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The SideRoad Kids follows a group of boys and girls as they enter the sixth grade in a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during 1957-58. This meandering collection of loosely-connected short stories is often humorous, poignant, and sometimes mysterious. Laugh as the kids argue over Halloween treats handed out in Brimley. Recall Dorothy's Hamburgers in Sault Ste. Marie.

Delight in the most wonderful time of the year with a collection of old-fashioned works from classic authors including L. M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, and many more, who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia in this beautiful, giftable Christmas collection. Filled with...

Christian Bedtime Stories for Adults is your new go-to companion for peaceful, soul-soothing bedtime moments. In today’s busy world, it’s easy to feel restless or disconnected from God, especially as we try to wind down after a long day. That’s where this book comes in. It’s here to help you reconnect with your faith, find comfort in God's promises, and settle your heart before sleep.

Young listeners are invited into a world where shadows dance and whispers echo through the night. This spine-tingling collection features ten chilling stories, each crafted to thrill and delight. From the mysterious figure lurking in the attic to the ghostly giggles heard in the woods, every tale is designed to send shivers down your spine while igniting your imagination.

Here we have echoes of John Wyndham’s Midwich Cuckoos, Stephen King’s Children of the Corn, and so many more tales of child-driven terror—all of which serve as tales so cautionary against procreating, the Catholic church might just try to ban Kids Are Hell!

When an overzealous child protective service worker with an attitude and a Gulf War veteran meet, the outcome can be devastating. Considering that this single father isn't planning on backing down and relinquishing his children who adore him to CPS or the police, you have a recipe for an explosive confrontation.

Hear tales of a corpse bent on revenge, a library book from hell, an Armageddon where the world ends without a bang or a whimper, and more. These tales found within are bound to hold your thoughts—and nightmares—long after you’ve finished: “A Good-Looking Corpse,” “Goin’ Down,” “You Don’t Know This,” and “The Fifth.” Edgar Cantero cleverly subverts expectations at every turn and reinterprets classic tropes in inventive and original ways, sure to leave you unnerved and hungry for the next story.

This audiobook contains five short Cooper stories, numbered 166-170. These stories are "Nothing but the Truth", "The Eyes Have It", "Shooting on Location", "First-Born Male Child", and "Counter Fit to Be Tied".

The first installment of the Russian Collection for Kids series includes stories of strange creatures and fascinating journeys through unlikely places. Volume two invites its young listeners to visit with all sorts of animals and to explore different professions.

"...I managed to open the door and get up inside the cab. It had a soft leather seat and the seat felt so good that I knew if I didn't fight it I would soon be asleep." A brutal personal treatise on the need for work, even the most menial - and the need for dignity.

Ruby has always had a big imagination and a love for adventure. When Ruby decides she wants to write a book, she enlists her aunt, Lora, who is a journalist, to help her write it. She comes up with a story about a principal who is really mean, inspired by her own life—sort of. Meanwhile, her teacher Mr. Goodwin is quitting school for a reason that only Ruby knows, and Aunt Lora has been getting mysterious calls from her work that she doesn't want Ruby to know about.

These seven short stories trace the childhood memories of a young boy, humorously nicknamed General Custer. The General, optimistic by nature and battered by circumstances, moves from Corvallis, Oregon, to the coastal town of Fairhaven, California. In this patchwork tarpaper town, on the north spit of Humboldt Bay, there are no phones, no indoor toilets, and with mostly absent parents, very few rules. Tracing General Custer's intrepid spirit and ardent observations, Kids in the Wind brims with windy salt air, unimaginable adventure, discoveries of young love, and humor.

Come in and sample an entirely different sort of fairy tale - coming to you from a faraway land and written by authors of whom you have never heard.

Billy the Kid's Wife is a time-travel romance short by best-selling novelist R. Barri Flowers. When a modern-day historical romance writer rents a cabin in Sky Creek, Colorado, to complete her next novel, a strange dog shows up, along with a handsome man and young boy. She soon comes to realize that the man is the onetime outlaw known as Billy the Kid, and that the corridors of time have merged, offering her two very different lives. She has an important decision to make in following her destiny.

The Stupid Things Kids Do and Say is a hilarious and brutally honest account of the way your kids think and why they do what they do. Accounts from a young girl's point of view and her wild tale of growing up in a crazy world around her.

Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; he’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe. Runyon described himself as 'being known to one and all as a guy who is just around'. That line seems to say a lot about Runyon and his life.

Wild Wallaby and Kind Koala decided it might be a good thing to have this crocodile along for the journey after all, even if she was a little cranky. They approached her and asked if she'd like to stick together for a while. She gave a full-toothed smirk. "It might not be a bad idea to always have a couple of plump snacks nearby." Wild Wallaby laughed and hopped off. "You'd have to catch me first." The Cranky Crocodile snapped her jaws at him. "Don't tempt me." Kind Koala couldn't tell whether or not she was joking.