New Releases by Geoff Rodkey

A stunning middle-grade debut--full of heart, humor, and nonstop action It''s tough to be thirteen, especially when somebody''s trying to kill you. Not that Egg''s life was ever easy, growing up on sweaty, pirate-infested Deadweather Island with no company except an incompetent tutor and a pair of unusually violent siblings who hate his guts. But when Egg''s father hustles their family off on a mysterious errand to fabulously wealthy Sunrise Island, then disappears with the siblings in a freak accident, Egg finds himself a long-term guest at the mansion of the glamorous Pembroke family and their beautiful, sharp-tongued daughter Millicent. Finally, life seems perfect. Until someone tries to throw him off a cliff. Suddenly, Egg''s running for his life in a bewildering world of cutthroat pirates, villainous businessmen, and strange Native legends. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he''s been marked for death are Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy. Come along for the ride. You''ll be glad you did.

Es difícil tener trece añ́os, ¡sobre todo cuando alguien está intentando matarte! No es que la vida de Egbert fuera precisamente fácil en la isla de Bochorno, infestada de piratas y sin más compañía que sus incompetentes tutores y sus insoportables hermanos, Venus y Adonis. Sin embargo, cuando su padre los arrastra en una misión urgente a la fabulosa isla de Amanecer y luego desaparece junto con sus hermanos en un misterioso accidente, Egbert, ahora apodado Egg, se queda viviendo con la millonaria familia Pembroke, y con su hermosa y brillante hija, Millicent. Entonces la vida parece perfecta. Hasta que alguien intenta arrojarlo por un precipicio. Y entonces Egg se encuentra en medio de la más trepidante aventura jamás contrada, de la que no se sabe si saldrá con vida.--Cover, page 4.

Bob is determined to combine work and pleasure. He rents a recreational motor home to drive his wife and kids on a scenic vacation to the Colorado Rockies. While trying to enjoy some much needed, quality time with his family, Bob is secretly preparing a presentation for a high-stakes corporate merger. Their dysfunctional road trip leads to repeated encounters with the perky Gornicke family. The Gornickes don''t appear to be too bright, but to Bob, they represent the familial togetherness that Bob was hoping to regain.