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An action-adventure about a Canadian girl and her grandmother on a cruise from LA to Puerto Vallarta Mexico.

Letters live at home when they're little. Then they join a word. A Knock at the Door is a collection of tales that reveal the personalities of the letters that make up our words, and the spellings that result. The five stories in this volume are: The Story of NIGHT The HALF-Trained L The QUIET Strangers PIGEON Panic The Beginning of BOUGH Fun to read or read aloud, A Knock at the Door appeals to both children and adults. Bedtime stories for little ones or a chapter book for older children.

Oil rig jobs are dirty, dangerous-and highly paid, which is why 19-year-old Tyler Hogan heads for the oil fields rather than work for minimum wage at home. Ty's ego has taken a bruising in the past few months. His world fell apart when his girlfriend left him. He nearly hit someone while driving drunk, and at the end of his first semester he flunked out of university. Now he's determined to make good, to earn the money for his education, to return home a hero. Ty's odyssey takes him through northern Canada, home to the ten percent of the population that doesn't live along the Canada-US border. "Things are different here," someone tells him. Ty learns just how different-and how different he, too, becomes in adversity.

Golfer Tony Pinasa battles his temper. His caddie Kat grieves for her dead husband. Before the end of day one at the Masters they're at odds, and accusations of cheating swirl around them. Halfway round the world, tiny Nepal is united by the spectacle of one of its own competing on the world stage. Children at Tony's old school conclude he did not cheat, while elsewhere in Kathmandu new information is unearthed on the 2001 massacre of the royal family, a massacre that took the life of Tony's Sherpa father. A fresh investigation begins, and leads to a shocking discovery. The news reverberates through the course, affecting Tony's relationship with Kat, with his family, and especially with Tashi, his girlfriend, putting still more pressure on his pursuit of the coveted green jacket. From Augusta National golf course to Kathmandu and the slopes of Everest, Ang Tak is a story about character: how it is nurtured, encouraged and strengthened, what it enables an individual or nation to do in the face of adversity.

When 9-year-old Tom is saved from icy death by a man who disappears into the night, the story captures public attention. But days pass and the mystery deepens until Tom's mother, Sara, begins to fear she may never thank her son's rescuer, and worse: that Tom will go on believing that he was saved by the spirit of his dead father. When she eventually meets the rescuer, Owen, her gratitude soon gives way to anger, for he has a poor opinion of his impulsive act. By then, however, thanks to the media, their names are inextricably linked. As Christmas approaches, Sara wonders why so generous a man is so alone, while Owen grapples with the knowledge that Sara dislikes the best thing about him. Owen's Day explores giving and receiving, and the value of risk-taking as a catalyst for human progress.