Makina was dead. She was the fifth Kampii to “accidentely” die in the City of Shifting tides (an underwater city), and Aluna needed to know why. She needed answers. She was smart enough to figure out that this was no accident. The breathing shells must be faltering. And where do you find answers?
For most teenagers, the summer before senior year is filled with applications, sun, fun, and maybe a little summer romance. Shy and quiet Alex, daughter of an Air Force Colonel, comes to the Circe Air Force Base internship expecting all this; what she wasn’t expecting was aliens. Circe wasn’t an American Air Force Base used for training, but rather an Alien Operations Center.
When Nerissa Marin, heir to the undersea kingdom of Waterfell, embarked on a four-year foray into human culture, she hardly expected her stay to turn permanent. But when her father's murdered for his throne, California's coastlines become Nerissa's only refuge. While the devious Ehmora, intent on assinating Nerissa and seizing political power, schemes below the water, young love unfolds above it; after a beachside encounter with captivating surfer boy Lo, he's all Nerissa can think about!
Michelle Madow's book The Secret Diamond Sisters: is about three sisters Payton, Courtney, and Savannah Diamond. The three sisters grew up living with their mother. They spent fifteen years trying to grab the attention of a father who they didn’t know if he even is alive. Finally, they draw his attention. Their mother, being an alcoholic, gets arrested for drunk driving. Payton Courtney, and Savannah get released in to their grandma's custody.
Elena Watkins is a young teenage girl who just wants a normal life and wants her dad to stop forcing them to move every three months. She got part of her wish when dragons came for her and her dad. She was finally able to stop moving. The dragons killed her father, who she later found out was a dragon himself.
"The Devil You Know" is a story about Julie Collins and her unfortunate predicament. For most of her life, she resided in the city, and spent a lot of time with her best friend Marie-Do. However, due to her cancer-stricken father, Julie's parents decide the best way for him to go is living out his days in the comfort of his childhood house. When they arrive, Julie admires the grand old house, dusty but lavish just the same. A second glance at the ornate front door has her shaking in terror, when the image of an angel morphs into a scythe-bearing child demon.
Mara lives in the capital of Aygrima where those with the ability to use magic are monitored very closely and trained to use it to serve the ruler and protector, the Autarch. To help prevent an uprising against him, he decrees that every citizen age 15 and up must wear masks that open all your thoughts up to the Watchers, his gifted police force, or face exile to a horrific mining camp.
