Ten-year-old Elvis Jones is tired of being picked on, taunted, and teased by the bullies at his elementary school, so he does what any smart, technologically brilliant kid his age would do: he creates EKHO, the Evil Kid Hunting Organization, a sophisticated network of kid spies and secret agents that utilize a variety of cool gadgets to stay one step ahead of the enemy—the bullies. They hire kids, make them swear allegiance to the organization, and train them as commandos, privates, and elite spies. As kids rise through the ranks, the missions, posted on an encrypted EKHO website, require ever more smarts and skill, especially when the bullies form their own counterspy group called DEKE (Destroy EKHO Kids Everywhere).It’s all in good fun, until the kids of EKHO must put their pretend skills to use for far more serious, and dangerous, missions. As field agents come across evidence of more sinister forces, they now have to deal with the strange, the weird, and the unknown as they look for the truth about the bizarre and creepy threats to their school, their families, and their own lives. They experience betrayal, intrigue, infiltration, and counter-espionage as well as teachers and adults who act more mysterious with each passing day, which leaves Elvis and his EKHO team wondering: Whom can you trust when the person standing next to you might not be entirely human?

Product Description: In January 1912, Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole, only to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. Scott and his companions faced an 850-mile march to safety. All perished on the return...read more

Product Description: La Áltima expediciÁn de Scott a la AntÁrtida es una de las grandes historias de aventuras del siglo XX. El 1 de noviembre de 1911, una expediciÁn britÁnica iniciÁ el penoso viaje de casi 1.300 kilÁmetros a travÁs del mÁs frÁo y alto continente de la tierra hacia el Polo Sur...read more

Product Description: In January 1912, Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole, only to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. Scott and his companions faced an 850-mile march to safety. All perished on the return...read more

Builds on earlier discussions of Sir Robert Scott's ill-fated journey to the South Pole, citing how his character reflects the nature of heroism in modern England and considering the significance of his trek and death on the eve of the First World War. (History) (view table of contents)

A revealing collection of interviews by one of the great jazz writers illuminates the voices of Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, and many others, offering compelling portraits of each. Reprint. (view table of contents)

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