Among the Hidden 2. Among the Impostors 3. Among the Betrayed 4. Among the Barrons 5. Among the Brave

    

     Dory laughed, “That’s ridiculous.” Bernadette shook her head, her face lighting up. “No! You’re onto something, Evie! This is the 21st century, after all. No more boys throwing girls over their shoulders and wooing them! We can do it too. Let’s go kidnap some boys.” ❞

    It should also have been a time for him to win back the love of his life, Allison Tandy, who'd dumped him so brutally the year before.But it quickly becomes clear that this summer is going to be worse than a failure for Cam. It's going to be a tragedy.Ally is left comatose after a terrible car accident on her way home from college. Then Cam tears his ACL, followed by an operation that leaves him in agony. Now Cam will be spending his time on the couch, ruminating over the fact that his ex may not survive.But when, after taking his medication, Cam starts seeing Ally everywhere--yes, comatose Ally--he starts to think two things: 1. He might be headed for a mental breakdown and 2. This summer might just be interesting after all. Brimming with honesty and humor, A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy interrogates how much control we really have over matters of love . . . and life.

    The hostile desert seems determined to become Cal's final resting place. Had Kelvin spared his life for nothing? Back in the city, an impossible job looms. To break into Oriana's safe at Z rich Bank, Cal needs Boges to make a perfect copy of her fingerprint...and they need her PIN.

    The 15 books in the series are:The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943)The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944)The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945)The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946)The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (1947)The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948)The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949)The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (1950)The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951)The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952)The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953)The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage (1954)The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956)The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957)The Mystery of Banshee Towers (1961)

    Found2. Sent3. Sabotaged4. Torn5. Caught6. Risked7. Revealed8. Redeemed

    In these hilarious bestsellers, Dwight's finger-puppet, Origami Yoda, always saves the day, but what happens when Darth Paper appears on the scene?

    As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger. It's June’s first day at Huey House, and as if losing her home weren’t enough, she also can’t bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she’s not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?

    What happens when a Christian woman facing a childless future and a woman seeking an abortion are waiting to see the same doctor?What if after that "chance" encounter they are unable to forget each other?What if they find themselves drawn together in spite of their drastic differences by their surprising similarities?What if they somehow find the courage to become friends?Rain Dance takes the listener into the hearts of these two women as they journey closer to the heart of the One who offers hope and healing.

    Good-Bye, Stacey, Good-Bye 14. Hello, Mallory 15. Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn

    . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother.Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.

    Shadow Children Series Book 6 Among the Enemy-Among the Free Book 7 the long-awaitedd conslusion to the Shadow Children Series

    Her best friend, Matt,still lives next door. Her house is in the exact same condition asthey left it. The scenery and hallways haven't changed, yet forEmerson, everything is completely different. The place may be thesame, but Emerson is most certainly not. She returns home hurt,angry, and miles away from the girl she once was.The 60,000 word novel alternates between the perspectives of Emerson,who is struggling to keep breathing on a daily basis, and Matt, whowants to have his old best friend back so badly that he is willing tooverlook the fact that she has completely changed. Though theirfriendship and relationship is a major part of the story, it takesbackseat to the unique bonds between siblings, what happens when yourworst enemy is in fact yourself, and the hardships that come withgrowing up and changing.

    

    My storyteller. My hero.Except he doesn’t remember my face any more. His world, these days, doesn’t include me or his family.Life may have changed for him, but he hasn’t given up on life. Not at all. It’s just different. Dad still tells his stories, albeit for a new audience.He makes people smile and chuckle. As he always did.He’s a fighter, a survivor and maybe sometimes too clever for his own good! He’ll surprise you. I can assure you of that. Welcome to Magic O’Clock, where time is irrelevant and hope is unlimited. This story is purely fictional, but the emotions are all too real.

    There was no medicine for it, and there was only death waiting for her.Before she died, many people came to see her, but she was most impressed by Bai Chuan.Bai Chuan was her neighbor, an autistic child with scholar’s syndrome. At that time, his face full of scars was desperate: “I – I studied all your medical records, but I have no way to save you.”Mu Xiaoya was stunned: “You are a doctor?”Bai Chuan: “I am not… …”

    Each reflecting a human nature, unique in its own way. None fails to share a secret of human nature. The first story is woven around the famous historical personality Shivaji Maharaj. The main character is a small school boy studying in class four. The topic here is the discussion between his father and his teacher as to whether Maharaj was literate or not? Being very young little Moreshwar unintentionally changes a few words spoken to him by either his teacher or his father while passing their messages to each other. Poor Moreshwar gets beaten every time working as a messenger. Da Ma has a rare quality of bringing humour in activities of our day to day life.

