Ellen is a brave 13-year-old girl living in Brooklyn, New York. As the date for her Bat Mitzvah gets closer, Ellen begins to worry about what kind of woman she wants to be. When everybody in school starts to change their looks and personality to fit in with the crowd, Ellen stays true to herself and her personality. One of her female role models is her mother. Ellen feels that her mother focuses more on others than her. In fact, Ellen’s parents begin having fights because her dad is angered by the fact that her mom is never home.
Friddie Rosenthal has always been charismatic and quite the troublemaker, always making her own decisions in life. Growing up in a strict French private school and a Jewish household in Romania in the 1920s, Friddie quickly learned the power of acting innocent and being persuasive to get what she wants. Despite being a partier throughout her youth, she tells her parents that she will eventually settle down with a nice Jewish man who they will approve of.
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse alternates between two stories: one before and one after the tornado. Before the tornado, Jesse's dad is arrested for stealing the money in the library fund, which he did not do. Jesse, and her new friend, Springer, decide to investigate who really took it, while also standing up to bullies. They also try to train Sam-Sam to sniff out containers so he can learn to be a bomb-sniffing dog. After the tornado, Jesse runs back to her house in search of her beloved dog.
Michael J. Bowler comes into the limelight again with a sensational new series book; The Invictus Chronicles. The first book of the Chronicles, titled Like A Hero, was an intense read.
Thirteen year old Murray just lost his mother to a tragedy. Still grieving over his mother's unfortunate death, he moves to Windom, Minnesota to live with his grandmother who he has not seen for a long time. In Windom, strange things happen unnerving Murray. He is told to keep his distance from neighbors who hate children for some unknown reason. This is enough to haunt Murray, the only child right now who is living in Windom. Uncovering his own grandmother's own secrets, he sees a boy who has been kidnapped by evil witches.
Thirteen-year-old Moth is kind of an outcast at school. She wants nothing more than to be a witch and spends her time watching TV shows about magic and reading about folklore. Then, on Halloween, something strange happens. When some kids at school are making fun of her, she *literally* takes their voices away.
Everyone else in Anna's family has "useful magic". From being able to read people's thoughts to sensing auras, they are the people tourists come to Ravenfall (her family's magical inn) to visit. Anna's power is a lot darker because she senses death. If she touches anyone who has seen death, she sees the memory of what exactly happened during that time through their eyes. And since most people don't want to be reminded of those horrible memories, no one seeks out her magic.
Allen, Paul, and Chet's parents died 2 years ago, leaving them orphaned and in the care of their Uncle Barnaby. But when Barnaby hears of the riches in San Fransisco, he leaves the boys alone to take care of the ranch while he goes off in search of gold. One day, Paul and Chet discover that their horses have been stolen and quickly call over Allen. Upon further inspection, they discover that their house has been ransacked, and all their valuables including their gold have been stolen.
Restart is a story about a boy whose life has just changed dramatically. His name is Ulysses. Ulysses was just another guy, enjoying the last day of the school year when suddenly the event happens. Everyone he knows is dead, turned into mindless zombies by a computer virus. While on the run from these zombies, he meets Maxine and Xavier who he travels with, avoiding the zombies at all cost. But what happens when the zombies finally captures him? What do they do? And who started all of this? Read to find out!
