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The Big Dreams of Small Creatures
By Gail Lerner. 2022
From Black-ish writer and director Gail Lerner comes a whimsical and heartwarming tale where two unlikely allies band together to…
protect and defend the insect world from the worst enemy of all…humans.&“What an enchanting and wondrous book for young readers.&” —Jamie Lee Curtis, actress and bestselling children&’s book authorTen-year-old Eden&’s quiet life is upended when she saves a paper wasp nest from destruction and discovers, to her awe and amazement, that she and its haughty queen can talk to each other. This first conversation is the start of a grand adventure, leading Eden to The Institute for Lower Learning, a secret laboratory devoted to the peaceful coexistence of humans and insects. The Institute is more fantastic and idyllic than Eden could&’ve imagined but hidden deep within its tunnels is an old secret that could spell the end for all insects on earth.Nine-year-old August, an aspiring actor and bullied fourth-grader, is looking for that very secret after a few disastrous encounters have left him wanting to squash every annoying bug into oblivion. After all insects are small—he is big. And if there is anything he&’s learned from the bullies at school—it's that being bigger is what counts.But in the world of the Institute where insects have a place of their own, both Eden and August discover being bigger isn't necessarily better and sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to set out to make a new friend.Touch of Frost (The mythos Academy Ser. #1)
By Jennifer Estep. 2011
The new girl at a school for mythical warriors is out to solve her classmate&’s murder in the New York…
Times bestselling author&’s YA fantasy series debut. My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy—a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword. Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest. But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. That kinda puts us on the verge of death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Now I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why – especially since I should have been the one who died.For the Stolen Fates (In the City of Time #2)
By Gwendolyn Clare. 2024
In this heart-pumping sci-fi sequel to In the City of Time, two people have to work together to prevent the…
cataclysm that will soon break the laws of physics and render Earth uninhabitable.Now in possession of the most dangerous book ever scribed, Willa and Saudade settle into the nineteenth century and start planning how to avert the cataclysm that will soon break the laws of physics and render Earth uninhabitable.Faraz only wants his best friend, Leo, to have the time to come to terms with the death of his father—even if his father was a power-hungry villain who had to be stopped. But someone has stolen the editbook again, and now Faraz and his friends must track down Willa and challenge her for control of the editbook.Meanwhile, Leo’s older brother Aris contemplates a path toward redemption after using the editbook to destroy the city of Napoli. Can he salvage his remaining relationships, after a lifetime of following their father?But as far as Willa and Saudade are concerned, all these people are suspects in a crime that hasn’t happened yet.Eowulf: Of Monsters & Middle School (Eowulf)
By Mike Cavallaro. 2024
From Mike Cavallaro comes a story set in the Nico Bravo universe that spotlights an unforgettable, iconic new heroine!Eowulf Wegmund…
just had the most amazing summer ever! She traveled to a magical supply shop at the crossroads of all realities, rescued unicorn soldiers from a pocket dimension, and fought an evil god with the help of her new friend Nico Bravo. Pretty rad stuff, even if you are descended from the legendary monster hunter Beowulf!Now Eowulf finds herself back home in her boring New Jersey suburb, where the only monsters are the ones in her D&D game and the weirdest creature around is her middle school classmate Amadeus Hornburg—and he’s just an angry little jerk that nobody likes. But when a mysterious supervillain returns to wreak havoc on their quiet town, Eowulf and Amadeus must join forces to unearth a dark past that wants to stay buried.The Last Thing I Remember (The Homelanders #1)
By Andrew Klavan. 2009
High schooler Charlie West just woke up in a nightmare.He&’s strapped to a chair. He&’s covered in blood and bruises.…
He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death.Charlie West is a good kid. The last thing he can remember, he was a normal high-school student doing normal things—working on his homework, practicing karate, daydreaming of becoming an air force pilot, writing a pretty girl&’s number on his hand. How long ago was that? And more to the point . . . How is he going to get out of this room alive?By calling on his deepest reserves of strength and focus, Charlie manages a desperate escape . . . only to find out that this nightmare isn't ending. There's a whole year of his life that he can't remember—a year in which he was convicted of murdering his best friend and working with terrorists.Now, with the police hunting him and a band of killers on his trail, he's got to find the answers to some of the deepest questions there are: Who am I? What do I stand for? And how am I going to stay alive?From Edgar Award winning and bestselling author Andrew Klavan comes the first installment of The Homelanders series.Exciting young adult suspense novel Approximately 82,000 words Part of the Homelanders series Book 1: The Last Thing I Remember Book 2: The Long Way Home Book 3: The Truth of the Matter Book 4: The Final HourThe Final Storm: The Door Within Trilogy - Book Three (The door Within Trilogy Ser.)