    Having left everything she knew behind, Nikki is left to fend for herself from her mother’s vicious cycle of abuse and abandonment while living at her grandmother’s house amidst her mother’s drug addicted siblings. Feeling unloved and more than ever like a burden, Nikki seeks to find a missing piece to the puzzle of her life- her father. Along the way, she unravels more layers of family abuse and pain causing her to feel helpless. But she won’t give up. Not yet, Not Nikki. Not until she finds what she is looking for. Will Nikki find the love she so desperately needs?

    Running from pain seemed the logical response. Reinventing herself in Comfort, Texas, as a lavender grower, she creates a wildly successful gardening haven that draws in tourists and establishes an identity far removed from her parents’ fame. Her mother’s retirement from stardom inspires AJ to offer her refuge and nurse the dream that they could move past old hurts and the tarnish of the music industry … to find friendship. A grandmother in the early stages of dementia, and the return of AJ’s father complicate the recovery, but nothing sets the fragile reality spinning like the arrival of Nashville music executive, Luke English. As Alzheimer’s slowly knocks away the filters of their family, AJ comes to appreciate the true meanings of love and forgiveness, and that the power of redemption can generate from the most unlikely sources. When AJ uncovers the grit to make hard choices, she also discovers that the flowers that bloom the brightest can have the most tangled roots.

    

    Without any way to get back to California before graduation, she starts to panic, until she eventually stumbles upon a strikingly familiar guy from her childhood past who hasn't had a good day either-- Vienna finds him sobbing over a very mysterious phone call that he refuses to talk about. But the lucky part? He has a car and he's also headed to California.The unlikely pair manage to strike a deal, and they soon hit the road together, but it takes a whole lot more detours that normal, considering both have no sense of direction, a broken GPS, incurable insomnia, and ultimately heavy baggage. . . and I'm not talking about their suitcases.In a race against time, two misguided teens will reunite in an adventure of a lifetime, from posing as British tourists to sleeping in a gas station to being arrested for vandalizing a state park while maybe stumbling into some love along the way. Together, they'll learn to overcome pretty much every random thing that comes their way. . . because they really don't have a choice.

    Country-girl Maddie is lonely living in the suburbs until she meets Boyd Houdini, and Chestnut and joins the Animal Rescue Friends shelter!

    . . only to lose it all?Luz Véliz is a soccer star-or rather, she was a soccer star. With her serious knee injury, it's unlikely she'll be back on the field anytime soon. But without soccer, who is she? Even her dad treats her differently now—like he doesn't know her or, worse, like he doesn't even like her. When Luz discovers she has a knack for coding, it feels like a lifeline to a better self. If she can just ace the May Showcase, she'll not only skip a level in her coding courses and impress Ms. Freeman and intriguing, brilliant Trevor—she'll have her parents cheering her on from the sidelines, just the way she likes it.But something—someone—is about to enter the Vélizes' life. And when Solana arrives, nothing will be the same, ever again.Unforgettable characters, family drama, and dauntless determination illuminate Luz's journey as she summons her inner strength and learns to accept others and embrace the enduring connection of family. Through it all, Luz's light is a constant—a guide for others, a path forward through the dark, and an ineffable celebration of her own eternal self.This is the second novel by Pure Belpré Honor winner Rebecca Balcárcel!FAST-PACED FAMILY DRAMA: Fast-paced, deeply felt, and with all the high highs and low lows of adolescence, this story is downright fun—a page-turner even while it's dealing with serious issues.WHO AM I? This book grapples with a topic so many young people deal with daily: one's relationship to heritage and culture. Luz confronts her ties to her home country, the place of her father's birth, and her family itself in a thoughtful, emotional journey filled with humor, urgency, and grace.CODING IS COOL!: Coding is a language many kids enjoy learning and are encouraged to master. The way this book frames coding and computer programming as an opportunity for communication, bonding, and building fun, practical skills will speak loudly to kids already interested in the field while also resonating with those who aren't.AN ALL-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: This is an important book for its thought-provoking, empathetic look at immigration in the United States and at how the threat of deportation informs the experiences of some of our country's most vulnerable communities. With lyrical prose, deeply felt characters, and a relatable story, Shine On, Luz V&eacaute;liz! adds substantively to our fraught discussion about immigration and opens it to young readers.AUTHOR ON THE RISE: Rebecca Balcárcel won the Pura Belpré Author Honor, which recognizes literature for children or youth that best portrays the Latino cultural experience, for her first book, The Other Half of Happy. She is a beloved presence in the children's literature community and is making her mark as a writer to watch.Perfect for:• Kids who love reading about family and friend drama• Kids who love coding• Parents• Grandparents• Educators• Fans of Meg Medina, Rebecca Stead, and Kelly Yang

    Any and every question can be thrown Amy's way and an answer will be up by the end of the day. All the questions are public but the person asking is always anonymous...as well as Amy. No one truly knows who Amy is. Many believe she's just another student, maybe it's someone they know, maybe it's someone in an entirely different state.Since #AskAmy began a year ago, its become a bank of answers but also a bank of people's darkest thoughts, desires and secrets. But anonymity truly has no secrecy online and when #AskAmy is hacked and everyone's questions suddenly have their names behind them, conflicts arise rapidly.Though that's not the only problem. #AskAmy begins to get strange questions. Questions that are specific to the one answering them. Because 'Amy' has some dangerous secrets and someone's ready to let them all out.#1 in Mystery/Thriller and a previously featured story.

