Showing results by narrator "Stephanie Quinn" in Literature & Fiction

Emilia, the adventurous little mermaid, decides to go look for pearls. She tries to get her friends to go with her, but no one wants to come along. As she is exploring the ocean on her own, she finds a hidden treasure and learns the value of true friendship.    

Inca the Siberian kitty and her furry detective team are entangled with international spies and the shadowy Ninja Spy Cat in this amusing animal mystery.  

Molly Minstrel is treated worse than Cinderella by her mom and sisters. When Molly meets the magical creature, Unwanted, she wishes her problems away. However, you must first understand what you need before knowing what to ask for. Molly will have to look within for the solution to her troubles. 

Fourteen-year-old Olivia Turner faces the greatest challenge of her life in the Amazon rain forest. After becoming separated from her classmates on a school trip to Ecuador, Olivia finds herself lost in the jungle. She has to combat ants, mosquitoes, snakes, and dangerous native tribes as she tries to escape. Olivia shows her relentless spirit and determination to survive in this tale that sizzles with heart-pounding action and adventure. 

In a town of word weavers, Mary suffers through her third year of Novice Word Weaving. Mary thinks her troubles are over when she meets a gnome-elf who grants her a wish. But instead of weaving a better story, she's weaving strange yarn-charms to accompany her still-pathetic tales.

Eighth grade inventor Natalie Edwards doesn’t mind that her classmates cringe at her inspirational sayings and monochromatic outfits. Her parent’s love and the support of her three best friends make it easy to ignore the eye rolls and head shakes. But after her invention, the Texty-Talky, goes nationwide, the media considers her the new “IT” girl and it changes everything at school, at home, and with her friends. Then a reporter prints a story about Natalie’s unfortunate graffiti incident and even her squeaky clean reputation is shattered. 

Danwe lived in a vase. It was not a regularly shaped vase. Danwe's vase had a tall cylindrical section. That is to say it was taller than it was wide. This section of the vase was similar in shape to a can of spam, but much nicer looking. This section was just tall enough for Danwe to stand and walk comfortably in. When I say Danwe lived in a vase, I mean he lived in a vase. That is to say, he never left. He had lived here all his life, all by himself. So what happens when Danwe finally leaves his vase and starts exploring? What will his world be like?

Lumpy may be hefty with a misshapen mouth, but he’s funny and the most loyal friend Wheezy could ask for. When she meets Unwanted, she casts a wish for people to be able to see her best friend like she does. Her wish nearly kills him. 

Fifteen-year-old Libby has spent her whole life in the shadow of her superstar sister. Then her sister dies, and the light goes out. When Libby's parents drop her off in Sayers Beach, Maine, to stay at her aunt and uncle's inn for the summer, she sees a chance to escape her secrets and reinvent herself. Libby's finally caught the attention of the cute, popular guy, no one sees her as the lonely bookworm, and nobody knows why she blames herself for her sister's death. Nobody except the ghost in the lighthouse. And the ghost has a few secrets of her own.

As if being a teenager isn't hard enough...Can you imagine how it feels to wake up one day and find out that you are not who you thought you were? If you're anything like me, you know it's hard enough trying to fit in - in high school - without having to deal with the knowledge that your dad is an alien part of the time. I don't even get how you can be an alien part of the time....Not to mention all of the crazy new alien gifts you really wish you could return. Oh well, at least I have an explanation for the blue hair. Could life get any crazier?

Inca the Siberian kitty can’t wait to add Sri Lanka to the list of places she’s explored. But before her paws touch the sandy beaches, she learns a local museum needs her crime-solving skills to track down a stolen ancient sword. With her trusty diary in tow, Inca leaps whisker-first down a trail of clues that leads her deep into the wild jungle. 

In every school there are bullies. In every town there are local legends and their scary stories. In the small town of Cokerville, 11 year old Tyler and his friends have to deal with both, but they come to realize that the local legend of a haunted Indian burial ground is much more than just imagination.

Ice castles in the night are soon to shed some light on six young girls in the darkness of midnight. Two moons will come and lead you to soar through open doors. Gatherings of joyful friendly bonding between strangers, friends, and crystallized ice castles glow in the firelight.

As if I don’t have enough to deal with.... It’s crazy enough to find out, the hard way, that you are not who you thought you were. But to have that kind of bombshell dropped on you, and then - to have your Dad ditch you - leaving you to figure stuff out all by yourself, with a Mom you can’t tell anything about what’s going on...and school enemies lurking around unexpected corners. I mean...come on. It’s summer!

Snow days and little girls. Slip on your boots, put on your jacket, and put on your hat and gloves. Snow Girls is a tenderhearted story about three sisters, Katy, Lacey, and the youngest Charlotte, who love ice skating and sledding, and together capture the spirit of the winter season. Throughout the tremendous changes that have taken place in their lives, together they stand bonded as a family. Sharing love, compassion and compromise. In a time of tragedy, the Christmas season comes alive in a way no one had expected.

Who wants to be stuck wearing a shaggy dog outfit or a chicken suit on television? Twelve-year-old aspiring singer, actress, Daisy De La Cruz, that’s who. She’ll do and wear just about anything to get ahead in the entertainment industry. But will all her embarrassing moments pay off and land her a spot in her arts magnet school’s coveted master class where she’ll be rubbing shoulders with top professionals in the entertainment industry? Or will she be doomed to play the role of an animal, vegetable or mineral forever? 

Zooming through the universe faster than the speed of light, exploring the Milky Way galaxy and our solar system, these 10 students narrowly escape comets, meteors, and all the outer-space dangers. Barely escaping with their lives on many occasions, hear what other perils these kids face.

Isabella Blankenship's sixth-grade year is off to a bad start. She is facing a butt-kicking after class from what happened on the school bus. Her teacher is rather odd and also stands seven feet tall. Her shoes are soaked, and she has to eat lunch with her teacher. This day just keeps getting better and better.

Join A. J. as she discovers a summer of fun with her mom. The phones stay home while mother and daughter go on simple adventures - discovering four leaf clovers, animals in the clouds, and lightning bugs in a starlit sky. 

Living in a crystal city on a flat world, Aalok Collins is an ordinary boy living in an extraordinary place. But Aalok fears that he is a little too ordinary. All Aalok cares about, besides playing domeball, and, much to his surprise, girls, is his final exam which will determine whether or not he can move on to the Academy next year, or whether he is forced into slavery or exile. But as he waits on nature to develop within him the powers, or anima that all in his clan possess, he is haunted by dreams of an imminent tragedy. As he begins exploring the meaning of his dreams, Aalok encounters a plot to take control of an ancient artifact which could change the base of power in the city of Sherendot, and possibly throughout the 'owr clan.