Mckenna O’Dwyer feels different for some reason, but she can’t put her finger on exactly why she feels this way. Things happen to her- like having extremely vivid and frightening nightmares of burning at the stake – but none of the information in the nightmares ever makes sense to her. That is until her seventeenth birthday happens and everything now seems to change for her. She’s feeling things that are odd to her, and both of her dads can’t seem to help her understand what’s happening to her.
Have you ever experienced moving out of the only place you think you will find comfort and friends? If yes, then you are just like Sam. Why don't you dive into this story as we experience her life after this? Ever The Same, written by Michelle Wishner, is about a young adult named Sam. Recently, her father got a promotion at work that required his family to move. It was quite shocking to Sam as she was already in her final year of high school. Not only that, but she would also have to leave her best friend Becky, and all the memories of what they had planned to do were going to waste.
Step back in time to 1598, to the village of Bidford-Upon-Avon in England, where the ghost of Lady Shakespeare introduces a captivating tale filled with danger and deception. Left orphaned by the plague, Molly and her sister Juliet are forced to disguise themselves as boys to survive. As they navigate a world where it is illegal for females to act on stage, they catch the attention of a Duke who offers to become their patron. But with their newfound success comes a warning from the lead minstrel: patronage can be a golden prison.
In 1930’s Germany, Gisela joins the Bund Deutsche Madel, or the BDM (The League of German Girls). At first she enjoys being a member, but after awhile, she begins to question their tactics and policies. When people around her and eventually she herself become potential targets, she sees Hitler and the Nazi Party for the evil that they really are.
Outside her dismal, dilapidated house lies a pile of sticks; knock them over and tomorrow they will be back in place, but never, never take one – the consequences are beyond the limits of your mind. Ali, a high school senior, and her two dads, Jared and Von, are unknowingly moving just across the street from Richland’s witch. Despite their many misgivings about Jared’s new job at the nuclear power plant, they agree to tolerate Richland, a place where they stand out like sore thumbs.
Witchland, written by Tim Mulligan and illustrated by Pyrink, is a tale of new beginnings, suspense, and horror. The comic follows a family of three: Van and Jared, who are partners in marriage, and their adopted daughter Ali. When Jared gets a new job in Richland, Washington, the family decides to relocate to support the opportunities that come with Jared’s new position. They finally have a house of their own, have higher income, and can make a fresh start from past vices. However, Richland is not quite as it seems.
Can a group of almost ten-year-olds make a difference? Meet Alexa, Josie, Tom, and Michael, just ordinary kids in an ordinary classroom in England, until the new boy, Ahmet, is assigned the empty chair at the back of the classroom. The fact that Ahmet is quiet, has “eyes like a lion’s,” and at recess spends his time “in seclusion,” adds to his mystique. The playground is abuzz with all kinds of rumors about Ahmet. Are his family spies? Is he under threat of being kidnapped? Does he have a super-contagious disease?
Beautiful, charming, and confident, Friddie lives her young life “as if the universe [is] solely hers.” Friddie is obsessed with being a “free Romanian woman.” She defies tradition, runs away from an arranged marriage, and meets and marries the man of her dreams. Friddie believes her life is charmed. It is until the horrors of war infect her country. Her world shatters the day she is arrested for consorting with a spy: her husband.
When Timmy, Jade, and Mateo take a trip to their magic spot, they embark on a nautical adventure across the seven seas. Jade quickly discovers a mysterious treasure chest loaded with jewels and a tattered treasure map signed by Owen Edward Fastbottom. When a cannon booms nearby, the children realize they are being followed by a pirate and his crew. Not just any pirate, but the dreaded pirate captain, who claims the treasure belongs to him!
Maple is a member of Blue Ring, a community in what was once Canada after an unexplained global event that left those in Blue Ring among the many survivors. Those in the Blue Ring survived by coupling themselves with those called the Headmasters. Parasitic aliens fused onto the bodies of humans and controlled their thoughts and actions. Each Headmaster fused with different humans before finding another body. This becomes problematic when Maple begins to share memories and consciousness with the former host body, a woman named Zara, whom Maple had a previous connection with.
