Sadie is a responsible, basketball-playing, job-holding high school junior. She has a boyfriend, and loves spending time with her three year old niece. Her life is torn apart, however, when she gives two men a ride to a convenience store- and gets arrested for dealing pot.
In order to keep her older sister out of jail, and her niece out of foster care, Sadie pleads guilty to the charges despite her innocence. She gets sent to a juvenile detention center for six months, where she meets other minors accused and convicted of serious crimes.
Vampyre kisses is a book about a girl named Faith. Faith seems very satisfide with her normal life, but what Faith really wants is more excitement in her life. When Faith meets a strange guy named Trent everything about her changes. She is now learning about the hidden world of vampires, warewolfs and more. Faith has learned that she is the last witch left. As she grows to learn about her new powers she finds out that she can help restore her witch line. Faith is now learning everything she can in a short amount of time with danger lurking everywhere .
In a what seems like a twist of fate, Ava Bingen, a young seamstress, comes to the court of Skyggehavn after she is cast out of her village. There, she witnesses the deception and treachery of powerful members of the king's court. A mysterious illness ravages the court, extending up to the royal family itself. Ava finds herself unwillingly pulled into the network of spies, which threatens her existence at the court. With her unlikely companion Midi, the mute nursemaid, Ava must tread carefully for her own survival.
Rain of the Ghosts by Greg Weisman is a great fast-paced book that keeps you turning the pages all night. The action-packed plot centers on teenaged Rain Cacique and her best friend Charlie who live on a chain of islands the locals call the “Ghost Keys.” One day Rain’s beloved grandfather Sebastian Bohique dies, leaving Rain only his old armband made of two gold snakes twisted together. What Rain doesn’t know is that the armband gives her the power to see ghosts, and soon mysterious ghosts start to haunt her, people she has never seen before.
Jemma lives in a castle. It’s not a life of luxury, however. Her family, the Agromonds, are the rulers of a kingdom ravaged by the Mist, which blocks out all light. The people of this land have not seen the Sun for generations. The Agromonds relish this darkness, and love all things disturbing and cruel. Jemma does not fit in. She knows she should enjoy the thought of creating a new spell each week, should love the rage and fury of storms, should feel strengthened by the summoning of dark entities, but it’s all opposite. She never bother
A prince is looking for a bride at a royal ball. Cinderella, a "slave" to a mean stepmother and stepsisters, wishes she could go, but she is not allowed. Her fairy godmother appears and performs a spell that dresses her up, telling her the spell will wear off after midnight. The prince falls in love with Cinderella at the ball. She forgets about the spell and leaves hurriedly in the nick of time, leaving behind one of her glass slippers. The prince decrees that whoever's foot fits the shoe will be his wife.
Beautiful sirens havecursed Gemma with power that has a darker side, which she would rather not face. The sirens ( Penn, Lexi and Thea) who havecursed Gemma will do anything to stop Gemma from trying to be human again. They are more determined now to kill her. Gemma, Harper (her sister) and Daniel (Harper's boyfriend) must learn about their enemy'spast to find out the dark secret they need to save Gemma.
Kizzy Ann Stamps is about how everyone has scars to bear. The two main characters are Kizzy Ann and her dog, Shag. Kizzy Ann has a scar that runs from the edge of her eye to the tip of her smile. Shag serves as Kizzy Ann’s dog, her friend, and as a herding dog on the family farm. This story takes place in the 1960s, when integration was still an issue in many states. Readers should know that this book is written in the form of letters. Kizzy Ann is writing letters to her new school teacher, Mrs. Anderson.
One morning Riley and her younger sister Mia find their grandmother dead in her bed. They head off to find Riley's dad that they only know by an address on an envelope. They hide in a bus that takes them to "The Burning Man". There they meet a boy named River. River tries to help them find their dad by getting them closer to their destination. When they meet Riley's grandmother they can only hope that their father is just as nice and kind to them as their grandmother is.
Once again, Acacia “Casey” and her parents are spending their annual summer vacation at Disneyland. Except this time it is a lot different. Casey usually brings her now ex best friend, Kiley. But Kiley has transformed into a completely different girl overnight, who is mean, rude, immature, and not the previous best friend whom Casey longs to share her vacation with. Casey is a sentimental and slightly awkward girl, with many an obscure Disney fact hidden inside her mind.
