Robot Wars in the City of Materials

Robot Wars in the City of Materials
By Daniel P. Dennies, PhD, PE, FASM

Published: 11/4/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 238
ISBN: 978-1-49170-001-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Twelve-year-old Jordan Steel moves with his family from California to the City of Materials in Ohio, where science and technology permeate all aspects of daily life. At his new school, the Roberts Academy, Jordan discovers the secret world of the Robotics Club and the awe-inspiring Robot Wars.

Even though underclassmen are rarely allowed to join the Robotics Club and participate in the Robot Wars, Jordan gets in with his new friends, the Silver triplets. They soon forge a team called the Warriors of the Old Republic. Paris is the electronics wiz and Friday is the welding guru. Goldie brings magnetics to life, and Nick is a computer ace. Together, they learn to depend on each other’s strengths to build a robot to compete in the Robot Wars.

But not everyone wants an underclassman team in the Robot Wars. Jordan and his teammates can’t be sure who their real friends are as they try to understand their new school, the secret Robotics Club and their competition. Even darker than some of their competitors’ intentions, however, is a secret housed in the halls of the Roberts Academy – a secret that seems drawn to Jordan and his friends.

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A Toothfully Twisted Summer

A Toothfully Twisted Summer
By Ellen Cappello

Published: 6/28/2013
Format: E-Book
Pages: 132
ISBN: 978-1-47599-186-4
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Magnolia Bloomgarden is not excited about spending her summer vacation in Tooth Kingdom working as a fairy for the family business. She couldn’t care less about getting wings, learning to fly, or sprinkling magic dust, especially because she has to leave her best friend, Sun, behind. But all of that is about to change when she realizes Sun’s family is being pursued by dark fairies who need just one thing to survive: teeth.

Magnolia is worried about what will happen to Sun and her family if she does not warn them that the evil fairies are loose in the mortal world. But before she can caution them that the fairies have potentially found a way to open their portal, Magnolia is led to the Tooth Kingdom by her uncle. There she soon discovers a perfect, happy world overshadowed by the threat of dark fairies who want nothing more than to destroy the peaceful kingdom. As the fairies make their presence known, Magnolia embarks on a dangerous journey to save both her kingdom and Sun’s family from their sinister clutches.

In this children’s fantasy tale, a tooth fairy-in-training must summon the courage to battle dark forces as a portal slowly opens and frees what everyone in Tooth Kingdom has always feared.

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The Eyes in the Tree

The Eyes in the Tree
By Carolyn VanderBeek

Published: 7/31/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 204
ISBN: 978-1-47598-919-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Blondos thinks she is the most magnificent chick in the cage she shares with other feathered friends inside a feed store. Forced to constantly preen in front of perfect strangers so as not to be overlooked during the selection process, Blondos is prepared to do more of the same when a kindly man enters the store one day. After a series of mishaps that nearly stand in the way of her opportunity, Blondos can hardly believe her luck when the man finally chooses her.

As she is carried out of the store in a box with five other chicks, Blondos wonders if they have all been selected for eggs or fryers. Surely she is too important and beautiful for that destiny. Soon, the chicks begin a new life where they observe their keepers as closely as they are studied themselves. As Blondos and her roommates grow from fuzzy balls into chickens, they are completely unaware that there are eyes in the tree waiting, watching, and listening.

In this whimsical animal tale, six feisty chicks must not only learn to trust their new master and mistress but also each other as they all fight to make their way in a scary new world where “Everything loves a good chicken dinner.”

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Monkey Tales

Monkey Tales
By Deshka Peneff

Published: 3/20/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 148
Size: 5.5x8.5
ISBN: 978-1-47596-142-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Thirteen-year-old Eric Larson is a brainiac willing to do anything to become popular, even telling a lie the size of an elephant—or in his case, a monkey. Determined to reinvent himself and not live in the shadow of his brother, Eric returns to high school after summer vacation tanned, muscular, and confident. But when he spontaneously brags to his classmates that he has a pet monkey, everything changes.

Just as Eric’s geek-o-metre levels start to decrease and the supper-hot Stacie Hansen begins to notice him, his science teacher volunteers Eric’s fictitious pet primate as the latest class project. With the help of a zoo webcam, Eric frantically begins researching what monkeys eat, how they sleep, and their natural habitats. Forced to relay his findings to his science class, Eric unintentionally discovers the dangers that jeopardize not only his fabricated monkey, Blue, but also the rain forest as a whole.

Suddenly, his mission to achieve social success is replaced by his zeal to teach others about the critical depletion of this important and fragile ecosystem.

Now, a teenager unwittingly caught between a lie and his conscience must decide whether he’s willing to sacrifice his new social success and relationship with Stacie in order to do what’s right.

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