Zoom's Academy

Zoom's Academy
Author:
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0345496418

Summer discovers that her absent-minded father teaches at an school for kids with super powers when she begins to develop some on her own, and has a hard time dealing with that and the fact that her father is going to remarry one of her teachers.

Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy

Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy
Author: Jason Lethcoe
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307414523

“ARE YOU READY TO BE TOTALLY FREAKED OUT?” As the most unpopular kid in high school, Summer Jones isn’t ready for much of anything, except for teasing from classmates. Then Jasper, her eccentric Dad, makes a shocking disclosure: He’s a professor at Zoom’s Academy, a school that develops super-powers in select students. Before Summer can say “lost his marbles,” Jasper gives her a strange ring, which glows the instant Summer slips it on her finger. Okay, now she’s ready to be totally freaked out! So begins Summer’s amazing adventures, as she blasts off to an astonishing campus in the clouds. It is a place where rockets run on lime gelatin, shiny brass robots zip around, and caped (soon-to-be-crusading) kids fly the skies and fine tune their special gifts–from lightning speed and elastic limbs to telepathy and colossal strength. Can it be true that Summer, a geeky girl with a paralyzing fear of heights, is a budding crime-fighting super hero? Yet while the faculty of Zoom’s Academy tries to discover what sort of super-powers Summer actually possesses, the dark headmaster of Zoom’s archrival, Grave’s School for the Villainous Arts, plots a hostile take-over, in which one unsuspecting girl will play a vital role in its sinister execution. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Monster Academy

Monster Academy
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338291041

Where do monsters go to school? Monster Academy! And anything can happen when your teacher is Miss Mummy. It's not like any other school, but if you're a little monster, you'll fit right in! Come along with Principal Frank N. Stein into a bright, energetic classroom where the class pet is a big purple boa constrictor, recess is in a swamp, and class bats help build a Creepy Castle in the Monster Maker's Lab. When Tornado Jo, a new student, roars into class, a storm is brewing. Who could ever guess that her new best friend will be a vampire, and she'll help him find his missing fang? Award-winning writer Jane Yolen teams up with her daughter, Heidi, to present colorful monster children who have familiar human issues such as making friends and learning to help others. In a final twist, Tornado Jo -- the worst behaved student -- is revealed to be an out-of-control human, not a monster after all. Oh, no! Monsters are more afraid of humans than we are of them! Everybody runs! Laugh-aloud humor is enhanced by John McKinley's highly imaginative illustrations loaded with fun and hidden jokes tucked into the art. An irresistible romp from start to finish!

Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity

Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity
Author: Dave Roman
Publisher: First Second
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250831458

Beautifully updated with fresh color, this new edition Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity is the first volume of the middle-grade graphic novel series from Dave Roman. Hakata Soy’s past won’t stay in the past! This former space hero is doing his best to keep his head down at Astronaut Academy. Things aren’t going so great, though. The most popular girl in school has it in for him. His best friend won’t return his calls. And his new roommate is a complete jock who only cares about Fireball. Hakata just wants to make a fresh start. But how will he find time to study Anti-Gravity Gymnastics and Tactical Randomness when he’s got a robot doppelganger on its way to kill him?

Zenith Academy 1

Zenith Academy 1
Author: Cassius Lange
Publisher:
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781733809566

My name is James, but my mom's the only person that can call me that. To everyone else, I'm JD-a struggling artist, working my fingers to the bone for my shot with one of the big comic book companies. Oh, and I work nights, managing a dive called Judson's Bar and Grill. I know, the dream life. Things were boring, disappointing, even. Until one faithful night, when everything changed. Why? Where do I start? First: An odd woman showed up in a booth while I was trying to close for the night. Rude, but on its own, not so weird. She was dressed in a kimono and had a sword in her lap. That part? Getting a little strange. Second: It turns out she's a mistress at a magical academy and had been looking for me. Right? Please pick up on my sarcasm. Except, she proved it, and with just a few violent swings of her very real sword, ensured I both didn't have a job any longer, and more or less had to follow her into a scary, glowing portal. Where did it take me? A surreal place called Zenith Academy, and a life I'd only ever dreamt of. And that is just the beginning. It turns out they've been fighting a war for thousands of years, and I've just been drafted.

Shadow Academy

Shadow Academy
Author: Jamie Campbell
Publisher: Jamie Campbell
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2021-12-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

My new school is trying to kill me… Literally. All supernatural creatures don't have a choice--we must attend Shadow Academy. Unfortunately, we're also supposed to have magical powers. Which I don't. My existence at the Academy hinges on staying undetected, even once they start picking us non-magicals off one by one. It seems like everyone is watching me and it won’t take a genius to work out I’m powerless. I can’t trust anyone. Not the infuriating gorgeous warlock or the awesome werewolf who has been so nice to me. To make matters worse, I think the supernatural council is hiding things from us. Information that could open up a whole new world of possibilities, especially for me. I have to blend in if I hope to survive Shadow Academy. Pity I’ve never been good at fitting in. Shadow Academy is the first book in an exciting new urban fantasy series featuring witches, werewolves, vampires, shapeshifters, seers, and everything magical.

Nightmare Academy

Nightmare Academy
Author: Frank E. Peretti
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2008-02-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 141853479X

The Veritas Project team has a new assignment: To find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of two runaways. When one runaway turns up totally out of his mind and a government agent steps in to take over the case, the Springfield's continue their own investigation. The twins-Elijah and Elisha-go undercover, posing as runaways. What happens next will keep readers on the edge of their seats as the twins end up in a strange academy where Truth is continually challenged, a gang-like war develops, and Elijah is taken to an ominous mansion from which no one has ever returned. A great thriller with a realistic look at right and wrong.

Class Trip to the Cave of Doom

Class Trip to the Cave of Doom
Author: Kate McMullan
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599611235

Wiglaf joins the other students of Dragon Slayers' Academy in searching the Dark Forest for the Cave of Doom, which supposedly contains the gold of the dead dragon Seetha.

The Engines Of God

The Engines Of God
Author: Jack McDevitt
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 433
Release: 1995-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101532742

The first Priscilla Hutchins novel from Jack McDevitt, hailed by Stephen King as “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Humans call them the Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues on distant planets in the galaxy. Each relic is different. Each inscription defies translation. Yet all are heartbreakingly beautiful. And for planet Earth, on the brink of disaster, they may hold the only key to survival for the entire human race.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution

The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Author: Chris McChesney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451627068

BUSINESS STRATEGY. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution "offers the what but also how effective execution is achieved. They share numerous examples of companies that have done just that, not once, but over and over again. This is a book that every leader should read! (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of "The Innovator s Dilemma)." Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it s likely no one even noticed. What happened? The whirlwind of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day devoured all the time and energy you needed to invest in executing your strategy for tomorrow. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" can change all that forever.