    When she meets Nash at a party, he's rude, he's blunt, and he's got more baggage than he can carry. Aria immediately dislikes him. But the line between hate and love is very thin, and a continuous game of Never Have I Ever may change everything.

    When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mother’s business overnight, dealing with ruthless investors who do not think a seventeen-year-old can run a fashion empire, while trying to figure out what happened with her dad in Beijing. He left before she was born, and Serene wants to find him, even if it means going against her mom’s one request—never look back.Lian Chen moved from China to Serene’s mostly white Southern California beach town a year ago. He doesn’t fit in at school, where kids mispronounce his name. His parents don’t care about what he wants to do—comedy—and push him toward going to MIT engineering early. Lian thinks there’s nothing to stick around for, until one day, he starts Chinese Club after school . . . and Serene walks in.Worlds apart in the high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian soon find refuge in each other, falling in love as they navigate life-changing storms.

    As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance. Ayo's mother founded the biggest civil rights movement to hit New York City in decades. It’s called ‘See Us’ and it tackles police brutality and racial profiling in Harlem. Ayo has spent her entire life being an activist and now, she wants out. She wants to get her first real kiss, have a boyfriend, and just be a normal teen. When her mom is put into a coma after a riot breaks out between protesters and police, protestors want Ayo to become the face of See Us and fight for justice for her mother who can no longer fight for herself. While she deals with her grief and anger, Ayo must also discover if she has the strength to take over where her mother left off. This impactful and unforgettable novel takes on the important issues of inequality, systemic racism, police violence, and social justice.

    Illustrated throughout with superb coloor photographs. Identifies the most common and some of the more unusual breed.

    Max doesn’t remember what happened after he left his friends Will and Joey and the older kids who took them there. He’s not sure if he wants to remember. Knowing isn’t going to make Joey talk to him again, or bring Will out of his coma. When the local authorities run out of leads, Max realizes that without his help, they may never know what really happened to Will. Charged by the idea that he may be the key to uncovering the truth, Max pairs up with classmate and aspiring journalist Sam to investigate what really happened that night. But not everyone in the community wants that night to be remembered.

    At his last school, his ADHD-related challenges earned him a reputation as a troublemaker and cost him his friends, especially after he lost a beloved class pet. With just one chance to make a first impression, “Mayhem Miles” is determined to do something great in this town. Like solving a mystery. After witnessing people burying something in his neighbor’s backyard one night, he’s sure there’s trouble—and this time, it’s not his fault. When his other neighbor, Pia, invites him to join the Backyard Rangers to help protect endangered turtles at the pond behind his house, Miles knows this is his chance to investigate. He stumbles on clues that point to wildlife poaching. Sabotaged turtle traps, stolen eggs, and kidnapped hatchlings put the fragile turtle population at risk. Miles and Pia recruit two more Backyard Rangers to help track a string of suspects, including an obsessive gardener, an eccentric pet shop owner, and the town bully and his drifter uncle. Then the rangers start receiving threatening messages, and an unexpected twist turns suspicion back on Miles. Has his reputation for trouble followed him all the way to Marsh Hollow? It’s up to Miles to convince his new friends that he’s not who they think he is, and to stop the turtle crimes before more turtles—and people—get hurt. A friendship-centered eco-mystery, Trouble at Turtle Pond celebrates citizen science, activist kids, and the power of paying attention.

    Sánchez about two sisters in Nigeria and their journey to break free of an oppressive home.   Sisters Cheta and Zam couldn’t be more different. Cheta, sharp-tongued and stubborn, never shies away from conflict—either at school or at home, where her mother fires abuse at her. Timid Zam escapes most of her mother’s anger, skating under the radar and avoiding her sister whenever possible. In a turn of good fortune, Zam is invited to live with her aunt’s family in the lap of luxury. Jealous, Cheta also leaves home, but finds a harder existence that will drive her to terrible decisions. When the sisters are reunited, Zam alone will recognize just how far Cheta has fallen—and Cheta’s fate will rest in Zam’s hands.   Debut author Rimma Onoseta deftly explores classism, colorism, cycles of abuse, how loyalty doesn’t always come attached to love, and the messy truths that sometimes family is not a source of comfort and that morality is all shades of gray.

    

    The one thing that defines them as a person. Her best friends Zoey and Julian are too busy to spend time after school thanks to band and comics club. Mom is finishing her last semester in college. And of course, perfect older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring club.So Maggie cooks up a plan to try all the clubs she can! But trying to fit in with type-A future leaders, gardening wizzes, and the fearless kids in woodshop is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing. And when Maggie ends up disappointing her friends, she realizes that juggling school, friends, and all of her after-school activities isn't what she expected. Finding herself might just require some surprising help and possibly a little magic from the bruja next door.

    

    A brief, romantic, and explicit TJ & Amal side story.

    Then her world is shaken a second time by her mother’s reappearance.

    Meet Zara Saleem, the queen of the neighborhood. Zara’s in charge of it all: she organizes the games, picks the teams, and makes sure everyone has a good time…and they always do. When a new family moves in across the street, suddenly Zara’​s reign is threatened by Naomi, who has big ideas of her own about how the neighborhood kids can have fun. To get everyone to notice her again, Zara decides she’s going to break a Guinness World Record—if her little brother Zayd doesn’t mess things up. But when she finds herself increasingly alone in her record-breaking quest, Zara starts to wonder if sharing the crown and making a new friend might end up being the best rule of all.

    Now, Laney and her friends fight against the white collar criminals who threaten their careers, all within a spectacle of visual metaphors.

    With her mom stuck across the border in Canada and her dad working long hours as a nurse at the hospital, True feels responsible for making sure her family stays safe, especially her grandma and her younger brother, Georgie, whose asthma makes him more vulnerable to the virus. She also wishes her older sister, Rose, would be friends with her again instead of texting on her phone.True finds escape and comfort in working on her maps, a skill she learned from her mother. To keep Georgie entertained, True creates an elaborate treasure map for him to follow that spans the forest beyond her backyard. While exploring, they find a litter of newborn kittens in an old barn. The smallest kitten looks sickly and has been abandoned by the mama cat. True names her Teacup; she knows exactly how it feels to not have a mom around when you need her the most.True also meets Kyler, who wants to care for the kittens, and True realizes he might not be the bully everyone thinks he is. But when both Teacup and Kyler get sick, True is afraid she won't be able to help everyone all by herself.Running out of her own fixes and remedies, True reaches out and realizes that her family does care about her and wants to offer support and guidance to help her find her way through the unexpected challenges the virus and life bring.

    

    

    Description:- Invasion of the Overworld Survival mode. Gameknight999 crafts structures and custom maps like other players. But above all, Gameknight999 loves to grief-to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users. But when one of his father's inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside the digital world. His emergence in the game triggers a war that threatens to consume the pixelated world and possibly the real world as well. The self-proclaimed "King of Griefers" suddenly needs strong allies to fight epic battles against the mobs on the server who want to destroy everything, including him.What will happen if Gameknight is killed in the game? Will he respawn? Disconnect? Die in real life? This is survival mode for real, where every block, pig and friend counts. Battle for the Nether: A Gameknight999 Adventure In Invasion of the Overworld, Gameknight999, a real person, is teleported into Minecraft. Now knowing the lives of all those within Minecraft-as well as those in the physical world-are depending on him, Gameknight will need to search the land to recruit an NPC army if they are to stand a fighting chance against Malacoda, the King of the Nether. With epic battles, fiery blazes and spine-tingling suspense . . . Battle for the Nether takes the adventures of Gameknight999 to the next level in a nonstop roller-coaster ride of adventure.

    But at the end of seventh grade, on the same day she makes a gutsy play to send her softball team to the league championships and Xander, the boy she likes, makes it clear that he likes her too, a scandal shakes up her world. Bea’s dad made a big mistake, taking money that belonged to a client. He’s now suspended from practicing law, and another lawyer spread the news online. To make matters worse, that other lawyer is Xander’s dad. Bea doesn’t want to be angry with her dad, especially since he feels terrible and is trying to make things right. But she can't face the looks of pity from all her friends, and then she starts missing throws in softball because she’s stuck in her own head. The thing she was best at seems to be slipping out of her fingers along with her formerly happy family. She's not sure what's going to be harder—learning to throw again, or forgiving her dad. How can she be the best version of herself when everything she loves is falling apart?

    Meet The COBBLE STREET COUSINS!Lily, who wants to be a poetTess, who wants to be a Broadway star.Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door.Right now, though, the cousins are sharing an attic bedroom in their Aunt Lucy's light blue house on Cobble Street, and happily making plans for the summer.

    May prefers hoodies over dresses and wants to become a writer. When asked, her mom can't come up with one specific reason for why she's proud of her only daughter. May's beloved brother, Danny, on the other hand, has just been admitted to Princeton. But Danny secretly struggles with depression, and when he dies by suicide, May's world is shattered.In the aftermath, racist accusations are hurled against May's parents for putting too much "pressure" on him. May's father tells her to keep her head down. Instead, May challenges these ugly stereotypes through her writing. Yet the consequences of speaking out run much deeper than anyone could foresee. Who gets to tell our stories, and who gets silenced? It's up to May to take back the narrative.

    Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back.Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss meets Blake, a boy who listens like everything she has to say is worth hearing.It should be a dream come true. But as the summer spins on, Bliss finds herself facing a painful choice: between the life she’s always longed for, and the world she’s starting to make for herself.Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Bryan Bliss, this unforgettable debut takes readers on a heartbreakingly real journey of self-worth, understanding, and finding the people who believe in you.

    Their father warns them that someday they will need one another. When he dies suddenly, they learn that he intends to make sure that they do. He’s left them a substantial inheritance, far more than any of them ever imagined.There’s just one catch. If they want the money, they will have to spend two weeks together at a secluded lake house and follow all of their father’s instructions—no matter how strange.Their task seems simple enough, but each one is holding onto painful secrets and old grudges the others know nothing about. But if they can learn to trust each other again, they might be able to mend the rift between them and give their father his dying wish.

    Sometimes Zoey tries to share, but Lulu won’t. Sometimes, it is HARD to get along with a sister! But, sometimes, sisters come together and create something wonderful. This charming story follows the adventures of Lulu and Zoey as they navigate the ups and downs of sisterhood and find there is room in their hearts for each other.

    Cheerleaders can be bitchy and mean but they can also act all happy and excited and they can drool and swoon over Finn Wallace – the hands-down hottest guy in school – like there's no tomorrow.Me? Well, I'm just bitchy and mean.So someone please tell me why Finn Wallace is suddenly chasing after me?

    It is the story of a shinobi, Henpukumaru, who awakens in an enemy's mansion. She is introduced to the future master of the mansion, Chiyozuru. Chiyozuru is able to get the unemotional Henpukumaru to smile and react differently than she normally would. But, one night, there is an attack by Henpukumaru's former allies...

    After all, why would a fancy man from Washington D.C. come all the way to the Delta just to see how poor folks lived?It’s 1967. And Ellis Earl Brown isn’t asking for much. An adequate amount of food for his large family would be nice. A house that doesn’t rattle in a strong wind, or leak when it rains, would be great also. But “times is hard for everybody”as Mama has said, and Ellis Earl finds it hard to keep hope alive.When his teacher, Mr. Foster, gives him a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ellis Earl wonders if he can be like Charlie Bucket. Though he doesn’t receive a lucky golden ticket, Ellis Earl does discover that sometimes being a hero simply means being in the right place at the right time. Things begin to look up for Ellis Earl and his family after he is among the five students chosen to go on a field trip to the Jackson Airport to greet Senator Robert Kennedy.Exploring poverty, racism, and the power of education through the eyes of a kid who dreams of brighter days, The Lucky Ones will resonate with fans of Rex Ogle’s Free Lunch, Linda Sue Park’s A Single Shard, and Lesa Cline-Ransome’s Finding Langston.

    The blade she drags across her skin is the only thing that makes her feel alive, that makes her feel real.With the death of her beloved grandmother and the rejection of her best friend, Samantha falls ever further into the grips of her darkness, every day adding to the collection of marks on her skin.Desperate and tired of waiting for change, Samantha ventures out into the rain and finds herself drawn to the graveyard nearby. She stumbles across her classmate Michael Gallagher with a noose swaying behind him. Choosing careful words, Samantha convinces him to leave it behind.With an unspoken bond between them, a friendship blooms. But as Samantha struggles to keep her habit a secret, she realises that Michael is hiding his own secrets too.

    (New York Times Book Review)Handling a whole host of new challenges, from the dreaded seventh-grade science fair to a school fundraiser (again!), Jen faces the somewhat-terrifying new social dynamics of the wrestling moms with her trademark combination of reluctance and exceptional delivery.Between school events and teaching spin classes, Jen finds herself fully immersed in sports mom competitiveness. These parents seem perfectly unassuming, until their kids start to wrestle, and they become raging pubescent monsters. Learning to navigate this new world while fielding calls from the principal because of Max’s newfound misogynistic behavior, Jen steels herself for the indignities of middle-school life—with her loyal spin class attendees and her bossy four-year-old granddaughter giving her the strength she needs to press on.Mix in a Parent Night, New Year’s Party, and Valentine’s Day Dance, and Jen Dixon certainly has her hands, and her calendar, full. And through it all, Jen continues to charm with her riotously funny quips and memorable one-liners.

    That’s what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over with a different student, like Lower-Your-Voice-A.J. and Speak-Up-Sayeh. Soon Humphrey learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). With lots of friends to help, adventures to enjoy, and a cage with a lock-that-doesn’t- lock, Humphrey's life is almost perfect. If only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn’t out to get him! Boys and girls can't help falling in love with Humphrey!

    They’ve grown up together, and Daisy has always counted on having Ruby there to pave the way, encourage her to try new things, and to see the magic in the world. Then Ruby is killed in a tragic accident while on vacation, and Daisy’s life is shattered. Now Daisy finds herself having to face the big things in her life—like starting middle school and becoming a big sister—without her best friend. It’s hard when you feel sad all the time. But thanks to new friends, new insights, and supportive family members, Daisy is able to see what life after Ruby can look like. And as she reaches beyond that to help repair the world around her, she is reminded that friendship is eternal, and that magic can be found in the presence of anyone who chooses to embrace it.

