Lola Rabbit loves traveling with the carnival as The Amazing Lola. One day after a hop to the park, Lola arrives back home to find that the carnival has moved on - without her! The worst part is her best friend, Buddy the dog, is gone too. Seemingly fun at first, living on her own in a big city is actually a bit scary for Lola. After many days and nights of running from cars, searching for food, and finding new places to sleep, Lola realizes her new-found dream: to find her forever home and Buddy.
In Stella’s Brave Voice by Marissa Bader, we dive into the world of twin sisters with very different personalities. While Stella is introspective and quiet, Paige is outgoing and often speaks for the both of them. One day, a powerful surge of emotion builds up within Stella whenever Paige answers on her behalf. As she grapples with these newfound feelings, will their close bond withstand the strain? And if a rift forms, can it be healed? Read on into their journey to discover the strength and resilience of their sisterhood!
Stranger Danger is a thrilling, one-of-a-kind read. The story alternates between two POVs, Lotus's and a mysterious, mistrustful narrator. Lotus, Vin, and Nova go out to a farmhouse to stay for a week with no WiFi, no cell phone, and no connection to the outside world. At least they think so. Lotus has been in contact with a stranger who has been stalking and threatening her, and she is even more worried when they follow her to the remote farmhouse. The stranger states that they know a secret of Lotus's. Though the three friends seem close, they each hide their own secrets.
Art Imitating Life is a story about a girl named Paige who has guarded her heart and rarely lets her guard down when it comes to trusting people. Shortly after a breakup with her boyfriend, Sam, and the news going viral, she soon found herself in a place where her wildest imaginations couldn't take her. Finding herself and her best friend, Liam, and Liam's friend, Nathaniel, in a parallel world, each of them had to accept reality and work together to achieve a common goal.
Belle and Chloe are twin sisters who are very much alike in many ways. They always play together, they have the same friends, and they look very similar. One day, an accident in the kitchen causes Belle to get burned, and she needs to go to the hospital. After the accident, Belle's entire life changes. She has to stay at the hospital to get better while Chloe continues to go to school. Chloe starts to feel a bit forgotten because their parents are spending most of their time taking care of Belle.
Saving Santa portrays a dystopian North Pole where technology and greed have overtaken the true spirit of Christmas. Lucy, who encompasses all that a Christmas elf should be, is sad to see all of the changes taking place in Santa Town. When she gets a job as Santa’s top elf, Lucy is determined to bring back the Christmas Spirit that Mrs. Claus once spread. Santa’s business partner, Rudy, on the other hand, has other plans.
Cat-astrophic by Sue C. Dugan is a paranormal story that brings us into the world of reincarnation. Nick is a popular high school boy who is smart, a football star, and has a girlfriend named Emily. Things were going fine for him until a new girl enrolled in the school. Their first contact wasn't good, but on their second meeting, which was in history class, they were assigned to be project partners by their teacher. Nick finds the new girl, Cat, weird with her gothic look and her talk about him abandoning her in their past life.
When A Phoenix Rose Nevermore is a story about Dahlia, who struggles with suicidal thoughts and depression. Across four books within this book, the reader observes Dahlia through her life. Following Dahlia from birth to college, we learn of her struggles and triumphs in book one, where we also meet her family. Then, we get further insight into who she is by reading her literary works across two books. Book two allows the reader to read Dahlia’s literary works through short letters, stories, poems and songs. The third book is a longer comedy written by Dahlia.
Anya Novak had always been very timid. Growing up in Slovakia, she was always told that she needed to be quiet and supportive in the background. She was told that as a viola player, she has to blend into the background and allow the violin players to shine. Now, alone in the US after her parents' deaths, she continues to live a quiet lifestyle blending into the background. She plays the viola in a chamber orchestra, and one day near Christmas time, she meets an older man named Niels after rehearsal.
Fifty year old songwriter, Sophia, looks back on her very troubled past. In 1963, she suffered from racism and prejudice by being a black woman studying in an affluent college in Marin County, California. Her mother has been institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital and her brother has been murdered. While Sophia loves her father, she learns some things that question her affection for him. She has a talent for singing and songwriting that she uses in local amateur talent competitions and now plans to display on television.
