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reGUARDing GRACE
Karen Leppert
Synopsis: When a new student arrives at Mansfield High School, Grace Evans feels an inexplicable kinship with the boy. Strange feelings are not new to Grace, who has experienced lapses in time accompanied by injuries that defy logical explanation. As much as she tries to ignore this latest mystery, Grace cannot deny her already-troubled life is getting darker and more dangerous and wonders if this new boy knows her secret.

Jack Elliott has always known what he is and believes his life is one of destiny and fate because of one person: Grace Evans, a young woman who has haunted him since the day she was born. Everything…his education, training, sacrifices…has led to this moment, but Jack‘s skills are about to be tested beyond his wildest imagination.
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal
Shadow of Darkness:  Volume I of the Creature Kid Series
Synopsis: You have been warned.

The human race has been coddled, protected by an ancient species, in a multi-dimensional war that spans centuries. Under this umbrella, the people of Earth have thrived, ignorant of the threat looming just out of sight. This umbrella, this safety net, woven together from the lives of the fallen, will protect them no more.

Our story begins in the small town of North Shore. A place known for its tropical climate and year round beaches. An unlikely place to find the savior of a war that is still undiscovered.

Anthony Dimair doesn't know it, but he may be the last hope for Earth. Or, he may be the cause of its ruin. A darkness that has been buried deep inside of him for years, is slowly brewing to the surface, itching to find its way out.

Can this teenage boy and his friends uncover the secrets before it's too late? Can they solve the riddle before the entire town is consumed by the Shadow of Darkness?
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
The Switch Sisters
Synopsis: As the only Chinese family in town, the Switch sisters have always kept to themselves. But when Mara Switch is framed for murder, her sisters are forced to step into the spotlight and prove her innocence—all without revealing a dark family secret.

The Switch sisters know they’re different. With ink black hair and cat-like eyes, they certainly draw stares in a small town like Ambrose, where everyone else is white and has lived in the same neat houses with the same grassy lawns for generations. Behind their Chinese faces, however, the girls are also witches. The sisters manage to keep their special powers under wraps—that is, until Mara falls in love with the mayor’s only son. Their wedding is the most exciting event in town history, but festivities abruptly end when someone is murdered and Mara is unjustly charged. Her three younger sisters know that she’s innocent. Each with a budding magical talent, the girls must bring their powers together in order to save their sister. Meanwhile, the real murderer is still on the loose...

An immigrant story inside a witch story, THE SWITCH SISTERS is the first novella in a young adult series that follows Mara, Morgan, Marie, and Mina as they grow up, fall in love, and learn to embrace who they are.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fiction
Disharmony
David Lundgren
Synopsis: Desperately trying to cross the treacherous desert to Miern, Raf is thrown into a dangerous world that his Forest upbringing hasn’t prepared him for: a massive, sprawling city, teeming with violence, corruption and intrigue, where he hopes to not only rescue the kidnapped ishranga, but also find a cure for the disease that is ravaging the Forest.
Meanwhile back at home, the foresters discover that their Miernan ‘guests’ have their own hidden agenda and the entire Forest is thrown into disarray as their carefully laid schemes unfold in an unexpected – and often brutal - way. As the very ground underneath them starts falling away, the peaceful villagers must take matters into their own hands.
Raf meets some new, rather mysterious friends, but then unwittingly finds himself at the center of a huge conspiracy, which has consequences that reach far beyond the city limits, and threaten not only his mission in Miern, but his life. With the fate of the dying Forest in his hands, he knows he must find a cure and get back before everything he knows and loves is destroyed.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Spellbound and Determined
Synopsis: Welcome to Mimi's Charms & Enchantments - a New Age shop filled with magical merchandise and colorful customers. Cam couldn't ask for a better afterschool job.

When a shady man in gray slinks in one afternoon, Cam is thisclose to calling 911. To her relief, he hurries away, leaving behind the nauseating odor of his cologne and a curious spell he's dropped on the floor. But this spell is not your average hocus-pocus. It's ancient, odd and promises Power Supreme - something Cam could definitely use to keep up her 3.9 grade point average.

But the spell requires more than what's stocked on Mimi's shelves. And acquiring each item will take some heavy teamwork. With the help of her best friend, Reade, and Zach, the high school's resident genius/nerd, Cam can't lose...unless the Gray man returns.
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Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
The Fall from Grace
Devin Marsman, Shelby Anne Manore, Emily Schuyler, H.D. Carpenter
Synopsis: She is found alone and left for dead, outside of a church. She has no memory, no ID and no one comes to claim her. She has no hope...
Until the day a nurse from the hospital she has been living in stuns her with an offer of a home, a family and a new life. She is even given a new name: Addison Martin. But, try as she might, Addison does not fit into her new teenage, suburban world. Shadows and voices follow her each day, while disturbing dreams haunt her in her sleep. It isn't until she is attacked by an ethereally beautiful man outside her new school that the memories begin to resurface: a child, a tragic death, a forbidden love, a destiny...
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Paranormal
e-Sc@pe: Nascent
Eric N. Farmer
Synopsis: A sheltered teenager had a comfortable life in a high rise condo, until his curiosity got him into serious trouble. His family paid the price.

