Have you ever read a story and wondered what you would do in that situation? Would you run into the abandoned house after the killer? Or run screaming from the scene to analyze the whole thing with your friends? Would you be bold enough to flirt with your crush—even though he has a girlfriend? Or would you quietly back off, in hopes of meeting a better guy to crush on?In Your Life, But Better, you don’t just read a story—you become the story. Take a quick personality quiz at the end of each chapter, and find out how you would act if you were confronted with the scene you just read. Are you star material? Or the queen of romance? What will you learn about yourself?

Claire Perry knows a split second can change everything. It can be the difference between sticking a perfect landing or falling off the beam. It can be the difference between a really fun party or a totally messed up one. Or sometimes, as Claire finds out, it can even be the difference between life . . . or death. For Claire’s younger sister, Nellie, an elite gymnast who is "destined for gold," things have always come easy. A split second is usually all it takes to capture the attention of a boy at a party, and the judges at a meet, or their critical father—everyone. Then one night, one decision, one split second—changes their world forever. The two sisters get into a car accident that leaves one of them with a traumatic brain injury. Now, the sisters will have to figure out what’s worth fighting for and what are the limits of guilt, forgiveness, and sisterhood. Memories will come crashing back and secrets will come to light—whether they’re ready for them . . . or not.

Ma?ic It's not a typo. The question mark gets to the heart of the word. Is magic real? It depends on what you believe. Katie, a shy teenager, is starting to believe that magic is real, not something only in books. Katie has discovered that by drawing sketches of what she wants in her DreamScraps journal, she can alter her reality. Soon Katie learns to travel to other sublens, alternative dimensions, curled up in sub-length units of space. In the sublen Narfar, she meets: Hazel, an age-shifter who changes appearance randomly between various ages; Emily, a girl who, like Katie, discovered the DreamScrap dimensions on her own; Dazi, the brave heartthrob; Elizabeth and Lana, girlfriends and DreamScrap students with Katie under Hazel; And . DarkDreamers, an army of anti-magic pessimists led by power-hungry Elena. Can Katie and friends reopen the portals to the sublens that Elena closed? Will Katie learn enough DreamScrap magic to fulfill her destiny as Mystérieux, liaison to Dardale, keeper of the portals? And, most importantly . Is magic real? What do you believe?

Sarah promised Marjorie when they were five years old that they would be best friends forever. But that was before seventh grade, when everything changed—everything except Marjorie. While Sarah wants to meet new people and try new things, Marjorie still likes doing the same things they always did. It seems the more time the two girls spend together, the more time Sarah wants to spend apart. How did a promise that was so easy to make become so hard to keep?With beautifully drawn characters and vivid details, this incisive novel portrays middle school in all its complexity—both the promise of what is to come and the pain of what must be left behind.