A seashell, a stork, and an apple tree—modest beginnings for any story, but sometimes the greatest tales have the most unassuming starting points.
Penny Reed’s hopes for the future come to a crashing halt when her father dies, making her a ward of the state. Knowing her grandfather is still alive and recognizing she’d never survive in the “system,” she steals her father’s boat and sails away to find a grandfather who doesn't know she exists.
2015 Summer Book Awards Winner: Around the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights. In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events. And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.
The tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?
Brenda Kearns writes serious health articles for Woman's World -- and hilarious Young Adult Fiction: All 14-year-old Monica wants is to spend August at a science camp far away from her idiot sister and weird little brother. But that's not going to be easy.
It was the spring of 1989. I was sixteen years old, a junior in high school and an honors student. I had what every teenager wants: a stable family, a nice home in the suburbs, a great group of friends, big plans for my future, and no reason to believe that any of that would ever change. Then came my mother’s psychosis. I experienced first-hand the terror of watching someone I loved transform into a monster, the terror of discovering that I was to be
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"Fresh, dynamic, a little scary, funny and engaging. Since this is the first book in a series, readers can look forward to more from Molinar in the future.” -- Portland Book Review. Winner, Pacific Book Awards. A young-adult/teen science fiction adventure novel....
The world as we know it has become a mask for something far more sinister. Only Terra of the Tweens stands between humanity and the hidden evil that seeks to destroy it!
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend.