Showing results for "The Gift of Science" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe - while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong. It's a perfect and simple plan, backed up by all the IceWing magic Snowfall can find.

Ross Bentley has spent the past 12 months in hiding on the west coast of Ireland. He has turned his back on the Guild and his gifts. In trying to escape his past and the dangers brought with his gifts, Ross has spiraled into a world of anxiety and depression and, with Cathy leaving for Paris, Ross is completely alone. Suddenly an unexpected visitor arrives. Hunter has come to call in his favor. Through loneliness and a sense of debt, Ross agrees to join Hunter for one day only. What first appears to be a simple task becomes so much more.

Ross Bentley has supernatural gifts – he can move things with his mind – but this doesn’t stop him feeling alone and miserable when he’s cut off from family and friends in a remote farmhouse with Hunter, the taciturn but powerful Guild-member tasked with protecting and training him. But suddenly Hunter is summoned by the Guild. A gifted child has been kidnapped. Hunter needs to track her down, and he has no choice but to take Ross with him.

Eine mysteriöse Nachricht von "X" führt Simon Thorn und seine Freunde nach Australien. Dort müssen sie den verschwundenen Raubstein finden, der den Erben der Animox ihre Kräfte nimmt. Doch Simons Bruder Nolan, der sich in der Zwischenzeit dem Imperium angeschlossen hat, versucht mit allen Mitteln, sie aufzuhalten. Kann Simon Thorn die Welt der Animox auch dieses Mal retten und den abtrünnigen Nolan davon überzeugen, ihnen zu helfen?

Eine mysteriöse Nachricht von "X" führt Simon Thorn und seine Freunde nach Australien. Dort müssen sie den verschwundenen Raubstein finden, der den Erben der Animox ihre Kräfte nimmt. Doch Simons Bruder Nolan, der sich in der Zwischenzeit dem Imperium angeschlossen hat, versucht mit allen Mitteln, sie aufzuhalten. Kann Simon Thorn die Welt der Animox auch dieses Mal retten und den abtrünnigen Nolan davon überzeugen, ihnen zu helfen?

We never should have done it. But we needed a break. Some time off from the superhero stuff. A chance to act like normal kids. Well - as normal as four kids who can morph into animals, a boy trapped in a hawk's body, and a bright blue alien can be. Everything should have been cool. Now Rachel is missing. And there's this... this thing that's after us.

In southern Virginia coal-mining town in 1942, Bone Phillips has just reached the age when most members of her family discover their Gift. Bone has a Gift that disturbs her; she can sense stories when she touches an object that was important to someone. She sees both sad and happy—the death of a deer in an arrowhead, the pain of a beating in a baseball cap, and the sense of joy in a fiddle. There are also stories woven into her dead mama's butter-yellow sweater—stories Bone yearns for and fears.

Mona the mouse has finally found a place to call home, the cozy Heartwood Hotel, where she works as a maid and sleeps snuggled up in a room with her best friend. Following the festive St. Slumber celebration, most of the guests have settled in to hibernate, and the staff is looking forward to a relaxing winter. But disruptions abound, from a difficult duchess to a mysterious midnight snacker. As the snow stacks higher, Mona will have to gather friends both old and new to keep the peace, finding help in some of the most unexpected places.

This third book in the Alien in My Pocket series is the zaniest yet! Zack and Amp create a massive mishap in this hilarious story. Plus the book comes with a do-it-yourself science experiment. Nothing's been easy since Amp crash-landed his spaceship through Zack McGee's bedroom window. Now Amp...

One day, the King and Queen of a fairy kingdom receive an unfamiliar gift. That gift is a little daughter who is unlike anyone else in the kingdom. They all love her and celebrate her arrival. But then, a Shadow crosses the land and places a curse upon the little daughter, causing her to be different, delayed, unable to speak or walk. Three magic fairies try to overcome this curse by giving gifts to the girl. But the curse can only be broken when the girl herself discovers her unique powers.

A powerful King sits bored on his throne in a grand castle. He is desperately sad and his unhappiness may soon destroy him. His entire kingdom is at a loss to help, except for a little girl who appears to hold the solution to his problem.