monsters

"In the fog-laden hills of San Francisco sits a sleepy independent boba caf?. Run by Jing Li and guarded by her kitty, Bao, it comfortably fades into the background. But inside the boba caf?, there's a secret. Jing is the keeper of the monster of San Francisco. Each day she prepares one giant boba for nine hours to feed it. When Jing's granddaughter, Aria, comes to stay with her for the summer, she makes it her mission to turn the caf? around. Aria is quickly aided by Bao, who gives birth to eight perfect kittens. Aria spreads the news of the boba cat caf? on social media and overnight it is overrun with excited customers. Each day Nainai Li (Grandma Li) finds reasons to close the caf?, but the demand only increases. When she opens, the hill monster is left hungry and small earthquakes begin to plague the city. When Aria secretly follows her nainai to the hill monster's cave, she isn't sure what awaits"--Amazon.

When seventeen-year-old Latavia is presented as a human sacrifice to an ancient beast, she is determined to do whatever it takes to survive--even if that includes making a deal with the monster and endangering her crush and family.

Presents the full script of the original "Star Wars" audio drama "Tempest Runner," set during the High Republic Era of the galaxy. The Jedi have captured the Tempest Runner Lourna Dee of the Nihil pirates, the most fearsome monster who has been ravaging the High Republic, but they don't know it: Lourna disguised herself as just another Nihil raider before her capture. Now, without her ship, without her crew, her gear, she must chart her own path to her glorious escape--but friendships she makes along the way in Jedi captivity may lead to her redemption instead.

"Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong and that monsters aren't real, one fact at a time"--.

Contains two Bruce Coville stories including "Juliet Dove, Queen of Love" in which a shy twelve-year-old girl must solve a puzzle involving characters from Greek mythology to free herself from a spell that makes her irresistible to boys; and "The Monster's Ring, " the story of a timid boy who, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

Twelve-year-old Barbadian Josephine encounters a strange figure who resembles the fearsome Heartman who steals children's hearts, while also dealing with the odd behavior of her best friend.

Escalofri?os es perfecto para los fana?ticos de las historias de miedo. Con el humor caracteri?stico de R. L. Stine y una fuerte dosis de diversio?n terrori?fica, estos relatos escalofriantes demuestran que el legado e?pico de Stine en el ge?nero de terror es ma?s que merecido.

"Monsters such as zombies, werewolves, and ghouls explain basic rules of grammar, including correct punctuation, appropriate word choices, and contractions"--.