Scumble
09/02/2010
Ledger Kale is a young cousin of Mibs Beaumont from the book Savvy. If you’ve read Mibs’ story, you understand that their family is pretty special. In Mib and Ledger’s family, turning 13 is more than just growing into your natural talents, like playing the violin or scoring soccer goals or being good at listening to other people's troubles.
In their family turning thirteen means growing into your savvy. A savvy is a kind of magical power: one of their aunts can step back in time, a cousin can melt ice with a single red-hot stare and another can levitate things. Ledger’s mom, when she tells you something you have to obey, whether you want to or not!
Getting a savvy is kind of exciting, but kind of scary too because these talents, however magical, are also dangerous. Ledger’s savvy comes and he is a one man wrecking ball. Light switches, toasters, televisions, & motorcycles explode in his presence. This power isn’t exactly what Ledger had in mind! Ledger takes refuge on the family farm to give himself time to adjust to his newfound savvy, he needs to learn to scumble, or control it, to keep the rest of the world safe from his unintentional demolitions.
When a local cub reporter, Sarah Jane Cabot, finds out about Ledger’s secret talent he is sure his destructive powers will destroy his family too. Sarah Jane can’t be allowed to make his savvy a newspaper headline! What’s the best thing you can do when a person has found out a secret about you? Well, find out a secret about THEM, of course. Author: Ingrid Law
- Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Scumble
- Savvy & Scumble Official Website
| If you like reading about Mibs and Ledger and their over-the-top talents, try the adventures of Rapunzel, Calamity Jack or some of the other tall tale inspired characters in Lies and Other Tall Tales. They give “Go big or Go Home” a whole new meaning! | |||
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The 39 Clues #10 Into the Gauntlet Live Webcast Today
08/31/2010
It has been 2 years since it all started with The 39 Clues #1: The Maze of Bones. Today, the tenth and final book in the series comes out, The 39 Clues #10: Into the Gauntlet.
The 39 Clues has followed Dan and Amy Cahill as they race all over the world to find and solve all 39 clues in order to discover what makes their family so powerful.
Watch the Webcast Today at 4pm
- Today, you can listen to a live webcast featuring all of the authors that have written one of the books in the series. The authors will answer your questions about Dan and Amy and the 39 Clues.
- Rick Riordan
- Gordan Korman
- Peter Lerangis
- Jude Watson
- Patrick Carman
- Linda Sue Park
- Margaret Peterson Haddix
The book series might be over, but the fun isn’t. In August you can start your morning with the Post cereals Honeycombs, Alpha-bits, Golden Crisp or Waffle Crisp…and read an exclusive story about Dan and Amy right there on (or in) the box. You’ll get a secret code too to use online to get free digital cards from The 39 Clues hunt.
And that’s not all…on October 26th Rick Riordan will publish The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets and to top that off DreamWorks is talking about a possible movie.
| The first four 39 Clues Books so far…there will be 10 in all. | |||
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Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel Sneak Peek
08/27/2010
You can get a sneak peek online of the upcoming The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel - no password required. The scene is where Percy, Annabeth and Grover visit Auntie Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium. Read It. I think he looks pretty cool on the cover.
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Website
- PercyQuest Podcast: Episode #26 – Better Late Than Never! Episode #27 – Pinochle?
- Blue Trident Fan Site
- Welcome to Camp Half-Blood
#1: The Lightning Thief on CD and Downloadable Audiobook
#2: The Sea of Monsters on CD and Downloadable Audiobook
#3: The Titan's Curse on CD and Downloadable Audiobook
#4: The Battle of the Labyrinth on CD and Downloadable Audiobook
#5: The Last Olympian on CD and Downloadable Audiobook
And of course, if you haven’t done it yet, read the first two chapters of The Lost Hero, coming out October 12, 2010.
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