by Bruce Coville The wind has stopped, just stopped, all across the world. As panic begins to build one boy, storm-born Hurricane Smith, is especially affected. After all, the wind has always been his friend, always had his back. Hurricane’s despair only increases when his mother’s breathing problem lands her
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Ivy by Katherine Coville Ivy and her grandmother, Meg the Healer, live in the tidy village of Broomsweep. Well, most of the village is tidy. Things at Ivy’s home tend to get messy, due to the magical creatures that come seeking Grandmother’s help. But how can they turn away a
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Pleskit Meenom, the first alien to go to school on Earth, is starting to fit in with his new class. It’s not easy, given how slippery the language is. (Just how many meanings does the word “cool” have, anyway?) But the biggest problem is Jordan Lynch, the class bully who just can’t resist picking on the new kid. Finally Pleskit and his new best friend, Tim Tompkins, decide to take action. But taking action when you have alien technology at your disposal can mean taking things just a little too far . . . and we do mean little!
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Pleskit Meenom, the first alien to go to school on Earth, is starting to fit in with his new class. It’s not easy, given how slippery the language is. (Just how many meanings does the word “cool” have, anyway?) But the biggest problem is Jordan Lynch, the class bully who just can’t resist picking on the new kid. Finally Pleskit and his new best friend, Tim Tompkins, decide to take action. But taking action when you have alien technology at your disposal can mean taking things just a little too far . . . and we do mean little!
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The aliens have made contact! But because they consider Earth a small, backwater planet they send only one ambassador. The ambassador brings along his son, Pleskit, and (for political reasons) insists the boy should attend a regular school. Science fiction loving Tim Tompkins is desperate to befriend the alien . . . and Pleskit is going to need a friend, because someone is trying to sabotage the mission!
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Ranging from the hilarious to the horrifying, this acclaimed collection of nine short stories – five of them read by full casts – showcases the remarkable variety of Bruce Coville’s work. Listeners will meet a ghost who haunts a kitchen after a tragic baking accident, visit the goblin world with an unconventional princess, and fly with Justin Jones to an enchanted island that requires a heartbreaking decision. A rich, varied, and dazzling set of listening experiences!
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There is a legend of a ship with a golden sail. Ten years ago Jan’s father climbed aboard that ship, and hasn’t been seen since. Now the ship has returned. Does Jan dare climb aboard? What will he find if he does?
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Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live with Big Darrell and Oma, grandparents he barely knows.
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Edgar Twonky didn’t intend to get eaten by a giant that morning. Sometimes these things just happen. What was even more surprising to him was what he found when he was saved from going down the giant’s gullet . . .
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There is a legend of a ship with a golden sail. Ten years ago Jan’s father climbed aboard that ship, and hasn’t been seen since. Now the ship has returned. Does Jan dare climb aboard? What will he find if he does?
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