John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen have to tell about something that just happened to them, about an experience too overwhelming to keep private.The two high-school sophomores come from constricting, unhappy homes, and although life seem...
In this endearing story by Newberry Medal-winner Sharon Creech, a wise old Italian granny skillfully imparts life advice (and cooking lessons) to her winning but sometimes obstinate 12-year-old granddaughter. Best known for Walk Two M...
Amy and Clarissa are two girls who love to draw pictures of witches and then create elaborate stories about their lives. However, one witch Amy and Clarissa draw seems to have real magical powers and before too long Amy and Clarissa f...
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been protected. But the summer after his j...
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices)
Cassandra ClareThe Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.It's been f...
Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices)
Cassandra ClareSunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.Emma Carstairs has finally avenge...
When Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the Mountain View Inn, Ralph decides that he'd better take his motorcycle and leave. He persuades his young pal Ryan to take him to school, where Ralph is an instant hit wi...
The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctr...
James DashnerFrom James Dashner, the author of the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes an all-new, edge-of-your seat adventure. The Eye of Minds is the first book in The Mortality Doctrine, a series set in a world of hyperadvance...
The kids at school call Billy 'Dragon Breath' for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning-mouth bad; it's the hot-as-fire, 'don't-you-dare-get-near-me' bad. And hearing 'Dragon Breath' ringing in his ears, he cons...
The Silver Chair: The Chronicles Of N...
Focus on the FamilyA few English months and many Narnian years separate this follow-up to THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, the previous installment in the classic children's fantasy series the Chronicles of Narnia. The much-reformed Eustace Scrubb and a ...
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Kimberly Willis HoltZachary Beaver, known as the fattest boy in the world, moves to Antler, Texas, where life is just plain ordinary. He meets Cal, a boy who has a brother fighting in Vietnam, and another kid named Toby, whose mother abandoned him and hi...
Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia has led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when she learns, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in for the real Nalia, who has b...
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
Ann Brasharessummer is a time to grow seedsPolly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At ...
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing HahnTwelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them al...
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
April HenryWhen Katie wakes up, she has no memory of who she is. All she knows is that there is a pillowcase over her head and a person in the room has instructed another to "take her out back and finish her off." Katie must find a way...
Estrella deMadrigal thought she knew herself: daughter, granddaughter, sister, dearest friend, beloved. She is Star in the Night Sky, Truth in the Darkness. But truth is rare and precious in this cruel and unforgiving century in Spain...
Maya is a captive. In Grandmother's house in California, every word and action is strictly monitored, and even Maya's memories of her mother have been erased -- except within the imaginary world she has created. A world away, in the r...
The Forbidden Game: The Hunter; The C...
L. J. SmithWhen Jenny buys a game for her boyfriend, Tom, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the guy behind the counter. There is something mysteriously alluring about Julian's pale eyes and bleached-blond hair. And when he places the Game ...
Dreamdark: Silksinger (Dreamdark Seri...
Laini TaylorGrade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 9-11 Listening Level: 4-6 Whisper Silksinger is no warrior — she's a weaver of flying carpets. The last surviving member of her clan, relentlessly pursued by devils, she flees with nothing but a copper te...
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from t...
Liz KesslerAll I wanted was to impress my best friend, Shona, and the other mermaids who live in the sea around Allpoints Island. But what did I do instead? I woke up the kraken, a terrifying octopus-like monster the size of an apartment buildin...
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shad...
James RollinsWhen a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads Jake and Ka...
The Invention of Hugo Cabret with DVD...
Brian SelznickORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man w...
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Cassandra ClareThe New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling collection of short stories chronicling the adventures of Simon Lewis as he trains to become a Shadowhunter is now available in CD for the first time with an all-star cast of narrators!Simo...
From the internationally bestselling author of Ender's Game comes the riveting finale to the story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts.In Pathfinder, Rigg joined forces ...
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramo...
Alexander McCall SmithHave you ever said to yourself, Wouldn't it be nice to be a detective? This is the story of an African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious. When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young ...
Who needs a ladder when you've got a giraffe with an extending neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don't need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to d...
Leon and the Spitting Image is about a hotel full of animals. IIt's about an evil ice maker. IIt's about glass eyeballs and human catapults. IIt's about really old panty hose and Possibly Fake Hair. But mostly it's about Leon Zeisel a...
Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he'd love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest. O...
Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicle...
Kresley Coleb22 Arcana cards. 22 young assassins. May the best hand live. Introducing The Arcana Chronicles from #1 INew York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole.She could save the world—or destroy it. P/Sixteen-year-old Evangeline "Evie...
A New York Times Bestseller and USA Today Bestselling Book!From award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. When street magician Carter runs away, he neve...