Kenneth Oppel - Free Library Land Online

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The Boundless train is on its maiden voyage across the country. When first-class passenger Will Everett gets the key to a train car containing priceless treasures, he becomes the target of sinister figures from his past. To survive, Will joins a travelling circus, helped by ringmaster leader Mr. Dorian, and Maren, a girl his age and an expert escape artist.]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:27:25 +0300 A Weird Case of Super Goo https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50957-a_weird_case_of_super_goo.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50957-a_weird_case_of_super_goo.html

When Giles's eccentric Aunt Lillian wants to look younger, she invents a gooey cream to make her wish come true. The only problem is that it turns her into a kid!]]> Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:27:25 +0300 Every Hidden Thing https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50953-every_hidden_thing.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50953-every_hidden_thing.html

Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton of a massive dinosaur, larger than anything the late nineteenth-century world has ever seen. Some legends call it the Black Beauty, with its bones as black as ebony, but to seventeen-year-old Samuel Bolt, it’s the “rex,” the king dinosaur that could put him and his struggling, temperamental archaeologist father in the history books (and conveniently make his father forget he’s been kicked out of school), if they can just quarry it out. But Samuel and his father aren’t the only ones after the rex. For Rachel Cartland this find could be her ticket to a different life, one where her loves of science and adventure aren’t just relegated to books and sitting rooms. And if she can’t prove herself on this expedition with her professor father, the only adventures she may have to look forward to are marriage or spinsterhood. As their paths cross and the rivalry between their fathers becomes more intense, Samuel and Rachel are pushed closer together. Their flourishing romance is one that will never be allowed. And with both eyeing the same prize, it’s a romance that seems destined for failure. As their attraction deepens, danger looms on the other side of the hills, causing everyone’s secrets to come to light and forcing Samuel and Rachel to make a decision. Can they join forces to find their quarry, and with it a new life together, or will old enmities and prejudices keep them from both the rex and each other?]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:27:24 +0300 This Dark Endeavor https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50942-this_dark_endeavor.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50942-this_dark_endeavor.html

Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein and inseparable until Konrad falls gravely ill. In the forbidden Dark Library, Victor finds an ancient formula, and seeks an alchemist to recreate the Elixir of Life. With friends Elizabeth and Henry, he scales highest trees in the Strumwald, dives deepest lake caves, and each sacrifices a body part.]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:27:22 +0300 Such Wicked Intent https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50944-such_wicked_intent.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50944-such_wicked_intent.html

When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world of Château Frankenstein, creating and growing a body. [Book two of The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series.] ]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:27:23 +0300 A Bad Case of Robots https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50947-a_bad_case_of_robots.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50947-a_bad_case_of_robots.html

The third title in the "A bad case of..." series, this story features once more Giles and his friends Tina and Kevin Quark, who are always inventing something weird and wonderful. Tina is involved in building a robot for the school science project, but things do not go as she had planned.]]> Mon, 24 Oct 1994 14:27:23 +0200 An Incredible Case of Dinosaurs https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50952-an_incredible_case_of_dinosaurs.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50952-an_incredible_case_of_dinosaurs.html

Giles, Tina and Kevin are hired by the rich and eccentric Miss Frost to uncover the mystery of her deep and overgrown swimming pool -- and discover not one, but two real live dinosaurs!]]> Mon, 24 Oct 1994 14:27:24 +0200 A Strange Case of Magic https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50958-a_strange_case_of_magic.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50958-a_strange_case_of_magic.html

When Giles, Tina and Kevin see books moving in the library, all by themselves, they know they have to investigate. But Tina's amazing ghostometer doesn't pick up any ghosts, so what could that mysterious presence be? Nobody expects what they actually find - and once again, it takes a dose of Giles's own common-sense magic to get things back to normal.]]> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:27:25 +0300 The Nest https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50960-the_nest.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50960-the_nest.html

For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is say “Yes.” But “yes” is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back?]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:27:25 +0300 The Live-Forever Machine https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50955-the_live-forever_machine.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50955-the_live-forever_machine.html

Past worlds come crashing into the present… Fourteen-year-old Eric witnesses a strange confrontation in the city museum between an aged curator and an eerily intense young man. Without warning, Eric finds himself in the middle of a bitter, centuries-old conflict. Ancient Alexander, guardian of the secret of immortality, only wants to preserve the past. But his nemesis, Coyle, will do anything to destroy it. Within the mysterious museum, and far below it in the city's subterranean depths, Eric becomes the pawn in a life-or-death struggle for control over the Live-Forever Machine.]]> Wed, 24 Oct 1990 14:27:24 +0300 Half Brother https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50945-half_brother.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50945-half_brother.html

When Ben Tomlin’s mother brings home his new “baby brother,” an eight-day-old chimpanzee, Ben is far from thrilled. His father, a renowned behavioral scientist, has uprooted the family and moved them halfway across the country, to Victoria, B.C., so he can pursue a high-profile experiment—to determine whether chimpanzees can learn human sign language. Zan must be raised exactly like a human. He’s dressed in clothes and fed in a high chair and has a room full of toys and books. Ben is soon smitten. Joining the team of students who are helping with the experiment, Ben becomes both researcher and adored older brother. Within months, Zan learns his first signs and becomes a media sensation. At his new school, Ben’s life seems similarly charmed as he vies for the attentions of the beautiful Jennifer—using his newly acquired scientific observational skills. But when Project Zan unexpectedly loses its funding, Ben’s father is under huge pressure to either make the experiment succeed or abandon it—and Zan. Unable to convince his father that Zan is now part of the family, Ben must risk everything to save his baby brother from an unimaginable fate.]]> Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:27:23 +0300 Dead Water Zone https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50949-dead_water_zone.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50949-dead_water_zone.html

For as long as he can remember, Paul has looked after his younger, weaker brother Sam. But when Sam leaves home to work as a research assistant in Watertown, he disappears into the dark folds of the city's noxious slum. When Paul goes looking for Sam in Watertown, he learns a dark secret: something in the water is changing the residents of Watertown, transforming them into something inhuman. But can Paul reach Sam before the dark waters get to him first?]]> Sat, 24 Oct 1992 14:27:23 +0200 Skybreaker https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50954-skybreaker.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50954-skybreaker.html

A legendary ghost ship. An incredible treasure. A death-defying adventure. Forty years ago, the airship Hyperion vanished with untold riches in its hold. Now, accompanied by heiress Kate de Vries and a mysterious gypsy, Matt Cruse is determined to recover the ship and its treasures. But 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface, pursued by those who have hunted the Hyperion since its disappearance, and surrounded by deadly high-altitude life forms, Matt and his companions soon find themselves fighting not only for the Hyperion—but for their very lives.]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:27:24 +0300 Firewing https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50941-firewing.html https://reference.library.land/kenneth-oppel/50941-firewing.html

Shade's son Griffin is sucked into an underworld, and Shade must save him before a deadly foe finds him first.]]> Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:27:22 +0300