    

    So many good themes to discuss with fifth-grade students. I loved it!" —Jenny Rabe, fifth-grade teacher"A beautiful story. I couldn't put it down. I would recommend it to be read in sixth-and seventh-grade classrooms for the meaningful discussions it would create." —Marissa Cylinder, fifth-and sixth-grade teacherBased on true events.Sang Ly lives at Cambodia's largest city dump, earning a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things which can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can earn enough to buy food for her family. She needs enough good days to pay the Rent Collector, Sopeap—a grumpy old woman who is willing to evict any tenant who can't pay their rent on time.When Sang Ly is unable to pay her rent, she fears her family will have to leave their shanty home—a place where her only possessions can be carried in two hands. But when Sopeap sees a discarded children's book lying on Sang Ly's cardboard bed, her mood changes. Sang Ly offers her the book if she can keep her family at the dump.An unlikely friendship develops between the two women, and Sang Ly learns that Sopeap knows how to read—something Sang Ly has always wanted to learn. Being able to read could transform Sang Ly's world beyond the edges of the dump and lead to a future with possibilities and hope.But the Rent Collector has a secret and a tragic past, one that will not be easy for Sang Ly to navigate. With the support of her family, Sang Ly embarks on a life-changing journey for a better life and future.The Rent Collector is about the power of literacy, the influence of the past, and finding hope, resiliency, and empowerment in the face of seemingly endless hardship.

    But they won't stay buried forever.One hot, sticky summer in Bledsoe, Georgia, twelve-year-old Kay Whitaker stumbles across a stilt house in a neighboring marsh and upon Andy Webber, a boy about her age. He and his father have recently moved back to Georgia from California, and rumors of the suspicious drowning death of Andy's mother years earlier have chased them there and back.Kay is fascinated and enamored with Andy, and she doesn't listen when her father tells her to stay away from the Webbers. But when Kay's sister goes missing, the mystery of Mrs. Webber's death—and Kay's parents' potential role in it—comes to light. Kay and her brothers must navigate the layers of secrets that emerge in the course of the investigation as their family, and the world as they knew it, unravels around them.At once wickedly funny and heartbreaking, it is an immersive coming-of-age story narrated by a feisty, smart, yet undeniably vulnerable girl reminiscent of a modern-day Scout Finch—a character who will live in readers' hearts for a long time to come.

    Donna Bray at HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray has acquired at auction Ki-Wing Merlin's Weaving a Net is Better Than Praying for Fish, about a first-generation Chinese-American girl navigating school and classmates while concealing secrets from friends and family, who must learn to rely on others to catch the thief when her father's store is robbed.

    From the Author:If you've ever spouted the old adage, "Don't let the bedbugs bite," to your children and stood helplessly by as their tiny faces scrunched in horror at the thought of bugs in their bed, then this book is for you.

    Maybe it’s because they aren’t from this planet?When another kid at school tried to force Jordie to show him the “crop circles” on his back that prove he’s an alien, it was Joey who took the kid to the ground. And when the twins got kicked out of their foster home because Joey kissed the other boy who lived there, it was Jordie who told him everything would be okay. And as long as Jordie and Joey are together, it will be. But when the principal calls their current foster mother about a fight at school, the boys know she’ll be done with them. And, from spying in their file, they also know they’re going to be separated.Determined to face the world side by side rather than without one another, Jordie and Joey set off to find their birth parents. From Arizona to Roswell to Area 51 in the Nevada desert, the twins begin a search for where they truly belong. But Jordie’s about to discover that family isn’t always about the ones who bring you into the world, but the ones who help you survive it.

    One day a boy with a hammer appears to train under Kanna's father?! The heart pounding love story of a handsome apprentice carpenter

    What if they told you that you could never dance again? What if your most cherished beliefs turned out to be a lie? Kaylee faces these unthinkable challenges in this 6th book in the 7-book Kaylee O'Shay series, a book that spans two years of her tumultuous yet triumphant dance career!

    She liked walking around barefoot and putting petals in her drinks. She loved the taste of warm fizzy and caught fireflies to make wishes. She believed carrots had feelings and wore edible jewellery. Flo was the most unusual girl I had ever met, which made it absolutely impossible to not fall in love with her.

    But his mother, a scientist, has called for him to join her aboard a research ship where, instead, he’ll spend his summer seasick and bored as he stares out at the endless plastic, microbeads, and other floating debris, both visible and not, that make up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.Miles and miles away, twelve-year-old Sidney Miller is trying to come up with an alternate activity worthy of convincing her overprotective parents that she can skip summer camp.When Jeremy is asked to find the contact information for a list of important international scientists and invite them to attend a last-minute Emergency Global Summit, he's excited to have a chance to actually do something that matters to the mission. How could he know that the Sidney Miller he messages is not the famous marine biologist he has been tasked with contacting, but rather a girl making podcasts from her bedroom―let alone that she would want to sneak aboard the ship?

