Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher: Aladdin
Keywords: conch, brotherhood, bearer
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2005-02-22
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0689872429
ISBN-13: 9780689872426

In a dingy shack in the less-than-desirable Indian neighborhood he calls home, twelve-year-old Anand is entrusted with a conch shell that possesses mystical powers. His task is to return the shell to its rightful home many hundreds of miles away. Accompanying him are Nisha, a headstrong but resourceful child of the streets, and a mysterious man of indeterminate age and surprising resources named Abadhyatta. His quest will take him farther from home than he’s ever been and will teach him more than he ever imagined -- and it will force him to make a poignant decision that will change him f

Author: Chip Giles
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: killers, conch
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2010-02-03
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 1426925638
ISBN-13: 9781426925634

Elizabeth Forbish tries to lead a normal life as a junior at Georgetown University majoring in economics. However, life is anything but normal when you’re the daughter of Bradford Wallington Forbish IV, CEO and majority stockholder of Forboco Petrochemical Incorporated. The family fortune is substantial, and he’s one of the richest men in Virginia. Life gets really interesting when Elizabeth is kidnapped by mysterious terrorists while she’s being escorted by her bodyguard Johnny. Shady government agents work covertly to recover Elizabeth and deal out some frontier justice