When trouble stirs in ancient Greece, only an offering of a young maiden as a gift to Poseidon will satisfy the angry god. Earthquakes shake the ground and the rivers run dry, causing a deadly drought on the land.Then Thalassai, the princess of Tiryns, is kidnapped by an envoy from the troubled city to be the offering. But the mother goddess Eurynome has other plans, and she will not allow a young girl to be taken from her protection. When gods collide, who will be the victor? And more importantly, will Thalassai survive this deadly battle of wills?
Ruby Redfort is an expert at breaking codes. At seven years old she won the Junior Code-Cracker Championships by cracking a code in only seventeen days. When she entered the Junior Code-Creator Championship her code was sent to the university where it took professors two weeks to solve it. This book takes place when Ruby is several years older. She is even better at writing and cracking codes. Consuela Cruz, the Redfort’s new dietary expert, has an argument with Mrs.
This book is about a girl named Penny and her brother. Penny owns a very good street racing car. She and her brother were fixing it up for when she turned 18. One day, her schoolmate got hit during a street race. There was just one problem for Penny. The car looked just like hers! Penny is now very worried that her brother is street racing and using her car. Read this book and uncover the mystery of who ran over the kid, who didn’t, and everything in between.
The book, The Secrets of Tree Taylor by Dandi Daley Mackall is about a 13 year old girl, Tree, and it follows her throughout the summer of 1963. Tree has created two goals for herself to complete before the summer is over: receive her first kiss and land a spot on her high school newspaper staff.
A young teenager lives on the poor side. She is a con trying to make a living and wanting to get away. Her dad is in jail, and she and her mom live in a trailer park. She has a best friend who sticks by her through thick and thin, but he wants more. Then when she gets a bank statement she finds out all the money she saved is gone; she gets angry and tries to find a way to get it back. She wants to try the biggest con she will ever do, but will she do it? Even though there is lying, loss and gaining, and survival, she finds the truth.
The Seasons Of Raina by Millissa Nelson illustrates the challenges of fitting in to a new place and doing the right thing even though it may be hard. When Raina is bullied at her school in Denver, she realizes that if she stays, life will be miserable until high-school is over, and that she needs to spend some time away. Her parents send her to Minnesota to live with her aunt and uncle and their eight kids.
In the sequel to The School for Good and Bad, Agatha and Sophie finally get to go home and enjoy their Ever After... but is it the Ever After they really want? When wishing for a different ending, Agatha opens up the portal to their fairy tale lands and go back to school... but this time, the school they know is not the same. New enemies rise, new competitions and new rules are going to face Agatha and Sophie on their new journey. Can they go back home and fix their Ever After? Or do they stay and live in the fairy tale world?
Maeve, princess of Connacht, is headstrong, determined, quick-witted, and courageous. When her father begins to invite possible husbands to visit their kingdom, Maeve will do anything to get away. With her sharp tongue, she protects her pride and waits for true love. But will she ever find it?
Nine Days is a book about a boy named Ethan and his friend Tianna. They go halfway around the world without their parents knowing to look for Tianna’s father who disappeared. Tianna’s father is a political activist who wants a democracy in China and disappears after going to China illegally to meet other activists. Tianna is so distraught that Ethan decides to do something, so he buys tickets and takes Tianna and himself to Hong Kong to look for her father.
