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On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be bullied by older kids, so he makes his wish, "I don't want to grow up!" When his 12th birthday rolls around, he discovers his wish came true: he's still 11, and he's starting fifth grade (again). At first, this is the perfect life. Jackson is the smartest kid in his class, the best on his baseball team, and the star of the school band. But after a few years of being eleven, he realizes his life is passing him by. 

What do you get when you add up one middle school bully, two bank robbers, 57 puppy-mill dogs, 4,000 missing dollars, and five daring troublemakers led by the incomparable Riley Mack? One crazy caper! In this merry, mischievous romp, master storyteller Chris Grabenstein, the award-winning author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, teams with a full-cast of audio talent to introduce Riley Mack, a one-of-a-kind 12-year-old hometown hero.

Follow the intrepid 12-yeard old Nikki Van Wyck on her fantastic adventure in New York City's Central Park where wildly magical things happen after dark. Nikki will have to use her vast knowledge of the urban oasis in an epic contest to choose the next king for the curiously strange creatures who call Central Park their home.

How serious is stage fright? At the Hanging Hill Playhouse, it can kill you. After narrowly escaping a malevolent spirit in The Crossroads, Zack and Judy are hoping to relax during the rehearsals for a show based on Judy's best-selling children's books. Little do they know that the director is planning to raise a horde of evil specters from the dead, and to accomplish this, he needs a human sacrifice...and Zack fits the bill perfectly.

Halloween is nearing, the one day of the year when the ghostly plane is close enough to the human plane to allow mischief and mayhem. But the ghosts who have their eye on Zack aren't thinking mischief, they are thinking murder.In this fourth volume of Chris Grabenstein's popular Haunted Mysteries series, Zack must once again do battle with malevolent spirits. And with his usual pluck, and the assistance of three dotty aunts, he must save his town from a 200-year-old threat.

A leading career consultant reveals the right ways to use social networking to move your career forward and find the job of your dreams. Play nice, follow community rules, and social networking can open up surprising opportunities for you. You just need to know how to work the system to your best advantage-and stand out from crowds of milling networkers, all wanting to keep each other up-to-date on their most trivial doings.

Zack, his dad, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father's hometown, not knowing that their new house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a fiery crash, and his malevolent spirit has inhabited the tree ever since..

Ellen Shore’s family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous - very rich, but he gives nothing to his sister Ellen. She has a difficult life, with three young kids and very little money. And she learns to hate her rich, famous, unkind brother.

It's a different world out there and you need to know how to make the most of every career opportunity. Let the expert authors from FT Press, including Martha I. Finney and Wes Moss, guide you through the process.

Esperance grew pale; she took the card from her mother's hands, fearing that she might be mistaken. It was indeed the Countess and not the Count. She breathed again! Marguerite and the maid carried the basket into the salon; then the young girl went into the library with her mother. The newspaper clippings were spread out on the table, and the two famous trinkets had been taken from their cases. Madame Darbois clasped and unclasped her hands....

Get your head and heart together after you-re laid off: what you-ll feel and how to handle it. You've been barreling at top speed for years. Working long hours, taking your Blackberry on vacations, even sacrificing your health. It's exhilarating. Then it stops. Done. Finito. Sorry. Sign this. Get out. You're laid off. But your heart and mind still surge forward at full speed. Not much can prepare you for the sudden, slamming stop.

Laid off? Perform "personal strategic planning" to stay on track, focused, and strong enough to say "no" to the wrong offers! Unless you relish being truly and officially self-employed, languishing between jobs for six months is intolerable. But leaping into the first thing that comes along isn't a great idea either. You need a plan - and tapping away on your laptop on your sofa in your PJs doesn't qualify.

Be ready: know what to say and do when they're laying you off...what never to say and do...and what to do if you lose it! Almost every layoff includes a long walk down a hall to a room with a closed door. You know who's behind that door. Your boss. Maybe someone from HR. You want to handle the meeting with dignity, but you're afraid you'll lose it. That walk is your chance to regroup and prepare.

They're firing people. They want to hire you. Should you accept? What if your job offer is from a company that's laying off employees? Is it smart to take a job there? It could be-depending on what you want, who you are, where you stand, and whether they know what they-re doing. There may be some excellent opportunities, but are they a good fit?

Laid off? Get control of your money, and protect your long-term finances, without denying yourself everything you love! You might not be in control of what's coming in, but you have absolute control over what's going out. You can give yourself the satisfaction of exercising that control without completely denying yourself the things you love - especially in three areas essential to living in a modern, high-tech world.

Laid off? Get control of your money, and protect your long-term finances, without denying yourself everything you love!You might not be in control of what's coming in, but you have absolute control over what's going out. You can give yourself the satisfaction of exercising that control without completely denying yourself the things you love-especially in three areas essential to living in a modern, high-tech world.

Now that they've offered a job, should you take it? Analyze prospective employers rationally and make decisions you won't regret!Setting aside money for just a moment, so much more goes into deciding whether a potential employer is right for you. You need to know whether the company is a good fit, a reasonably logical choice on your professional progression-not just an invitation to be unemployed again.

Play your social networking cards right-and find the best new job of your career! Play nice, follow community rules, and social networking can open up surprising opportunities for you. You just need to know how to work the system to your best advantage and to stand out from the crowds of milling networkers all updating each other on their most trivial doings.

Zack is about to start at his new school, and his dad, who went there years before, tells Zack the stories of the haunted janitor's closet, the specter of a dead crossing guard, and the Donnelly brothers, who perished in a suspicious fire. Dad doesnt know that Zack has already met the Donnellys' ghosts, who have warned Zack that there is an evil zombie under the school.

Got a new leadership job? Take charge with confidence - no matter what happened in your previous position! In good times, the failure rates of newly employed leaders are abysmal. In bad times, you know there's a long line of candidates ready to step in if you fail. And the psychological wounds of losing your previous job might get in the way of taking charge with confidence.