Pursued across the Eternal Sea by the Ghoul King, an ancient and very magical ship arrives in the town graveyard. And then things really start to get weird. Jenny’s first year of high school becomes way more problematic than it already was when a mighty ship that sails the Eternal Sea (and looks suspiciously like an old beat-up bottle you could fit in your backpack) just shows up in her room, sitting on her dresser. This bottle… or ship… believes that Jenny is its long-lost “Captain.” Even though she isn’t. Or at least she doesn’t think she is. Whether Jenny is really the Captain or not, she’ll need to figure out how to be a hero really fast. Because the Ghoul King has followed this magic bottle across the Eternal Sea and now he is here, hiding in the town graveyard. If he gets his hands on the mighty ship, many worlds will fall. Now it’s up to Jenny, along with her little brother, Jed, his dumb dog, and Jenny’s best friend Ethan (who for some tragic reason is now super-mean sophomore Isabel Warner’s boyfriend). Just so you know, none of this is Jenny’s fault. Because honestly, if you ever wondered about your sweet old grandmother’s mysterious past, your first guess probably wouldn’t be “maybe Gramma was sailing a magic ship through countless adventures on the Eternal Sea, then moved to the assisted living center across town, where she was supposed to teach me the truth about the universe, the nature of reality, and how to control a magic ship if one ever just showed up some day… but she just forgot.” Pretty unlikely, right? Unfortunately, that’s exactly what was happening to Jenny. “Jenny in a Bottle” is a middle-grade fantasy series filled with action, suspense, twists and turns, family, friends, fantastic new worlds, and some scary bits. If you’re into Percy Jackson, the Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, and Lemony Snicket, then Jenny in a Bottle is for you. Read more

So, there was this dragon. Yeah, he was mighty, with all the power of the sun and the earth at his wingtips but he was also a little lazy. One day, an annoying problem washed up on his doorstep. Well no, it was more than annoying, it was downright disgusting. The question is would he get off his scaly butt and do something about it? A fun tale that tells us to look over our shoulder every once in a while to check if we are leaving this planet better or worse than we found it. From the author: “I was trying to write a legend. As if once there was a planet with an environmental problem and this is how it was solved, and now it is just a story that we tell to our children, like :”children used to sweep chimneys for a job and we used to throw rubbish in the sea, but then we stopped because it was dumb”. I wrote a fun simplistic story about our responsibilities to the environment, specifically about single-use plastics (one of our most ridiculous inventions ever) and how our oceans are expected to wash it all away. ” Rebecca Bielawski Read more

Twelve-year-old Amanda Lester wouldn’t be caught dead going into the family business. Just because she’s related to Inspector G. Lestrade, that bumbler who sometimes worked with master sleuth Sherlock Holmes, doesn’t mean she should become a detective and give up her dream of becoming a filmmaker. Unfortunately, her plans are in jeopardy. Her latest project with the Stick Dog Filmmakers Club and Production Company isn’t coming together, and her control freak tendencies have driven away all her actors. If she doesn’t make a winning film soon, her parents will insist that she go into the L.A.P.D. young cadets training program, and her budding career will be over. So when Herb and Lila Lester suddenly send her to a secret English school for the descendants of famous detectives, Amanda resists—until she and her new friends notice drops of blood and weird pink substances in odd places. Are these strange happenings clues to a real mystery or simply part of the elaborate class project the teachers assign every year? The answer comes all too soon. When Amanda’s father disappears and the school’s cook is found dead with her head in a bag of sugar, the kids are certain that crimes are taking place. Now Amanda must embrace her destiny and uncover the truth. The only snag is that arch-villain Blixus Moriarty, a descendant of Holmes’s nemesis Professor James Moriarty, might be involved, and he doesn’t like nosy little girls interfering in his business. Read more

