Sprouting a tail and spikes over the summer before fifth grade, Sawyer, a boy with the dinosaur gene, is bullied in school, but when his tormentors begin to disappear, it is up to Sawyer, his best friend Elliot, and a mysterious new girl to rescue them from a galactically horrible fate.

Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.

Lights flash and sirens wail! There's been an accident. An ambulance races to the scene! Ambulances are mighty machines filled with lifesaving supplies. Young readers will learn about the exciting world of emergency vehicles in this fact-filled read about ambulances. Simple informational text introduces key details of machines. Visual features engage the reader and allow for comparing and contrasting. Text/photo correspondence aids in learning key...

A blow dart-wielding thug snatches a rare statuette from the Musee de l'Homme; anthropologist Jean Servais (Rififi) is kidnapped in broad Parisian daylight; serviceman Jean-Paul Belmondo begins his 8-day leave by changing to civvies in a Metro entrance and witnesses fiancee Francoise Dorleac (Catherine Deneuve's sister, killed in a car accident 3 years later) getting kidnapped herself - and then the chase begins: by motorcycle, shoe leather, flight...

Buenos Aires, 1977. During the military dictatorship, Francisco Sanctis receives information about two people sentenced to 'disappear.' A quiet middle-aged family man without any political ties, Francisco is stunned by the urgency of his situation. That night he must make a crucial decision: whether or not to risk his own life to save others

A little monkey needs to be rescued when he tries to fly a kite.

In this hilarious illustrated chapter book series, bad guys are doing good deeds... whether you want them to or not! La mala noticia es que el mundo se va a acabar. La buena es que los Tipos Malos estan aqui para salvarlo! Puede ser que tengan que "pedir prestado" un cohete, y que haya algo desagradable en uno de los trajes espaciales, y que el Sr. Pirana haya comido demasiaaados burritos. Sobrevivir a esta mision puede ser solo un pequeno paso para...

"Evie ventures into the Dark Sun Side to rescue her parents and discovers truths darker than she could have ever imagined"-- Provided by publisher.

On the day before Jacob's and Emilie's divorce, their son Toby falls into a hidden well while playing in the woods. Toby's rescue attempt is lead by Mike who happens to be Emilie's childhood love. In spite of this life-threatening situation, and contempt for each other, Jacob and Mike must work together to save Toby.

"A resonant new novel about a father's efforts to rescue his young daughters by the critically-acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home"-- Provided by publisher.