Simone, a junior spy, goes to London with her father, a famous chocolatier. She is going to look for a girl named Claire who was kidnapped. When she was kidnapped, Claire was carrying and protecting a device, the OmniKey. The OmniKey is a device that can open any computer or unlock any server. Simone must find it and Claire before the Maestro steals it back. Will Simone find Claire and the OmniKey? Is everything as it seems? Find out in this spy mystery novel, Simone and the Red Wolves of London.
Simone LaFray is not a normal girl, no matter how much she looks like one, because she is a spy. One of the agents of the Ministry, a girl named Claire, is kidnapped in London just after finding a very valuable package that would be devastating in the wrong hands. Simone has to take her best friend, the V, along with her to London to investigate the case. Only one problem: the V has no idea about Simone's secret life, and it must stay that way.
Comets by Joseph Allen Costa is a collage about Roberto's life, who we meet as a teenager working in his father's cabinet shop. Roberto's life careens through the struggles of Italian, Cuban, and American cabinetmakers, especially the challenges of his father. The various characters have their own particular troubles, all of which deeply shape their characters and their interactions with Roberto. Through these struggles, Roberto learns and matures. His own mistakes are instructive. His father's weaknesses and strengths mold the son.
Patience was a little girl who never took it easy. At the beginning of this children’s book, she had a leg cast due to a bicycle accident. Before her ninth birthday, she was impatient, wanting to see what her mother was planning for her special day. Her mother told Patience to “Take it slow. Just play and enjoy yourself." Many wonderful surprises awaited her on her birthday celebration, but the best gift was the one she received from her dad, who couldn't attend.
Tawny, a shy rhinoceros, has a blast splashing in the Sumatran rainforest mud puddles every day, but lately she realizes it would be even more fun if she had someone to splash with. That’s when the outgoing Tallulah shows up. Tallulah is a bold and beautiful rhinoceros hornbill, but unlike Tawny, Tallulah is not shy and she does not like getting muddy. Even though Tawny likes Tallulah, she needs a friend who loves playing in mud puddles just as she does. Will Tawny’s shyness prevent her from making that friend?
At just nineteen years old, Wendy has so much of the world left to explore. Traveling and online communities and romance—once upon a time, they all seemed so attainable. But Wendy’s hearing has been getting worse, leaving no certainty for the future. After her beloved grandmother dies, Wendy is left with nothing but her grandmother’s tabby cat for company. The problem? Wendy hates cats.
Poppy has a problem. She’s been mistreated by others, so to prevent that from happening again, whenever anyone comes close, she “stomps her feet, rattles her quills and hisses loudly” to scare them away. This works…too well. One day a playful tiger cub wanders into Poppy’s life. Instead of giving him a chance, she does what she always does and scares him away. That’s when it happens: Poppy realizes that she is lonely for a friend and that she must change. Will she be able to find him again? And if so, will he give her another chance?
Shannon Burke, a girl about to turn 18, works a part-time job to help make ends meet at home. When she finally turns 18, her mother co-signs her craft shop with her. On the evening of her birthday night, a devastating phone call interrupts their celebration stating her aunt Rebecca had died. Shannon finds out that her aunt left a camper in her name as a gift. A map had been found in the glove compartment of that same van soon after Shannon had lost her job. Following in the wild and adventurous footsteps of her aunt Rebecca, she takes the map and navigates the scary journey.
In the book Molly Morningstar A Doll for Me by Andrea Coke, Molly is invited to a friend's tea party. Her friend asks each person to bring a doll, but Molly can’t find a doll that looks like her. Molly goes to every store and looks on every shelf, but can’t seem to find a doll that resembles her. This book puts a real life situation into a simple book that even young kids can understand. This problem is very relatable for a lot of kids around the world. Read the book to find out what Molly Morningstar does.
Ash has always heard whispers from the world around her. She hears things' true names and their possibilities. By naming something, she can tie it to that possibility, essentially deciding what it becomes. Her village, Last Hope, lives in constant fear of attack by the dao fora, or forest fairies, and illwen, giant magical storm beasts with the power to kill and destroy. Every year, the attacks get worse and more frequent, but no one knows what is causing them. One day, a dao fora boy is captured and brought into the village.