Now, he's on the run with his two best friends, and a group of rebels. The mega-corp will spare no expense to silence him. With what he knows, he could set off a chain of events that will have dramatic repercussions for the entire world.

But somehow, in this chaotic mess, nascent romance struggles to grow and survive.

Will he run and hide behind the pomp and wealth of his former life, or will he boldly go forward and forge his own destiny? Will he survive? Will his friends?
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Neverworld
E. Racine
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Samantha Beckett and her friend, Charley Neilson, are walking home from school when they find themselves being chased by two strange looking boys in a white van. Racing through backyards and under hedges, they finally shake their pursuers, only to run into Captain Bartholomew Jones, a man who claims he was sent to deliver Samantha to her mother, the woman who abandoned Samantha at birth.

Obsessed with the idea of finding her mother, Samantha agrees to go along with Jones, so long as Charley can accompany them. Trudging through the woods near her home, Jones leads them into a ring of mushrooms and thrusts a silver spoon into the ground. When the bright lights fade, Samantha finds herself in a land unlike any she has ever known, a harsh world of swordfights and sailing ships, a world without electricity or running water and filled with people who seem intent on killing her.

To find her mother and discover the reason for her abandonment, she and Charley will have to escape kidnappers, race typhoons and battle monsters. As they both soon learn, only the quick and the strong survive long on the other side of the map, in a place called Neverworld.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
The Sword of Danu
Christine Norris
Synopsis: Megan has embraced her role as the Librarian, protector of the Library of Athena. She’s spent her entire summer teaching herself magic (al though it doesn’t always work out the way she wants) and studying the Library’s secrets. The Order of Ares, an organization bent on stealing all of the Library’s artifacts, are always at the back of her mind, though they’ve been quiet for awhile.

Then she is forced into yet another enchanted story. Or rather, the story comes to her, somehow ripped from the pages of the book and brought to life. She and her friends must fight their way through an imaginary Ireland, where danger lies around every turn, and find the mythical Sword of Danu.

It’s a race against time—because the magic is spreading. The manor is being overrun, and Megan, Rachel, Claire and Harriet must fight through what was supposed to be an imaginary world to find the sword and return things to normal.
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Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Fantasy
No More Goddesses (Volume 1)
Synopsis: Getting a date shouldn’t be this hard.

Jordan Lake discovers an ancient bracelet in her grandmother's house and uncovers a family mystery that links her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, a romantic movie, and an aunt she never knew. Jordan hopes the bracelet will bring her love. Instead, it brings one nightmare after another, unleashing Hathor, the Egyptian love goddess, who decides it's fun to mess with the McKnight High School social scene.

Jordan holds the key to vanquish Hathor, but will she figure out what it is in time to save her school, one of her best friends, and get a date to the Valentine’s Day dance?
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Fantasy
Sidhe's Call
Christy Thomas
Synopsis: "What do you think it's like for them... as in... death?"
"Death?" The word slithered off the end of her tongue as if it was a filthy sock she held out with the tips of her fingernails. "They're mortals, Morg. [. . .] Once you sing a soul to the Otherworld, you'll see that keening is an important task, but not one with which we should become emotionally involved."
Bound by duty, sixteen-year-old Morgan must begin forewarning human deaths. After all, that's her job as a newly-appointed Ban Sidhe (banshee), a death caller. Conflicted when the Inner Ring--the elite group of ruling Sidhe--assigns a fifteen-year-old  boy, Aidan Tanner, as her first death to keen on her road to adulthood, Morgan must make a critical decision. Will she help end such a young life or follow her instincts and refuse to make the call? And if that isn't difficult enough, Morgan's help is needed as the Sidhe and human worlds are about to face a crisis foretold in the Thousand-Year Sidhe Prophecy. With the lingering pain of her mother's absence and the mystery of her father's recent disappearance, the young Ban Sidhe feels lost. Aided only by her overly-critical twin sisters and an eccentric seer, Morgan must confront her weaknesses and make the hardest decision of her life. Alone.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Hidden Sidhe
Christy Thomas
Synopsis: When Morgan and her twin sisters had secured the Northern Gateway to the Otherworld, they were certain that the breach had been contained. But now that young women are being found dead with their chests ripped open, the ruling Inner Ring requires Sidhe intervention to ensure that no creature from the Otherworld is on a rampage. Just when sixteen-year-old Ban Sidhe (banshee), Morgan, thought her life in Finias was going back to normal, the murders in southeastern Idaho pull her back into the bizarre human world. In order to fulfill her next step in the journey of becoming the next High Queen of the Ban Sidhe, Morgan must investigate the happenings in the small town of Lava Hot Springs. But as she struggles to attend high school and pretend to be human, can she forget her parents' absence and focus on finding a mass murderer before he finds her?
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
CINDERELLA: The Classic Version of the Popular Fairy Tale
Synopsis: Here is a classic tale told in a classic format, and yet the substance is entirely modern. The unique and compelling craft of this book makes for a delightful read that appeals to young and old. The well known tale is tried and true, however it has never been told quite like this before. McElroy's revolutionary delivery of this classic tale renders Cinderella accessible and relevant to today's audience, without sacrificing the intricacy and sophistication of classic literature.

Excerpt from a review by reader Breen M. Sullivan
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Classic
Peer Pressure vs. True Friendship - Surviving Primary School
Synopsis: Children's books ages 9-12
Surviving Primary School! - Discover how to deal with peer pressure and find your true friends…,

It all started on one completely normal afternoon when Claire invited her friend Penny to come over to her house.

They chatted on Facebook for a while until Claire went out of the room for a few minutes. The moment she stepped out of the door Penny went straight back to the computer which was still open on Claire’s Facebook page, and without blinking an eye lid started writing really insulting comments in Claire’s name on the wall of Claire’s best friend…

Interested to read what happened next?

You don’t have to be the wicked witch to be popular…
The way to stand up to peer pressure and be a true friend, without trampling over other people’s feelings, is already inside of you. You have the inner strength you need to do it and this book will show you how!!!

Let me share the secret with you - so you too can reach the highest peak of popularity in your class, without giving way to peer pressure and getting dragged along after friends who make you feel bad!



This essential guide for kids, parents & teachers includes:
•True life stories about growing up!
•Tips, helpful rules, simple to do exercises!
•Fun ‘test yourself’ questionnaires
•A personal journal
All of which will help you discover how to deal with peer pressure, How to be “Simply Me” and most important - how to survive primary school!


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Publication Date:
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Series
Be Positive! Think Positive! Feel Positive! Surviving Primary School
Synopsis:

Surviving Primary School! - How to succeed in everything that you want and could wish for…


It happened in the middle of a math class.

The teacher asked a question which I knew the answer to...it was as clear as day so I decided to pluck up the courage to raise my hand.

Up to this day I’m not sure who was more excited, me for having raised my hand, or my teacher who was seeing me ready to answer a question (and open my mouth to talk) for the first time since I’d landed in her class…

“Yes, what’s the answer?” asked the teacher…
I’m sure you know the feeling of those moments when everything goes blank, a “black out” when your answer suddenly gets stuck somewhere and you’re sure that you don’t know anything and you can’t remember anything…

That’s exactly what happened to me. At that moment, when I realized that I was going to speak, I went silent; I forgot what I wanted to say.
Interested to read what happened next?

There are no two ways about it - the ways to become successful, cool and confident are already inside of you! You already have the inner strength to help you get there and this book will show you how to use it!



In this book you’ll learn:
•How to think positively!
•How to believe in your selves!
•How to succeed at school and with others, in everything that that you want and could wish for…

Let me share the secret with you – of how to become attractive no matter what you look like, how to attract to yourself the reality that you really want!!



This essential workbook for kids, parents & teachers includes:
•True life stories about growing up!
•Tips, helpful rules, simple to do exercises!
•Fun ‘test yourself’ questionnaires
•A personal journal
All of which will help you discover how to be positive, think positive and feel positive and most importantly how to be “simply me” and to survive primary school!

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Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Series
Body Language, Intuition & Leadership! Surviving Primary School
Synopsis:

Surviving Primary School! - The secrets of body language, listening and intuition…


It happened on one of the first hot days at the very beginning of the summer.

A few of us decided to ditch school – simply to walk out of the building and spend the rest of the morning by the sea!

Right from the start my body started sending me signals that this wasn’t OK…my stomach hurt me, and I ignored it, I got a thumping headache which I also ignored.

Sarah forged our teacher’s signature with incredible skill and handed us the signed notes which were our pass out of school.
We went to the gatekeeper holding our notes then, suddenly, he made a comment, one tiny remark which made us all change colors, from bright red to white and we were struck dumb…
Interested to read what happened next?

There are no two ways about it – our bodies talk to us and also talk to our environment about us!


In this book you’ll learn:
•How to interpret our intuitions
•How to understand what our bodies are telling us
• The secret of body language – the international language which isn’t taught in any schools but can help you better understand what your friends are telling you, so you can work out what they really mean…

Let’s find out together what different movements or positions really mean, what lies hidden behind our words and how we can use our own body language to get what we really, truly want.



This indispensable self help guide for kids, parents & teachers includes:
•True life stories about growing up!
•Tips, helpful rules, simple to do exercises!
•Fun ‘test yourself’ questionnaires
•A personal journal
All of which will help you discover what the popular kids already know…the secrets of body language, listening and intuition.
Most importantly you’ll learn how to be “simply me” and to survive Primary School!

Don't forget to scroll back up and grab your own copy of this beautiful inspirational book while the price is still low.



Tags: intuition, childrens books, primary schooled, nonfiction for kids 9-12, how-to books, body language for kids, leadership for kids, inspirational books
Publication Date:
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Series

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