modern take on our favorite Christmas traditions, The Naughty List will take you on a worldwide adventure to save the most popular holiday in the world. When Santa Claus does not show up for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the North Pole is thrown into chaos. The elves were not made for this type of treachery, so they turn to the Naughty List. Starting with number one, a team of children is recruited to devise a plan to rescue Santa and save Christmas.

They called him the Monday Morning Killer. That was 40 years ago, but now, it is happening again. A mother and her daughter are brutally murdered in their house on a peaceful Monday morning in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Detective Jack Ryder has enough on his plate, being home alone with six kids and his wife—country superstar Shannon King—on tour. This case takes his anxiety to a new level when he realizes the crime scene matches unsolved murders from four decades prior. He worries that a deranged serial killer has returned to Cocoa Beach.

Ella Maria Chauncey walks home after a night out with her friends, hurrying to get back before her parents realize she's been out with the boy they don't want her to date. Living in the gated community of Lyford Cay, in one of the world's wealthiest neighborhoods, she believes it is safe. Ella Maria never makes it home. She is found the next day floating in her family's pool, her tongue cut out. Seven months later, Jack Ryder is visiting the Bahamas with his adopted daughter Emily. They're trying to find Emily's relatives, but it turns out to be easier said than done.

Anxious, nervous, and a bit on edge, Dario is stepping into his new normal. Trying to embrace his true self is a daunting task: his non-relationship with his father goes further south; he can’t seem to get past the walls he built to hide from himself and his parents, and the closer he gets to the goal the harder it seems to attain. Despite the depressing odds, Dario moves forward intent on taking Kevin with him. Kevin is funny, confident and all sorts of cute. He sees the greatness in Dario that Dario’s friends have been trying to make him see in himself for years.

Mt. Hermon, Utah, is the ideal small town—until forces of darkness from deep beneath the mountain lead its people astray. Sara is the new kid in town—moved with her divorced mother from a wealthy Long Island suburb, her Jewish roots are no help when a relentless angel comes calling.

When detective Jack Ryder is going skiing with his family in the mountains of North Carolina, he hopes for a week of fun in the snow with the ones he loves. But then the body of a teenage boy turns up in the cold waters of the creek behind the cabin they have rented.

The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially since school went from being a fun place where you could hang out with your friends to a bunch of heads in small rectangles all trying to talk at once. For Bradley, Edelle, Hunter, Jasper, and Keiko, that’s about to change. A mysterious box arrives at each of their houses, and they’re invited to attend a virtual school. More than just being online, they’ll be able to create an avatar of themselves and interact with their friends and other classmates in real time using VR headsets.