In the book The Hounds of Set, the main character is a 13 year-old teenager named Alex. Alex lives with his grandmother in a small, quiet town on the beach. For Alex, life in this dull, sleepy town is boring and he dreams of adventure. That is, until he receives the gift. The gift that shatters his very perspective of existence and sends him on an adventure he never even dreamed of, full of danger and mystery and sends him scrambling for answers. Can Alex solve the greatest puzzle of all?
Fourteen year old James Turner has one passion in life- whales. He reads about them online, watches every type of whale-related media from Whale Wars to Jacques Cousteau documentaries, and has even adopted his own whale, Salt, through the Greater New England Whale Conservatory. Unfortunately, his fixation on aquatic mammals (as opposed to partying and pop culture), has isolated him from his fellow freshmen. James is a social outcast.
Redeye Fulda Cold is the story of Rick Fontain, a young man out of high school and working for Bell Systems, who is drafted into the US Army. Because of his results on aptitude testing, Fontain is encouraged to begin officer training, but he is wary of devoting the years to this career. He instead begins to work on a missile defense system called the Redeye.
Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan is about a girl that was born in Japan by an American man and a Japanese woman who now lives in Japan. This book shows her journey to Japan, her time while she is there, and part of her way back to America. She gets to redisover her birthplace and see new things she has never seen before. She gets to reconnect with her grandparents that live in Japan. She shares in this book the cultural differences between America and Japan
Chantarelle is the second book in the Five Stones Trilogy, written by G.A. Morgan. In this book, Knox and Evelyn return to Ayda and Chase, guided by Captain Nate, returns to Ayda. All three children have their own personal battles to overcome. The book is mainly based on attempting to prevent Dankar from obtaining the mysterious "Fifth Stone". The Fifth Stone is a stone believed to bring balance to the daylights, or life forces, of Ayda.
Charlie is a senior in high school, but she is not looking forward to her final year in school at all. Her best friend Lila is everything Charlie thinks she is not: intelligent, sociable, funny, and gorgeous to boot. Charlie is used to being glanced over when she and Lila are together. Her mom just can't seem to understand her, and is forcing her to join an extracurricular activity to try to make more friends. She knows she's going to hate it... until she meets her new English teacher, Mr. Drummond. She thinks he is everything she's always wanted.
This story is about a girl named Emma, a teen who is quiet and very shy. She despises being in the spotlight and would rather reside in the shadows, but this is not possible. She soon learns she is not who she thinks she is. Everything changes when a new guy named Connor moves to town.
Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco is a realistic adventure about Jacinta, a girl who is making her way in America. Miss, a reporter on TV, becomes Jacinta’s amiga, her friend, and helps her do just that. This book describes the hardships of being Mexican-American in an unfamiliar place. Jacinta lives in Maplewood, New Mexico, and the book provides a glimpse of how hard it is to cross the border in and out of Mexico. Jacinta is smart and has many interests. She learns French, gymnastics, and attends ballet performances.
In the book Firefly Hollow by Alison McGee all the fireflies, crickets, and water voles are always told not to interact with the "giants,", also known as humans. Not Firefly, Cricket, and Water Vole. They like the miniature giant, Peter. They even want to do things like giants. Firefly wants to fly to the moon and Cricket wants to play catch. All Water Vole wants to do is find his family that was washed down the river in a big storm. When Firefly and Cricket's nations find out about their secrets, the pair decide to leave.
Cameo, by Tanille Edwards, is a book about a high school girl named Nia who thinks that someone is after her. One time she hears someone snicker and run past her bedroom door. Later, she is locked in the bathroom and punch is poured under the door. Nia needs to find out who is doing this. Is it more than one person? She needs to find out fast.