Anne Frank led a normal life before the Holocaust. She enjoyed parties and friends and boyfriends... pretty much the life of a teenager. Her perfect life was turned upside down when her family and a few others were constricted to the Secret Annexe during the Holocaust. The one thing that Anne found joy and hope in was her diary, "Kitty." Being Frank with Anne is a poetic form of Anne's diary. It shows her emotions, her thoughts, and her heart. This presentation of the diary will bring the world more understanding of Anne's world during the Holocaust.
Ethan Chase is no ordinary kid. He has a gift, a gift that allows him to see the unseen faeries that live among us. Ethan has one rule: Don't look at them. Never let them know you can see them. If they know you can see them, they will make your life miserable. Ethan had gotten pretty good at keeping them away from him until the faeries that he has stayed away from start mysteriously disappearing and Ethan is attacked. Ethan finds himself entangled in the web of magic that he had tried so hard to stay away from and he must break his rule in order to stay alive and protect those he loves.
At long last, Sabrina and Daphne find themselves coming face to face with the final battle with the Scarlet Hand. The Master's original plan of escaping the magical barrier using Granny Reldas' body failed. So now Mirror is trying to kill the whole Grimm family in order to weaken and eventually break the barrier. Along with resisting the Scarlet Hand's many attacks, Sabrina finds herself getting overwhelmed with responsibility that she wasn't expecting. Will she be able to handle all the stress of war, or will she succumb to the Master's manipulating ways?
Best friends Will and Bobby have always dreamed of escaping from the orphanage to join the 14th Regiment. One day, the opportunity presents itself and they take it. On their adventure, they meet many people including Dinky Dolan, the devious merchant, and Daniel, a young African American teenager who is wise beyond his years. A story of survival, war, and adventure, 'Joining Up' will keep you on the edge of your seat!
October Daye is finally getting back to normal. She is now Countess of Goldengreen, she's taken on a squire, and life is good. But, when life is good, that means it's about to get real bad, real soon. Someone has taken the sons of Duchess Dianda Lorden, leader of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist, captive. That means that a war between land and sea is going to happen in the near future. To prevent this disaster from happening, Toby has to find the kidnapped boys and prove that the Queen of the Mists isn't the kidnapper. She's going to need all the help and luck she can get!
The sequel to 'Ring of Fire' by P.D. Baccalario, 'Star of Stone', involves four kids trying to save the world: Harvey from New York, Elettra from Rome, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai. As they find people who knew the late Alfred Van Der Berger, the professor who started them on their mission to Rome, they realize that their quest isn't over yet. When they find four coded postcards, written by the professor years before, they see their destiny even clearer than before. The kids go all over New York City searching for the Star of Stone, an artifact.
