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|  | | Danger in the Jeweled City
The adventure with the mariner's clock continues...
Matt & Heather once again step through the portal. This time their passage lands them in San Francisco at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition where they stumble into an international conspiracy. Their discoveries result in a mad chase through "The Jeweled City." In addition to this, they discover that something even more dire is threatening their very existence. So not only must they save themselves, but they have to prevent an international disaster - all within a four hour time limit, as the mariner's clock ticks down...
This is the second in the Matt & Heather thriller series. The story is exciting, thrilling and educational all at once.
If you like time-travel adventures, this one is for you! | |  | | Douglas' Big Christmas
Does it hurt a Christms tree when you cut it down? That's what Doug, the little tree, wants to know when he finds out he's being raised on a Christmas Tree Farm, and that his biggest job is to be cut down and decoreated by some family.
"Cut a tree down!!" Doug was trying to pull his rouots out of the ground. He wasn't quite sure what he'd do if he got them out - roll down the hill or something. He had never felt so stuck before. He couldn't understand why Royal wanted to be cut down - just to make some family happy?
But as Doug finds out, it's not at all that scary and he even enjoys the surprise that awaits hem.
A story for the whole family, to be read over serveral nights as the Christmas season begins.
Children are introduced to ecology and the importance of trees. They are also introduced to the concept of cooperation and individuality when one of the ornaments is broken. The angel speaks softly so that only Doug and the other ornaments can hear, "Now don't you all wish you hadn't argued. The last words Crystal heard from all of you were angry ones. Don't you all realize that each of you is beautiful, shiny or not, new or old?" | |  | | The Mariner's Secret
Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound in this story for young readers and adults.
Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned when their bioscientist parents are killed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, become wards of their Great-aunt Estelle. Her stately old house in the Marina District holds intrigue, and a secret. Fortunately, Matt discoveres the secret on his thirteenth birthday, and not too soon - he was about to go stark raving mad with boredom.
Years earlier and unbeknown to anyone, rumors of Jon and Josie Townsend's secret research had enticed SafGen's head of security to break into the head office in an attempt to steal the research papers. His goal was to sell the papers, confident that certain foriegn regimes would pay handsomely for the exciting new discovery. Coming up enpty-handed, he devises another plan to get his hands on the papers.
Roger Hill, the subservient butler, fools everyone but Matt and Heather. Their only chance at protecting their aunt and governess, as well as themselves, is to use the house's secret.
Matt Townsend was a handsome nineeen-year-old. His intelligent expression, along with the experiences of the past seven years, gave him an air of sophistication of a man twice his age. He stood in the large library, his green eyes focusing intently on the painting, their gaze softned by the smile on his face.
Matt unconsciously ran a hand through his light brown hair as the room brought back a rush of memories and mixed emotions for him. The icy stare of the old mariner in the portrait no longer seemed as mysterious as it had the first time he saw the painting. "No, I know your se |
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