The good news is, Devin quickly makes friends with funny, outgoing Jessi shy but sweet Zoe and klutzy Emma. And Devin is easily one of the most talented players. Their coach couldn’t care less whether the girls win or lose. When Devin shows up for tryouts, she discovers that the Kentville Kangaroos–otherwise known as the Kicks–are an absolute mess. After all, some of the best players on the US national team come from California. Alex Morgan Saving the Team (The Kicks) Hardcover by Alex Morgan (Author) 334 ratings Part of: The Kicks (12 books) Teachers' pick Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 17.99 28 Used from 1.27 13 New from 12.14 2 Collectible from 12.00 Paperback 7.99 1 New from 7. Saving the Team (The Kicks) Paperback Illustrated, Maby Alex Morgan (Author) 443 ratings Part of: The Kicks (12 books) Teachers' pick Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 16.19 26 Used from 1.27 12 New from 12.14 2 Collectible from 12.00 Paperback 7.99 99 Used from 1.15 34 New from 5. But now that Devin is starting seventh grade in Kentville, California, all bets are off. If she hadn’t just left Connecticut to move across the country, she would have been named seventh-grade captain on her school soccer team. Twelve-year-old Devin loves to play soccer. From star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan comes the New York Times bestselling first book in an empowering, fun-filled middle grade series about believing in yourself and working as a team.
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Her novels are known for being riveting and fast paced reads that offer true suspense, memorable characters and believable drama. She now has more than twenty five novels across more than five series. Lucci published “Chaos,” the debut novel of the “Alexandra Destephano” series in 2014 and has never looked back since. Given that she spent much of her life saving lives and caring for people, she is certain that a psychiatrist would have a great time studying why she is so fascinated in coming up with creative ways to kill. She loves to come up with creative, wicked and odious ways to dispose of characters in her novels.Īs an author, she has made a name for herself relying on research and medical background rather than guns to find out how best to kill someone. This is the polar opposite of what she dedicated her life to doing when she was a professor. Judith Lucci is an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author that loves to kill her characters. The connected Bio Rescue sequence beginning with Bio Rescue ( 2003), in which a team of SEAL (Surgically-Enhanced, Altered Lifeforms) protect an aquatic civilization (see Under the Sea Planetary Romance) from various external threats. The series is distinguished from James White's Sector General sequence by not being focused on a single Space Habitat hospital, nor confined to the interactions within a single medical hierarchy. The universe she inhabits, with communications enhanced by Faster Than Light travel and Universal Translators, makes an easy background for some sophisticated presentations of the life of a doctor in this environment. Her sf titles are exclusively set in the StarDoc Universe, whose first subseries, the StarDoc sequence beginning with Stardoc ( 2000) and ending with Dream Called Time ( 2010), follows the Space Opera career and adventures (some romantic) of Dr Cherijo Grey Veil as she solves medical crises (see Medicine), initially on a planet housing 200 Alien species (see Xenobiology), and in various locations subsequently. Pseudonym of US medical technician (specializing in trauma) and author Sheila Lynn Kelly (1961- ), who uses S L Viehl for her sf she has also published as by Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, Rebecca Kelly and Lynn Viehl. This clever, fun read from Elissa Brent Weissman is full of great minor characters (like a bunkmate who solves math problems in his sleep) and silly subplots (like the geekiest lice outbreak ever). Gabe worries that Zack will see him only as a nerd, until a wild summer at camp-complete with a midnight canoe ride to "Dead Man's Island"-helps Gabe realize that he and Zack have the foundations for a real friendship. Elissa Brent Weissman is the author of The Short Seller, Nerd Camp, Nerd Camp 2.0, Standing for Socks, The Trouble with Mark Hopper, and the editor of Our Story Begins.She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. S.C.G.E = Smart Camp for Geeks and Eggheads.īut is Gabe really a geek? He's never thought about it much-but that was before he met Zack, his hip, LA-cool, soon-to-be stepbrother. has been a summer home to some legendary middle-school smarty-pants (and future Jeopardy! contestants), but it has a reputation for being, well, a Nerd Camp. That means he'll be spending six weeks at sleepaway camp, writing poetry and perfecting logic proofs. Ten-year-old Gabe has just been accepted to the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment. Pack your sleeping bag, grab your calculator, and celebrate geekdom with this humorous and empowering middle grade novel by the acclaimed author of Standing for Socks. A television titan who not long ago was legendary for shunning interviews and the media spotlight, she was relaxed and reflective as she shared with a reporter how "everybody asks: 'What happened to you?' I don't know what to say, except that I had this weird, transformative experience and I feel like I've completely changed my life from top to bottom." "I feel like a different person," Rhimes declares over tea at a New York hotel. This stinging rebuke led Rhimes to commit herself to a year of saying "yes" to whatever came her way.