"I breathed as shallowly as possible and I made my way across the colorless land in my too bright red Cavalier. I seemed to be bringing the only real color in the entire desert. A distinct feeling of being watched by invisible eyes came over me. I was a huge, displaced, red ant crawling to her death in some giant kid's toy ant farm. I felt the last thing I expected to feel - embarrassed." At the bedside of their dying father, Cat Hopkins' older sister reveals a long-kept, family secret that demolishes Cat's middle American reality and catapults her into a dark and mysterious world where...

Thirteen-year-old twins Andrew and Kristine Taylor are continuing their journey with the crystal locket, which they first discovered in present-day Virginia. This time, they find themselves in ancient Crete, a highly advanced civilization, with indoor plumbing and awe-inspiring architecture, as well as the fabled city of Atlantis. In Crete, they face their dreaded nemesis Chimera, where things are not as they seem and the mysteries run deep. This time, their challenges are harder, their enemies more cunning, and their will even stronger, as they again battle the forces that could destroy...

Thirteen-year-old orphaned twins, Andrew and Kristine Taylor, discover an ancient crystal locket in the Virginian Cold Hollow Mountains that when opened whisks them away deep into the past. They experience this exciting romp through time with their dog Chaz and a know-it-all guide called Copycat-whom they meet along the way. When they first arrive, Andrew has transformed into an Egyptian messenger from the Gods and Kristine, an Egyptian Goddess-just a few of the many changes they encounter. They will learn disturbing secrets, surprising information about their parents, a daunting task they're...

Updated to the new Curriculum, this book offers a balanced and comprehensive overview of primary PE.