Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Fourteen-year-old Amy's excitement over her first babysitting job ends when she and her three-year-old charge are kidnapped, but a daily videorecording sent to little Kendra's parents allows Amy to send clues, in hopes of being rescued before the kidnappers decide they no longer need her.

In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Historical notes are included.

Explains how to create various kinds of codes and discusses other means of sending messages, such as Indian sign language, brands, and flag signals.

While promising to open the door to an entirely new type of warfare, a top secret Pentagon experiment suddenly goes wildly out of control. At the same time an observatory in the Sierra Nevada Mountains receives a confirmed extraterrestrial signal. With evidence that the two are connected, a team of commandos rushes the observatory. But, with the goal of immediately sharing the signal, the billionaire who funded the observatory gathers a team of his...