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The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure! Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to griefto intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users. When one of his father’s inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside a digital world. What will happen if he’s killed? Will he respawn? Die in real life? Stuck in the game, Gameknight discovers Minecraft’s best-kept secret, something not even the game’s programmers realize.

In this fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve receives a distress call from his friends Max, Lucy, and Henry. They have found an abundance of treasure in a temple, but they can't get out! He immediately sets off for the desert to help his friends. Once Steve gets to them, they will all be rewarded with a supply of emeralds, gold ingots, and many other rare treasures.

Unlock the attic, find the compass, and discover that the world is much bigger than it looks. When the rain turns a boring afternoon into a search for adventure, Maverick and his younger sister, Mia, stumble upon a mysterious trunk in their attic labeled EVERYWHERE. Inside, they don’t find old clothes or dusty toys they find the keys to a world where the impossible is just the beginning. Guided by the Compass of Maybe a magical device that values curiosity over North Maverick leads the way through a series of breathtaking realms. Together, they must:

This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful town, and a wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty good storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero. His name is Gumluck, and he is a bumbling noodlehead. In this tall tale about a short wizard, celebrated author Adam Rex proves once and for all that the biggest heroes often come in the smallest nightgowns.

No one is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universal back lot. The tourists just think he's part of the show. It doesn't take long for Buddy to land a role on a popular TV show, playing (of course) an alien. He becomes an overnight heartthrob and is suddenly faced with legions of adoring fans, rides in glamorous limos, and appearances at "all-the-shrimp-you-can-eat" red carpet parties. But can Buddy maintain his secret identity while in the spotlight?

When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy.

In the year 2124, the moons of the outer solar system are the ultimate playground for "Jumpers" extreme athletes who use high-tech gravity boots to leap across craters and surf planetary rings. Jax and Maya are the best in the cadet league, but they’re about to find out that Jupiter is more than just a gas giant; it’s a ticking time bomb.

In their eighth adventure, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm must face their gravest mission yet. The Everafter War is over, and the sisters find themselves trapped in the Book of Everafter—a place where fairy tale characters can affect their own destinies. While trying to save their baby brother, Sabrina and Daphne begin changing events in the story to suit their needs.

This second audiobook in Sarah Mlynowski's charming new series puts a fresh spin on the Cinderella story! Once upon a time my brother and I found a magic mirror. Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinderella's fairy tale. Now, we are not messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she's supposed to. Uh-oh. Cinderella broke her foot and there's massive swelling. The glass slipper won't fit, the prince won't know she's the one for him, and they won't live happily ever after. And it's all our fault!

A taste for sweets (and for adventure) leads Michael on a fantastic quest to retrieve a unicorn horn. Will he make it out of Sweetlandia with his sugar-coated prize, or wash out in a fudgy wave of failure?

One small step for man. One giant leap for a kid with a notebook. Joe isn't your average twelve-year-old. While other kids are playing Grav-Ball or practicing their hover-boarding, Joe is busy calibrating his spectrometer and perfecting his "Language of Light." As a Junior Xenobiologist, his dream is simple: to explore the farthest reaches of the Nebula Sector and prove that the universe is far weirder and more wonderful than anyone ever imagined.

Meet Dave, a little sapling with an impossible dream: to reach the sky! Deep in the Sun-Dappled Glade, every tree is content to stay rooted in the rich earth except for Dave. From the moment its first leaf unfurled, Dave has yearned to grow past the ancient oaks, past the humming bugs, and straight up to the boundless blue. But the sky is a world of secrets and challenges. Join Dave on a spectacular, leaf-by-leaf adventure that will take it beyond the familiar forest and into the realm of the clouds! Along the way, Pip will Unfurl a magical, silver leaf that hums a sweet, secret melody.

Ten-year-old Jenny Kim and her two buddies, Fen Stenson and Barker Mifflin, live in the town of Nevermind, where strange happenings are so normal that finding a mysterious thing growing in your armpit isn’t even considered a big deal. But when the mysterious thing gets so big Jenny has to haul it around in a wheelbarrow, it’s cause for concern. She’s going to need some help sorting this out!

On vacation, Serafina meets a young beach conservationist named Doris. Doris teaches Serafina to love surfing and to preserve the world’s largest ecosystem - our oceans. Her short time with Doris leaves her with the passion she needs to succeed in the biggest competition of her life - the statewide Earth Day science fair. Serafina needs all the help she can get as she faces the competitive playing field and is forced to work with her arch-nemesis, Lucius Starling. Will Serafina be able to face her fears and win - or will she go down in history as just another plastic problem?

Welcome back to Mighty High, the school for superheroes. Stan and his friends are so busy preparing for their heroes exams and having flying lessons that no one seems to realise that Miles has been abducted by aliens! Can fully-fledged superhero Captain Courageous lend a hand or will their fates be decided by a piece of bionic bubble gum?

Nick can still teleport four inches to the left, and Farshad’s thumbs are still super strong. Cookie can still read minds, if they’re thinking of directions, and Martina can still change the color of her eyes. But now, Martina can see the invisible, and when Nick is super stressed, he can move a lot farther than four inches. As their powers evolve in possibly dangerous ways, the Odds are even more determined to solve the mystery of their origin, but it means interacting at school - a serious social risk to popular girl Cookie.

A Magical Adventure for Brave Hearts! Meet Milo, a small, quiet mole who loves dewberries and hates digging. He lives by the most wondrous place in the world: the Whispering Cavern, home to the precious, singing crystals that keep the whole forest bright. When the ancient Cavern chooses Milo to be the new Keeper, he must learn to be brave fast! The sneaky Collector has stolen the magical Crystal Key, and the beautiful Heart-Crystal is fading, dimming the Cavern's light!

Meet Andrew: A curious boy who loves the night sky more than anything. One windy, whooshy night, a piece of the cosmos decides to visit! It lands with a soft plink in Andrew's backyard a perfect, shining glass bauble, humming softly and full of dancing starlight. He names his new, magical secret Twinkle. Keeping a star hidden is harder than Andrew thinks! Twinkle lights up his bedroom like midday, confuses the school goldfish, and accidentally causes The Great Power Outage! With the help of his wise Granny Dot and a grumpy attic squirrel named Mr.

In the second book of this FANGtastic spin-off of Mo O'Hara's New York Times best-selling My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish chapter book series, an aspiring evil scientist and his mostly evil (and totally forbidden) vampire kitten blast off to Evil Scientist Space Camp.

Step into a world where stories breathe and pages whisper secrets. Ten-year-old Latoya, a girl who feels more at home in books than in her own life, stumbles upon a magical library unlike any other. Here, atlases murmur the names of forgotten lands, cookbooks weep for a long-lost baker, and spellbooks grumble with forgotten spells. But this wondrous library is fading, its magic dimming with every forgotten tale. Follow Latoya on a whimsical and heartfelt adventure as she journeys through the pages of twenty living books, each with a unique problem only she can solve.