įor Rhimes, who describes herself back then as an introvert "to the bone," this meant saying yes to speaking engagements and social invitations she would have turned down before. But otherwise she was a chronic naysayer, which spurred her sister to mutter as they cooked Thanksgiving dinner in 2013, "You never say yes to anything." Through the use of his art, Matthew Hill has also contributed extensively to his community, providing local schools with colourful illustrations to inspire their pupils, and delivering lectures and workshops to both young and adult audiences. Since graduating with a Masters Degree in Fine Art, Matthew has worked as a professional illustrator, producing both traditional and digital artwork for a broad range of clients within the creative industries, including architectural design companies and iPhone game development studios. The simple philosophy that he follows is ‘that art should be meaningful and have a positive effect on those who view it.’ Since then he has gone on to win numerous awards, such as the Whitworth Wallis Painting Award, and has exhibited artwork in cities across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Worcester and Coventry. Matthew Hill’s dedication and success in art began at an early age, when at just 9 years old he won £5000 in a nationwide art competition to promote healthy school meals. She found her voice when she wrote The Eagle of the Ninth in 1954. Rosemary Sutcliff began her career as a writer in 1950 with The Chronicles of Robin Hood. She then worked as a painter of miniatures. Her early schooling being continually interrupted by moving house and her disabling condition, Sutcliff didn't learn to read until she was nine, and left school at fourteen to enter the Bideford Art School, which she attended for three years, graduating from the General Art Course. Due to her chronic sickness, she spent the majority of her time with her mother, a tireless storyteller, from whom she learned many of the Celtic and Saxon legends that she would later expand into works of historical fiction. She contracted Still's Disease when she was very young and was confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. She once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages, from nine to ninety."īorn in West Clandon, Surrey, Sutcliff spent her early youth in Malta and other naval bases where her father was stationed as a naval officer. Although primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. Rosemary Sutcliff, CBE (1920-1992) was a British novelist, best known as a writer of highly acclaimed historical fiction. Her family aren’t just eccentric: they’re monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. She loves her nerdy job at the historic Holland House, and when her super cute co-worker Nick asks her on a date, it feels like everything is falling into place.īut she soon learns the truth. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. With the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song, this standout YA contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, is the first in a planned trilogy. Intense, incredibly clever, and beautifully inventive, Only a Monster was pretty damn epic and proved to be one of the best debuts of 2022. A brilliant and awesome young adult fantasy read, Only a Monster is an impressive novel that sees a shocked girl realise that everything she thought she knew about her family was a lie and that deep down she really is a monster. Only a Monster by Australian author Vanessa Len is a particularly wonderful debut highlight of last year that I have been meaning to talk about for some time. Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia (Trade Paperback – 1 February 2022) Different parts of the Ocean contained different sorts of stories, and as all the stories that had ever been told and many that were still in the process of being invented could be found here, the Ocean of the Streams of Story was in fact the biggest library in the universe. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one different currents, each one a different colour, weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story, that each coloured strand represented and contained a single tale. Here's a representative passage about the sources and power of inspiration: So Iff the water genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Stream of Stories, and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the Ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a delightful tale about a storyteller who loses his skill and a struggle against mysterious forces attempting to block the seas of inspiration from which all stories are derived. You should instead know that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables and parables, from any culture. Immediately forget any preconceptions you may have about Salman Rushdie and the controversy that has swirled around his million-dollar head. She might be my latest conquest but I have a feeling Scarlett King might just conquer me. I just didn’t bargain on finding my one night stand across the boardroom table the next day. The bite of her teeth on my shoulder just as we both reach the edge. The scrape of her nails across my chest as she screams my name. The skim of Scarlett King’s hair over my body as she bends over. To take my mind off business I need a night that’s all pleasure. Now, the only way I can save the empire I built is to inherit the title I’ve never wanted - so I need a wife. Or so I thought until my world is turned upside down. I could never limit myself to just one woman. New York is now my kingdom.īack in Britain my family are fighting over who’s the next Duke of Fairfax. I was born into British aristocracy, but I’ve made my fortune in Manhattan. |