Are you an underdog? Does everything seem to go wrong for you? Are you the unluckiest person on the planet? Are you that awkward person who nobody notices? Or gets noticed for the wrong reason? Do you like mystery, suspense, adventure, drama, and humor? Put your seatbelt on and follow Valerie and her uncle as they try and break a curse placed on her family over 150 years ago.

Louise Green sits keeping an eye on her favorite rose adorned clock. Little does she know that on this muggy April day she is about to discover that not all mysteries are equal and some curses really are like family. Join Louise Green as she redefines high class and lays to rest the mystery of the bleeding heart.

"In this illustrated picture book, a young child can hear color and is enamored with his grandmother's beaded necklace, in spite of the reservations of those around him."--

A Study Guide for Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

A fictional novel based on fact, The Albatross Necklace examines the Golden Age of Dutch global expansion in the years 1690-1720 and the British settlement of Perth in Western Australia in 1829-1840. The novel celebrates the tri-centenary of the sinking of the Zuytdorp. The year is 1997, the place is Fremantle in Western Australia and Lennard Currie, a part-Aboriginal glass sculptor, is constructing a monumental cenotaph to his ancestors who lost...

"Iranian refugee Alice Ahmadi grew up in Northern England, never certain of where she belonged. Interning at a struggling expat magazine, Bonjour Paris, she discovers a priceless diamond and emerald necklace with a golden honeybee pendant. Alice shares the discovery with the magazine's American editor, Lily Wilkins, who sees it as a lifeline to save the magazine: they will put the necklace, and its history, on next month's cover. Lily's best friend...

Naruto is incensed at the way Tsunade disrespects the position of Hokage and challenges her to a fight.

When a celebrated goldsmith from Hawaii creates a necklace for a famous actress, rumors that the necklace is about to be stolen prompt Geronimo Stilton's investigation to identify the thief.

With the Clock Diamond in hand, Ivy Pocket races to rescue her best friend from a parallel world, but she must elude a man in a white suit who is following her everywhere and the Butterfields, who have hatched another plot to lock Ivy away.