After failing his Guardian training, Johan feels as if he has lost everything he'd ever hoped and dreamed for.
That is, until a brownie halfling named Felix appears at his door under orders of Pius to take him and train him. When Johan comes, he meets Pius, the wizard and Arlo, a human like Johan.
Pius tells him that he is Chosen and that he would be tasked to retrieve Blazer, a sword that holds unspeakable power, from the hands of dangerous goblins.
After the plague took Thomas's parents, he knew he had to leave behind the village of his old life and his parents' death. He takes his parents' advice and heads east, hoping to start a new life while keeping his parents' legacies in his heart. However, he soon becomes part of an attack from a thieves group known as Neydis. He meets other travelers in a similar position, and together they come up with a plan. They want to find adventure... with dragons. Everyone knows dragons are dangerous, but is it a risk that Thomas is willing to take to start his new life?
Ever since Tipani's father went into a coma, her perfect family life has turned into a nightmare. She has started having terrible nighmares, and her mom slowly has started to pull further away, leaving Tipani to raise herself. Plus, the Spoon Man from her nightmares seems to be crawling into her real life and trapping her own mother with his spell. Just as things seem to be getting worse for Tipani, she meets Piper. Piper is magical fairy, and he tells her that she is a "weaver", a person with the power to fight nightmares.
This book starts with Piki, a young dog who thinks he is in jail. He figures out that it is just an animal shelter and gets adopted by a human named Joan. Joan starts to train Piki and even teaches him special tricks and gives him a special vest. Piki doesn't always want to behave; he wants to run around and have fun with things like the Piki Flop and Roll! Then one day, Piki hears a woman say that he is going to college! He realizes that he has a very special job: being a service dog.
Steampunk meets Sherlock in this delightful novel set in London. When Quillian Watson, apprentice to Dr. M, nears the achievement of her dreams to be a surgeon, the winds change.
When a boy needing a mechanical arm dies on their operating table, it heralds the first of many clues that not everything is as it seems: prostitutes disappearing, shadows from her past, and a dashing Greyson Holmes enter her previously peaceful life.
The book 926 Raindrops - Gift of the Wild starts off talking about the author's childhood and shows her growth through narrating various events and milestones in her life. Gloria always knew she was different from other kids, having grown up in a household with very nontrinitarian beliefs. While other kids her age played with cats and dogs, Gloria was attracted to tadpoles and kept them in jars around her house.
Gwilym has always loved his large and diverse family, and though he still thinks about his mom, he doesn't have much room to miss her while growing up with so many of his relatives. He's even started to become interested in music and wants to learn jazz, the music his mom plays in the band she joined after leaving him and his siblings. Then one day, Gwilym receives a text message from his mom: she's going to be in town with her band, and she wants to meet up with him.
When a man is murdered in the middle of Lord and Lady Faversham's banquet, everyone is shocked. The man is identified as Winston Smythe, and the guests assume that it was the work of a professional, especially since the death was covered up with the sound of a strangled parrot. Archibald Boathouse is considered the main suspect due to his bad luck and nervous mumbling during the questioning. When pressure builds up from the public to solve the case, Captain Parker-Jones joins Inspector Graham, which causes Inspector Graham to want to solve the case before Captain Parker-Jones can.
The Love of Vera by Alice Magro follows the story of two young New York lovers, Vera and Gino, dealing with their own insights on life with family and faith. On top of their parents' history and Gino’s syndicate power, they continue to overcome and grow deep in their relationship. However, when there’s a pursuit on Gino’s life, their world in The Big City starts to shake and tremble. How will their love from friends, family, and notably each other help them overcome all the perils?
Cameron, age ten, is an adept musician and an introverted middle schooler. One of his outlets is his ability to play the guitar. The troubles of being bullied, living with an alcoholic, and having a sentimental mother are far from easy. When a mysterious girl in black leather enters his life one day, Cameron's entire world begins to change. His musical abilities are tested in ways he never expected as he embarks on an unexpected musical journey.
