Acton, Vanessa

"In August 1914, Austro-Hungarian troops attacked eight-year-old Momcilo Gavric's village in Serbia. With his home destroyed and his family missing, Momcilo set off on his own to seek help from the Serbian army. The Serbian army took him in, and soon Momcilo was fighting against the Austro-Hungarian army that had taken everything from him. Follow Momcilo as he enters battle and becomes the youngest soldier to fight in World War I"--Back cover.

When "The Kid" that high schooler Nick sees from the bus every day disappears, Nick and former friend Ava investigate to learn if something is wrong.

"What do you do when you and your family are in the middle of a road trip when a tornado hits? Then after surviving the tornado, when you must get your injured father and very scared younger brother to safety...before the next twister hits?"--.

"A wildfire threatens to obliterate everything in a boy's town. All he knows might be lost. Will he make it out in time? And will his home survive the blaze?"--.

"A high school student and her friends are already having a rough day--and then the earthquake hits. Working through personal issues suddenly doesn't seem like such a big deal compared to struggling to stay alive"--.

Trouble hits paradise when accidents start befalling tourists on a Pacific island. Local legend has it that the locale is cursed after nuclear testing in the 1950s. It sounds like fiction, but is it?.

Jason's parents have been hired to work at a historic lighthouse along the California coast. The lighthouse is built along steep cliffs, surrounded by fog, and far from the nearest town. The last caretakers left in a hurry, and it doesn't take long to see why. Several accidents and the discovery of a hidden diary convince Jason the lighthouse is cursed. Will The Atlas of Cursed Places provide some answers before someone gets hurt...or worse?.

The Sanford's Folly movie set has been abandoned since burning to the ground in the 1980s. Rumor has it the place is cursed after a film shoot gone terribly wrong. But that's not enough to scare Alex and his buddies away. After all, they live on an Air Force base. There's plenty of real-life stuff that's scarier than some fake western town, right?.