Esme's Wish is a mystical fantasy based on main character 15 year old Esme and her yearning wish to have her mother back. Her mother was somehow lost at sea years ago, and Esme is just not ready to move on. But unfortunately for Esme, her father is. He just married Esme's new stepmother, Penelope, and Esme isn't ready to accept her new life without her real mother. She can't get past the feeling that she's betraying her mother by starting on with this new life with Penelope and her father without her.
Sisters Mike and Eleanor have always known three things: 1) They can't ever talk about house magic, or it won't work anymore. 2) They have to hide under the bed when their parents fight and break things. 3) Stories are the only way to escape the world around them.
The United States has hit a dark era called the Black Forty--a horrid time filed with devastating financial decisions and a plummet of worldwide currency and international social unrest. In addition to these events, the newly recognized Commander creates “The Tax," a system in which every child under 18 is submitted to serve as a slave in systems like farms, millhouses, and mines to sustain what he calls the economy. Vera and her brother, Oliver, are among the many children submitted.
Faith Tiknor, her younger sister Erin, and their father Joe move from the small town of Brownsville to the larger and more affluent town of Delwick during Faith's sophomore year. Faith has to not only start over, friendless, in a new town but also at a new school. Faith puts her best foot forward, and she is optimistic about her prospects. Unfortunately, though, some bigoted, hateful, and entitled people in her new neighborhood, exhibit actions and motives that are beyond reproach.
A Cold Day in the Sun is a touching romance filled with fun and teenage love. Holland Delviss has skated and played hockey her whole life. Now as a junior in high school, she is playing varsity on the boys team. She's never really been singled out before for being "the girl." She was just always another player who was decent at the sport and hung out with the guys. Now that her team is chosen for a prestigious statewide tournament, the pressure sets in.
LaLa and the Unfair Bear is a picture book about a girl named LaLa, who is friends with a boy named Dennis. Dennis comes over to play for the first time, and both children have stuffed bears. LaLa's bear is named Beary, and Dennis's bear is named Cubby. LaLa is jealous of Cubby because Cubby is bigger than Beary. Cubby can do things Beary can't do. LaLa's mom teaches LaLa about gratitude, to be appreciative, and to find worth in all that she has.
I Was Their American Dream is an authentic story of a young girl growing up in California with her Filipino family. Malaka has always known her parents had huge expectations when they first arrived in the United States. After her parents' divorce, however, all of those expectations fall to Malaka to fulfill.
This memoir shows in graphic novel format how Malaka finds a way to achieve the American dream even through life's uncertainties. Find out how she does it in author Malaka Gahrib's memoir, I Was Their American Dream.
Jillian Dangerous and the Extraordinary Secret follows protagonist Jillian Cassidy in this adventurous story. She and her roommates—Sadie, Meg, and Sam—travel back in time to 1965 through a time warp, finding themselves in Vietnam at Crest Academy, the school Jillian’s mother attended as a child. Jillian and her friends are endlessly searching to find a way to get back to 2015. However, a series of events interfere with their ability to do so.
In this book, the reader meets a boy named Bubba, who thinks he can dig a hole to China. With the help of a magic shovel, Bubba and his sister, Squirt, who is initially skeptical about the plan, find themselves in Xi'an China. The first person they meet is Tou wan, a girl who helps them on their journey. They must find a pendant that belongs to the first emporor of China. Adventures, problems, and even ghosts abound.
In Chronomancer and the Time God, people live in a world filled with magic—where spells are flung, wine glasses fill of their own accord, and illusions are summoned. In this extraordinary land, one extremely talented man is sent on a quest for some of the wrongs he has committed in his lifetime. However, this is no ordinary quest. It is a quest assigned to people who are too well-known to be executed in the town square, but whose crimes cannot be disregarded like they could if it were just a stolen apple.
