Kcp fiction (5 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: As New. Fifteen-year-old Charlie Harker is pretty disappointed to learn he'll be spending his summer vacation helping his mom renovate an old family inn in the ?hick town? of Rolling Hills. He much preferred his plan of lounging on a beach in Hawaii. And now he has to deal with his annoying neighbor Miles Van Helsing, who's been trying to convince him there's paranormal activity going on in town. Charlie knows this can't be true. Miles is just nuts, right? Although he has to admit, it is getting harder and harder to explain all the odd situations he keeps finding himself in, particularly once the sun goes down. And it does seem like an awful lot of people are getting sick . Author James Leck hits all the right notes in this young-adult novel: adventure, suspense, funny dialogue and, best of all, zombie-vampires! This fast-moving page-turner will be a favorite read for pre-teens. Leck has created an appealing character in Charlie: the lovable slacker and consummate prankster at Choke Academy boarding school who's always quick with a clever or sarcastic comment. But Charlie proves in the end that he can step up to a challenge and show leadership and courage when he needs to. With characteristics of several different genres, this book makes a great choice for a language arts discussion of literary genres. Despite the zombie-vampires, Leck deftly avoids the carnage, so the story never reaches the level of horror.…

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Canadian Edition. 240pp. Goldenrod cloth with crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ clean and without wear. Small octavo. Ted Stenhouse grew up in Gleichen, Alberta. Murder on the Ridge is his third novel. …

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Meet a teenage hero who likes nothing better than to sit back with a bucket of fried chicken and a girlie magazine, waiting for his family plumbing fortune to come to him. But when our hero gets into some serious trouble, he's forced to volunteer at a local soup kitchen where he finds himself at the center of a struggle between the rich and the poor, the selfish and the selfless. It is a worthy cause he could care less about until the day he stumbles across a shocking piece of information. What happens next surprises everybody, including our very reluctant hero. Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Goodlooking) Hero is a novel of adventure, intrigue, Ukrainian dance lessons, disruptive horseplay, inappropriate ogling and some truly heroic consumption of junk food. Adrian Mole meets South Park in this often outrageous and always hilarious trip into the inner world of a boy teetering on the brink of manhood. 215 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children's::Children's Fiction; Children; ISBN: 1554530253. ISBN/EAN: 9781554530250. Inventory No: 257460.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : KCP Fiction,2006. First Edition Hardcover. The book is fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. SIGNED BY MAUREEN FERGUS on false title page; very minimal edge wear to dust jacket; otherwise appears unread; As a baby, Ortega was taken from his mother by scientists who taught him to talk, read, and write. Now they want to send him to school. Even though he is stronger than any human that ever lived, Ortega is scared. After a bumpy start, it looks like school might actually work out for Ortega. Then the unthinkable happens. Can Ortega's new friends save him, or will he lose everything he has ever known. Signed by Author(s).…