    

    And hanging out with her best-friend-since-birth, Zach Koyama, was always the best part.Then two summers ago everything changed. Zach humiliated Mai, proving he wasn’t a friend at all. So when Zach’s family moved to Japan, Mai felt relieved. No more summers together. No more heartache.But this year, the Koyamas have returned and the family vacation is back on. And if Mai has to spend the summer around Zach, the least she can do is wipe away the memory of his betrayal...by coming up with the perfect plan for revenge!Only Zach isn’t the boy he used to be, and Mai’s memories of their last fateful summer aren’t the whole truth of what happened between them. Now she’ll have to decide if she can forgive Zach, even if she can never forget.

    He is also an undercover agent protecting the principal from a dangerous assassin. His name? Samuel Gyo, codename black mamba and now James’ homeroom teacher. In order to fight, they must abide by three rules. First, they cannot have their identities exposed to the other students. Second, they cannot harm the students. Third and most importantly, no explosives or firearms. Poison and tranquilizers are fine. Fighting to the death, no one ever briefed them for the fourth and final rule: you must not fall in love. Will they break it?Source: Tapas

    She’s come a long way from the meek teen she was growing up in small town Georgia, but the memory of her adolescence isn’t far—in fact, it’s splashed across a massive billboard in Times Square. An old photograph of Mikaela and her former best friend, Julie, has landed on the cover of a high-profile fashion magazine advertised all over the city. And when Julie files a lawsuit, Mikaela is caught in the middle as defense lawyer for the magazine. Not only will she have to face Julie for the first time in years, Mikaela’s forced to work closely with the photographer in question: the former love of her life--and Julie’s ex-husband--Cameron Murphy. Mikaela needs to win the case to get her promotion--and as a junior partner, she has no margin for error. But unresolved feelings still exist between Cam and Mikaela, and jealousy always made Julie play dirty… With flashbacks to summers of first loves and fragile friendships,  Long Past Summer  looks at the delicate and powerful thread that binds and breaks friends and flames.

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    Ivy and Bean are always up to something. Whether it's playing tricks on the babysitter, doing good deeds that turn bad, or scheming to get out of ballet class, their adventures include plenty of fun and a few surprises.This boxed set includes paperback editions of books 1 through 10 in an attractive slipcase.

    She meets Carter, who falls for her like a skydiver with a busted parachute. He sweeps her away in a whirlwind romance, and before Kay can think straight, they're going on dates. But when her bluesman Grandpa dies and Kay discovers his secret - that he abused her mom and grandma - Kay slowly realizes that Carter, though a sweet guy, shares some of her former hero's same attributes. She begins to understand the subtle manipulations Carter uses to make her stay with him. Then she meets her old friend Wyatt again - who she's loved desperately for so long. Kay tries to break free of Carter, but he raises the emotional ante and attempts suicide right in front of her. That act pulls her right back to his side. Kay knows she cannot stay with Carter. She knows that his next attempt may be fatal. But she wants, above all, to live her life on her own terms - not on somebody else's.

    It’s a charmed life: riding bikes, taking over lifeguard chairs, and soaking up the sun. Sure, she’s got a crush on the hot new surfer boy, and her best friend, Macy, is still not over that jerk , Max Cooper, but what’s a summer without its drama?While Jazz starts to fall in love, Macy unravels, revealing exactly how not-over Max Cooper she really is.Boundaries are crossed and the edge of sanity is tested in Marcelle Karp’s debut novel that celebrates the complicated dynamics of female friendship, and the heartbreaking ache of first love.

    Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along a stray -- Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn’t have any friends yet.Ricky is the one to find the strange trap door that’s appeared in the middle of the woods -- the door to an old bomb shelter, unearthed by the hurricane. Inside, the boys find a completely intact underground lair, complete with electricity, food, and entertainment (in the form of videocassettes). The boys vow to keep the place’s existence to themselves.Things soon get tense. Some bad locals keep snooping around. And what started out as a fun place to escape soon becomes a serious refuge for one of the kids who is trying to avoid an abusive home situation. In order to save the shelter, the friends must keep its secret... and in order to save themselves, they’re going to have to share their individual secrets, and build the safest place they can.

    That means two things: The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last. With two championships and an 8-2 season last year, Tiki and Ronde are ready to graduate from the Peewee League and hit the field as starting players for the Hidden Valley Eagles. But junior high is a lot bigger than elementary school. The competition for starting spots is stiff, and seniority rules. If Tiki and Ronde make it past tryouts and cuts, will they get the chance to play, or will they have to spend the season watching from the bench with the other seventh graders? Inspired by the childhood of NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, Kickoff! is a story of teamwork, perseverance, and what it takes to be a champion.