By Wayne Thomas Batson. 2013
The final installment of the thrilling The Door Within trilogy! Pure evil collides as Paragor, the betrayer of the one…
true King Eliam, unites with the Wyrm Lord and the mythical Seven Sleepers to launch a full-scale assault on the Kingdom of Alleble. And while their enemies plot their next attack, Alleble's remaining allies flee from the four corners of The Realm to safety within the Alleble’s walls. Once there, the allies find the Kingdom crestfallen, grieving a fallen hero. While Alleble and its allies prepare to face the coming onslaught, they cling to an ancient legend about three witnesses who have the power to bring victory. But is the legend true? And if it is, where are the witnesses? Time is running out as darkness spreads over the Realm, and Paragor unleashes the final storm. But will anyone survive to see the dawn? With over 250,000 copies sold in The Door Within trilogy, this is a perfect time to introduce this bestselling series to a new batch of readers. The fantasy genre is wildly popular among young readers, and The Final Storm is thrilling end to this epic trilogy!Meets national education standards.This Dark Descent
By Kalyn Josephson. 2023
Called a "fierce and darkly magical thrill ride" by acclaimed author Ava Reid, NYT bestselling Kalyn Josephson delivers a spellbinding…
fantasy full of intrigue, romance, and pulse-pounding action, perfect for fans of The Shadows Between Us and The Scorpio Races.Every ten years, the citizens of Veradell gather for the Illinir, a treacherous horse race famous for its alluring prize money and high body count. Tough-as-nails Mikira Rusel, the last in a line of renowned horse breeders, is desperate to win this year's race at any cost. But to make it to the track, she'll need to gather new friends and escape the crosshairs of old foes . . .A beautiful rogue enchanter with a hidden past just beginning to come into her true power.A dashing and ambitious young lord in the midst of a fierce succession battle. A brilliant, prickly loner loyal only to his friends, and his loveable but mysterious pet cat. A ruthless aristocrat determined to protect his family's prestige -- and unrivaled power.Each one has their own vengeful secrets to protect and reasons to help -- or hinder -- Mikira's odds of winning the Illinir. And in a world as dangerous as this, who among them will be left standing at the finish line?Sisters in Crime (Nancy Drew Files #19)
By Carolyn Keene. 1988
Treasure Hunters: Danger Down The Nile (Treasure Hunters #2)
By James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein. 2014
The sequel to James Patterson's Treasure Hunters is another hilarious, hair-raising and highly-illustrated adventure for the First Family of Action!…
Bick Kidd and his globe-trotting siblings Beck, Storm and Tommy may have completed their first treasure hunt after their father was lost at sea, but their kidnapped mother is still in the hands of nasty pirates. Their search for a rescue plan takes them down the Nile river in Africa, where they'll have to navigate everything from Egyptian pyramids in the desert to wet-and-wild jungles—not to mention life-threatening encounters with wilderness diseases, angry hippos and some seriously bad guys—in order to find the treasure and save the day.A Date with Deception (Nancy Drew Files #48)
By Carolyn Keene. 1990
Fishing In Fire (McCall Mountain #0)
By Trent Reedy. 2023
A wildfire threatens to turn a fishing trip deadly for a group of friends in this high-stakes adventure set in…
the American wilderness. Things are tense for the middle schoolers in McCall, Idaho, so when Annette Willard suggests a fishing trip, Swann Siddiq, Kelton Fielding, and Hunter and Yumi Higgins all jump at the chance to get away from the drama. The group ventures out into the Idaho woods to Annette’s favorite river spot. But with the other four coupling off, Yumi quickly feels like she’s the only one catching fish, not feelings. Letting the others stay behind, Yumi makes her way home when she runs into Swann’s rival, McKenzie Crenner, and her friends—and instantly connects with professional fisher Mason Bridger. But when they spot smoke rising in the woods between town and their fishing spot, they realize there’s a forest fire raging—and closing in on them. The two friend groups must put aside their feud and work together if they’re going to get out of the forest alive.The Always War
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2011
Unending war leads to the discovery of uneasy truths when two teens question the status quo in this riveting thriller.For…
as long as Tessa can remember, her country has been at war. When local golden boy Gideon Thrall is awarded a medal for courage, it’s a rare bright spot for everyone in Tessa’s town—until Gideon refuses the award, claims he was a coward, and runs away. Tessa is bewildered, and she can’t help but follow Gideon to find out the truth. But Tessa is in for more than she bargained for. Before she knows it, she has stowed away on a rogue airplane and is headed for enemy territory. But all that pales when she discovers a shocking truth that rocks the foundation of everything she’s ever believed—a truth that will change the world. Is Tessa strong enough to bring it into the light?We Will Be Crashing Shortly
By Hollis Gillespie. 2015
April Mae Manning from Unaccompanied Minor is back, and back in trouble, but this time, she's run out of chances...April…