Have you been struggling to learn Spanish and just can’t find a way to expand your vocabulary? Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts? Do you find the pronunciation of Spanish words challenging? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! In 100 Days of Real World Spanish we’ve compiled over 1000 common words in Spanish, each day with a list of terms spelled out phonetically along with example sentences in English and Spanish that will quickly boost your vocabulary. With this book you’ll be able to: Stand out in a competitive job market Work abroad Keep your brain young and healthy Learn about vibrant Spanish culture Make more friends Just imagine, in just 100 short days you can be speaking Spanish confidently with native Speakers. In fact, we guarantee there are tons of words in phrases you will learn daily in this book or your money back! Even if you have had trouble learning the dreaded Spanish conjugations in the past this book gives you situations to practice so that you can immediately remember what to say when it counts most. What are you waiting for? Pick up your copy of 100 Days of Real World Spanish and improve your Spanish right now! Read more

After the fearless hero is banished to another realm, Nath has no recollection of his past. Trapped in a dark, deadly, and devastated world, Nath is bound in servitude to the evil underlings, who are determined to use their arcane powers to force Nath to kill their vile enemy, the Darkslayer. Nath sets out on a dangerous road, uncertain of who his true enemies are. With nobody to trust and unable to find his way home, Nath is in for the fight of his life. Will Nath uncover the truth of the powerful Thunder Stones in time? Or will he be stranded in the perilous world of Bish forever? The Clash of Heroes is a combination of two #1 Amazon Bestselling Fantasy series. THE CHRONICLES OF DRAGON and THE DARKSLAYER have thrilled more than 100,000 readers worldwide. Don’t miss out on this Action-Packed adventure with heroes and villains you will never forget! Read more

In a land where there is six months night and six months day, where the wind rarely rests, and food is scarce, a girl and her family struggle to survive. When mother and father leave to find food, Ahnah and her favourite dog, Akiak, must endure on their own, but by following a dream, they may bring a smile to more than one face. THE SMILE will be a permafree book – forever. Why you may ask? Here is the story. As a creative person, I am an adamant defender of our freedom of expression. Over the last few years, I have noticed that in the quasi-democratic world, institutions, media outlets, schools, and universities ban books, therefore, ban ideas. Governments are even worse – they send the wrong message and try to criminalize speech and even thought. When I finished writing THE SMILE, I sent the manuscript to a linguist – a university professor. I was looking for help and searching for a well-experienced editor of Inuit origin. I wanted to be sure my story, although simple, was well-grounded and correctly depicted the Inuit lifestyle. Here is her reply (typos included): “Dear Mr. Darmonkow – My position, and that of people who work with Indigenous cultures, is that no one has the right to tell or make up a story about these cultures without strong and definite endorsement from the Indigenous people themselves. The Indigneous people themselves are the ones to tell the stories, but may also support writers from other cultures who have spend the very long time necessary to understand the Innu or Inuit culture. The issue is ‘cultural and voice appropriation,’ you can Google it.” To be honest, her answer bothered me. A lot. Not because it was related to my humble story but because, to me, it is wrong by default. Cultural and voice appropriation means that Homer, regarded as an enemy of homosexuality had no right to create the gay protagonists Achilles and Patroclus; that Shakespeare, a white man, had no right to create Othello; that Tolstoy, a male author, had no right to sculpt the character of Anna Karenina; and that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which outsold the Bible when it was published, had no right to exist because the author was not only a woman, but a white female. The literary world is full of similar “inappropriate” examples. In addition to the above, the idea of the book is mine, it is not stolen from a myth or a folktale. I created the book to add value to a culture that I do not belong to, but I rather admire. “Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression,” anyone? Hope you enjoy my little book – it is not banned yet. Read more

Eat your vegetables. Do your homework. Save the world. When you read this book, you become an Agent-in-Training for the Small World Global Protection Agency. Your mission: Join star athlete Josh and computer prodigy Madison as they travel the world, trying to stop the sinister minions of BIXAR (pronounced “bizarre”) – while learning about the countries they visit. In New Kids on the Rock, their first mission takes them to Australia where they go from the Outback to the top of the Sydney Opera House! Can they save young pop singer Ja-Naya before BIXAR can take over the world? And remember, sometimes only a kid can save the day! Read more