    A gong (seme) whose affairs had become second nature, and a shou (uke) who was depressed and liked to torment himself. Cracks cannot be mended, one can only intentionally choose to either ignore or endure it.

    Or that's what happens to Wednesday Wilson, anyway, the morning her brother, Mister, locks himself in the bathroom because he's nervous about a school presentation. When classmate Emmet convinces Mister that a worry stone will calm his nerves, Wednesday offers Mister her marble --- with the promise that a Worry Marble will fix all his problems! But then Wednesday starts thinking about just how many things kids get nervous about. And, hmm, she does happen to have a whole collection of marbles. Has Wednesday just hit entrepreneurial gold?This is the second title in the early chapter book series by Bree Galbraith that follows the ever-evolving, but always entertaining, antics of girl entrepreneur Wednesday Wilson. The highly engaging series encourages ingenuity, creative thinking and resourcefulness. It's also loads of fun! Wednesday's enthusiasm and energy and her one-of-a-kind take on the world will delight and inspire. Short chapters enhanced by Morgan Goble's illustrations along with lists and clever business-themed definitions help bridge the gap for emerging readers. Wednesday has two moms, one is Black and one white, and the story features an expanding diverse cast of BIPOC and disabled characters. It also contains character education lessons on initiative and perseverance.

    They are adopted as infants and live in a shared bedroom perched atop a mosque in one of Staten Island’s most diverse and precarious neighborhoods, Coolidge. The three boys are an inseparable if conspicuous trio: Dayo is of Nigerian origin, Iseul is Korean, and Youssef indeterminately Middle Eastern. Nevertheless, Youssef is keeping a secret: he sees a hallucinatory double, an imaginary friend who seems absolutely real, a shapeshifting familiar he calls Brother.The boys’ adoptive father, Imam Salim, is known for his radical sermons, but at home he is often absent, spending long evenings in his study with whiskey-laced coffee, writing letters to his former compatriots back in Saudi Arabia. Like Youssef, he too has secrets, including the cause of his failing health and the truth about what happened to the boys’ parents. When Imam Salim’s path takes him back to Saudi Arabia, the boys will be forced to follow. There they will be captivated by an opulent, almost futuristic world, a linear city that seems to offer a more sustainable modernity than that of the West. But they will have to change if they want to survive in this new world, and the arrival of a creature as powerful as Brother will not go unnoticed.Stylistically brilliant and intellectually acute, Brother Alive is a remarkable novel of family, capitalism, power, sexuality, and the possibility of reunion for those who are broken.

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    Inspired by #SayHerName, it features the central theme: “Krisette was deeply flawed and undeniably deserved to live." Publication is planned for fall 2020.

    if he can find it.All Sasha Roborovskiy wanted was to give his wife, Dusty, a special necklace for Valentine’s Day—except he’s accidentally lost it. Living on an island off the coast of post-apocalyptic America, he can’t just commission another one.Worse still, when Sasha comes home late ashamed of his failure and not wearing his wedding ring, he unearths Dusty’s long-held fears of betrayal and abandonment. Despite his reassurances, Dusty’s worries deepen, extending beyond fears of infidelity to a belief that she doesn’t deserve the life she has. Sasha’s love can’t fix his beloved wife’s terrible past, but the meaning behind the necklace can convey his devotion better than his words ever could… if he can find it.

    Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real?FOUR FRIENDS. FOUR TRUTHS. ONE NIGHTMARE.If you wander into the wood …If you hear scratching sounds from the Old Quarry …If you go too close to the edge …WATCH. OUT.

    

    

    Mummy finds a lump in her breast and the doctor diagnoses breast cancer (the illustration shows the doctor holding up an X-Ray of the lump). Importantly, the reader is told that you can't catch cancer (like you can a cold or chickenpox) and that it doesn't come because you have been naughty or cross with someone. Mummy is sad and Daddy is worried. Mummy is admitted to hospital for an operation to remove the lump (there is a description of how the anaesthetic means that she won't feel what is happening) and the children visit her afterwards. Daddy looks after the household in her absence. The story acknowledges that this is a very difficult time for the children's father - he has to cope with extra household and family duties and at the same time is worried about his wife. He is sometimes cross when he is worried or sad. Mummy goes on to have chemotherapy ('strong medicine') which leaves her feeling sick and tired, and sometimes grumpy, cross and reluctant to play (although she still loves to cuddle). She loses her hair temporarily (she wears a wig or a bandana - one illustration shows her bald, with the wig resting on the bedpost behind her as she puts on her make up). Mummy's next treatment is radiotherapy which is described as a special x-ray which kills any remaining 'bad bits' of the lump without hurting any 'good parts'. This makes her skin sore and she is tired. The final page depicts the family enjoying a seaside holiday after the treatment is finished. The doctors continue to check to see if the cancer has returned, but everyone feels much happier.