Kirjahaku

There is a force that powers the Christmas spirit, a magic that makes lights shine brighter, cookies taste sweeter, and keeps reindeer in the air. It is a power as old as Christmas itself, an unseen electric current of kindness, cheer, and good will. That force is called peppermint lightning. It is fading and in need of a champion.Sidney, a nine year old school girl from Pleasant, Ohio, full of peppermint lightning herself, is called upon to help restore that magic to its former glory. She is recruited by a hopeful elf, an English gingerbread man, a matronly reindeer, and a proud snowman to bring the spirit of Christmas, the peppermint lightning, back to a community that has lost theirs. If she fails in her task, the spark of the holiday will fade and with it all the magic of Christmas. Will her determination, her random acts of Christmas kindness, and a little holiday mischief be enough to put the spark back in the season?

There is a barrier between this world and the worlds of fantasy and terror. Fourteen-year-old Martin Kelly has until Halloween to keep that barrier from collapsing. A centuries-old spirit has slipped through the veil and brought with him a warning. Forces are gathering on the other side-their sights set on annexing the realm of man. Led by an ambitious dark soul who has already brought many realms to heel, their power is growing. That power is fear. Martin must gather the tools, and the team, necessary to shift the balance of power and keep the mortal world from being overrun.

People are disappearing from America's National Parks. Rick Minor is one of those people. On the first night of a whirlwind tour of Utah's Mighty Five, with his closest friends Matthew Conrad, a university research assistant and Dianne Chambers, an environmental activist, Rick wandered away from camp and vanished without a trace.Matt and Dianne must join the hunt, but the standard work of search and rescue teams will not be enough. The clues Matthew stumbles on appear to point to the impossible.When a stranger emerges, issuing cryptic warnings and pointing in directions Matthew would never think to look, it becomes clear there are powerful forces at work. The investigation to find a missing friend will lead Matt and Dianne to face a much larger question. What is really happening on America's public lands?