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When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious-and identical-overnight. It's up to Alex to find out who is masterminding this nefarious plot, before they find him.

Me: Lucas Swain-I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed.

The missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy.

The dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy-I know she's trying to tell me something, and I think it's about my father. . . .

I may have met Violet after she died. But it didn't stop me from getting to know her. . . .

Fourteen black-and-white drawings, each accompanied by a title and a caption, entice readers to make up his or her own story.

After his last run-in with the faeries, Artemis Fowl had his mind wiped of his memories of the world belowground. Any goodness he had grudgingly learned is now gone, and the young genius has reverted to his criminal lifestyle.Artemis is in Berlin preparing to steal a famously well-guarded painting from a German bank. Little does he know that his every move is being watched by his cunning old rival, Opal Koboi. The evil pixie has spent the last year in a self-induced coma, plotting her revenge on all those who foiled her attempt to destroy the LEPrecon fairy police. And Artemis is at the top of her list. In a brilliant move, Opal escapes by cloning herself and masquerading as a human in order to carry out her schemes. Her first act is to lure Captain Holly Short and Commander Root into a deadly trap. Her next step is to destroy Artemis by turning his own genius against him.Once again, it's up to Artemis Fowl to stop the human and fairy worlds from colliding-only this time, Artemis faces an enemy who may have finally outsmarted him....

It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.

What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?

And what if time was running out. . . .

There's a heatwave in Toronto, and Duncan has a summer job in the lost property office for the subway, in room he calls the dungeon, far, far below the city. It's the most boring summer job in the world. Until he finds the little brown book. The book is a diary filled with the dark secrets of an anonymous serial killer stalking his prey. Duncan can't stop reading; he can't stop thinking. He's got to stop this man before he finds his next victim. He must anticipate the killer's next move. Stalk the stalker.

It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.

What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?

And what if time was running out. . . .


From the Hardcover edition.

Biggles and his friends are given a seemingly impossible task when they are asked to locate the luxury yacht, Cordelia, and its master. The five-hundred-ton vessel - owned by troubled international financier Otto Brandt - simply slipped her mooring one night and sailed off into obscurity on the high seas. The team's mission is further complicated by a young Italian who is bent on revenge.

In this collection of short stories, Biggles and his Air Police find themselves involved in some unusual cases. Their adventures include the foiling of an escape from Dartmoor Prison, the recovery of a cache of valuable coins from a hiding place in Albania and discovering the story behind a diamond necklace found hanging from the top of a tree.

When Biggles questions the mysterious death of a fellow airman, everyone including the Air Commodore believes he is being overly cautious. He travels to the Sudan to investigate and soon becomes alarmed at what the local magistrate has to say. It appears that the airman who died had been shot and Biggles' adventures are about to begin. 'This collection of eleven short stories follows Biggles through many exciting but dangerous investigations'