Mae was raised on airplanes by her flight-attendant parents. But since her dad's death and her mom's remarriage to the nefarious pilot Ash Manning, April's been in nothing but danger: two airplane crashes; two car crashes; and now, as a student pilot, in an old plane crippled over the Caribbean. Can she survive, and save her friends, or is this the watery end to "Crash" Manning's story?Praise for Unaccompanied Minor: "A laugh-out-loud thriller about family court, money laundering and skyjacking" ~Kirkus ReviewsDon't Look Twice (Nancy Drew Files #55)
By Carolyn Keene. 1991
Nancy’s in Chicago to cheer for the Emerson College basketball team—led by cocaptain Ned Nickerson—against their rivals. But she can’t…
believe her eyes. Has Ned saved his sickest moves for the post-game celebration? Is he really making a pass at Denise Mason, a cheerleader who bears a striking resemblance to Nancy?The mystery takes an even more serious twist when a kidnapper, intending to abduct Denise, grabs Nancy instead! Denise’s father is the curator of a museum, and a team of art smugglers is making a play for a priceless painting. In this case of forgery and mistaken identity, Nancy discovers that deception and danger are the only rules of the game.“The third time’s the charm with even more adventure—and gore—as the Rot & Ruin series continues” (Kirkus Reviews).Reeling from the…
devastation of Dust & Decay, Benny Imura and his friends plunge deep into the zombie-infested wastelands of the great Rot & Ruin. Benny, Nix, Lilah, and Chong journey through a fierce wilderness that was once America, searching for the jet they saw in the skies months ago. If that jet exists then humanity itself must have survived…somewhere. Finding it is their best hope for having a future and a life worth living.But the Ruin is far more dangerous than any of them can imagine. Fierce animals hunt them. They come face to face with a death cult. And then there’s the zombies—swarms of them coming from the east, devouring everything in their paths. And these zoms are different. Faster, smarter, and infinitely more dangerous. Has the zombie plague mutated, or is there something far more sinister behind this new invasion of the living dead?One thing Benny and his companions can’t afford to forget: In the great Rot & Ruin, everything wants to kill you.Dark Vengeance, Vol. 1: Summer, Fall (Dark Vengeance)
By Jeff Mariotte. 2011
When a gorgeous stranger seeks refuge at Kerry’s summer-share house, she knows her life is about to change. Daniel Blessing…
is mysterious and charismatic—and on the run from a powerful witch named Season. Kerry and her friends don’t believe in witches and spells, but Kerry can’t help believing Daniel…and falling for him. But falling for Daniel pulls her into a feud his family has been waging for generations. A dark feud of passion, magic, and revenge. Which means all of their lives are in serious danger. Because now Season wants Kerry and her friends dead, too.Tall, Dark and Deadly (Nancy Drew Files #66)
By Carolyn Keene. 1991
When Halloway College freshman Ava Woods turns to Campus Connections—a computer dating service—in hopes of finding her dream date, she…
disappears. To solve the crime, Nancy and Bess pose as transfer students and join the dating service. But then the head of the service is murdered—and Nancy becomes a suspect!Sanctuary: Safe House; Sanctuary (1-800-Where-R-You #No. 4)
By Meg Cabot. 2004
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Mastriani knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government --…
interested in utilizing her special skills for their own devices -- forever. But she never thought that she and Cyrus Krantz, the special agent brought in to "convince" Jess to join his elite team of "specially-gifted" crime solvers, would turn out to have something in common.But when a local boy's disappearance is attributed to a backwoods militai group, Jess's goal -- to find the missing child -- and Dr. Krantz's -- to stop a group of madmen before they kill again -- turn out to be one and the same. Suddenly Jess finds herself working with one enemy in order to stop a far worse one. In an atmosphere of hate and fear, can Jess and Dr. Krantz -- not to mention Jess's would-be boyfriend Rob -- work together to unite a community and save a life...without losing their own?Chloe King is a seemingly normal girl. She goes to class (most of the time), fights with her mom, and…
crushes on a boy…or two. But around her sixteenth birthday, Chloe finds that perhaps she isn’t so normal after all. There’s the heightened night vision, the superfast reflexes—oh, and the claws.As Chloe discovers who she is—and where she comes from—it is clear she is not alone. Someone is trying to get her. And they will stop at nothing until they do. Chloe has nine lives…but will nine be enough?First released as a trilogy in 2004, this bind-up edition arrives just as the new ABC Family original series The Nine Lives of Chloe King, based closely on the original novels, premieres in June 2011.Captive
By A. J. Grainger. 2015
When sixteen-year-old Robyn is held hostage, her efforts to escape uncover a conspiracy that forces her to question everything she…
thought she knew about her family and herself in this psychological thriller with a twist of forbidden romance.They told her not to worry— because the man who shot her father was in custody. They told her that she was safe— because security had been increased.All it took was one opportunity, one breach, and then she was theirs. Kidnapped, confined, alone.They told her she could go home when their demands were met. That it wouldn’t take long, because she was the prime minister’s daughter.But it has been days, and still no help has come. She wonders when they will tire of this game and kill her.She cannot wait around for that to happen; she will escape. She has to.