Melanie thought that she was headed for success after completing graduate school, but her dreams of steady employment were dashed in the post 9/11 economy. Now 28 years old, she works as a temp in Chicago- when she can even find a temp position. Her bills go unpaid, her utilities are being shut off, and her crazy ex-boyfriend just won't leave her alone.
The book starts off with three kids, Kya, Eliza and Sebastian, who lost at least one of their parents, and an old wizard, Hemlick, who is teaching them magic. Recently there have been paintings stolen at the art museum. It is up to those three to find out what is going on. But, also Marco, Sebastian’s nephew, has disappeared in the museum. There is magic in this mystery. There is a great army with magic in it. Will Kya, Eliza and Sebastian and a bunch of rebels destroy that army and kill the wicked ruler?
This book is about a girl and her family experiencing a time of bad luck. Summer's brother, Jaz, doesn’t have any friends to invite to his birthday party. Then, there is an emergency and her parents have to go to Japan before harvest season. Summer’s grandparents come out of retirement to come help with the harvest, but they are old-fashioned and challenging to be with. When her grandmother, Obaachan hurts her back, it is up to Summer to sort things out and keep their family from losing their jobs.
Emma's world has just been turned upside down: her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and her family is moving back to the United States after living in Japan since Emma was a baby. Emma doesn't know how to deal with the stress, fear, lonliness and culture shock. However, things seem a little better when she starts volunteering at a long term care facility and helps a woman with locked-in syndrome write poems. She even meets a boy named Samnang there and they bond over Japanese and Cambodian culture.
After nearly falling off of a cliff Lacey meets Jace, a dangerous boy who lives in the mountains. Lacey knows that the people of the mountains are nothing but trouble, everyone in her small town says so. People go up on the Tribal Mountain land camping or hiking and they never return-- they disappear. When Lacey is saved by Jace, a young tribesman, she forgets all of the warnings. She falls in love with him.
In just one afternoon, teenage violinist Aurora Lewis finds her familiar world turned upside down when she discovers that her violin teacher has been murdered. As she struggles to make sense of the tragedy, she also begins to uncover secrets she never knew about her old teacher. With her trusty band of actor friends, Aurora searches for clues that will lead her to the killer, even if it means going against her parents' wishes. Her sleuthing leads to encounters with shady characters, a world famous violinist, and a stubborn police chief.
Kate and Marilyn are best friends. That is, they used to be. This book delves into the shaky relationship of two girls with a history together that is speeding farther into the distance each day. One minute they hate each other, the next they need their past friendship desperately. One thing is certain, they are growing apart, and neither is sure how to cope with this fact. A coming of age story that approaches the common teenage dramas that many girls growing up encounter.
Naya Adams is starting anew. After her parents deaths years before, she leaves for a fresh start in one of the most respected theater schools in New England. With her follows her abusive, controlling boyfriend, Seth. While walking into her first class she feels this pull, pulling her towards Etash, her Twin Flame. Twin Flames, they later learn, are two parts of one soul, who look for each other for eternity. They are meant to be together but there is one problem, Seth, so they constantly try to avoid one another and the pull.
Earth Girl, set hundreds of years in the future, offers a stunning vision of humanity’s future. We can regrow limbs, we have marvelous technology, and we have colonized many other planets. In a matter of seconds, we can transport between these planets through special portals…. All except for the taboo “apes,” humans who were born without the immune system needed to survive on other planets. They are abandoned at birth on Earth.
Kylie Galen has been fighting for her life for so long she knows nothing else. Of course, she’s always had help from her best friends, like a snarky vampire and a witch in training. Not to mention the blue-eyed werewolf and a green-eyed fey fighting for her love. It’s just another day for Kylie when an old enemy comes back stronger, obsessed with destroying her. But this time, she doesn’t want help. This time, she wants to do it alone, but will her ambition get her killed?
