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World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip tells "an enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance." (School Library Journal) Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a...

A dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power--and one girl's journey to regain it. Five starred reviews greeted this powerful story from Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor winner Damsel.You are alone in the woods, seen only by...

Published in 1993, America Street was the very first collection of stories about young people growing up in our diverse society. It has informed and inspired hundreds of thousands of readers. Now this influential and much-loved anthology is expanded and updated for a new...

When Ever's father passes away suddenly, she is devastated. Not long after that, her mom has a stroke and Ever's anguish becomes almost unbearable. That's when she gets the idea to form a group she calls Boys and Girls Screaming. Ever brings together kids...

"In his unflinching and resonant new novel, Bryan Bliss shows that there is no straight line through trauma, no easy recipe for healing. Instead, in three loosely connected stories of young people bound by an all-too familiar tragedy, he deftly illuminates the small moments...

"Everything I love in a book."--Victoria Schwab, author of #1 New York Times bestseller This Savage Song"The kind of taut, atmospheric thriller that gets your heart racing and sets your imagination on fire. Sensational."--Claire Legrand, New York Times-bestselling author of FurybornFinalist for the Minnesota...

"Alive with vibrant, raw emotion." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Along with the relatively uncommon theme of living with an addicted parent, this emotionally intense tale offers... an engaging picture of two teens circling and closing as they discover common ground." - School Library Journal
Seventeen-year-old Rose...

"Frankenstein impresses us with a high idea of the author's original genius and happy power of expression." Sir Walter Scott"Frankenstein, the genesis of the horror genre, began with friends gathered around a campfire telling ghost stories. For a modern generation raised on Goosebumps it's...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of All the Bright Places and Every Day comes a story of hope, siblinghood, and finding your home in the people who matter the most. Subject: You. Missing. Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his...

This edition of King Lear is perfect for students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes. Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary. Set the scene with perfectly pitched...

"Stephanie Kuehn writes fearlessly, honestly, and tenderly about the challenges of recovery"--Courtney Summers, New York Times best-selling author of Sadie and The Project Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and has everything a girl could want. So why does...

A selection of the most thrilling detective stories ever written by the master storyteller.Sherlock Holmes, the world's cleverest detective, sets forth in this collection of six extraordinary stories to solve some of the most intriguing cases of his career. What was the mysterious 'speckled...

Teenage burn survivor Wilder Tate faces the challenges of high school but in the aftermath of tragedy he discovers the capacity to forgive and empathize-- learning the importance of healing from the inside out.Author: Fred VenturiniISBN-10: 1684423937ISBN-13: 9781684423934Publisher: TurnerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2019Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize:...

"Content note: One of the many story strands in this collection is connected to sexual abuse (not graphic), which may be a sensitive issue for some readers."--Title page verso.Author: Bonnie-Sue HitchcockISBN-10: 1984892622ISBN-13: 9781984892621Publisher: EmberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2022Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d

Heartfelt poems and engaging stories for and about children by one of the greatest writers of Indian literature.In The Crescent Moon, Rabindranath Tagore brings alive the world of a child--in some poems he describes the simple joys of children at play, while in others,...

Teenage burn survivor Wilder Tate faces the challenges of high school but in the aftermath of tragedy he discovers the capacity to forgive and empathize-- learning the importance of healing from the inside out.Author: Fred VenturiniISBN-10: 1684423929ISBN-13: 9781684423927Publisher: TurnerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/22/2019Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize:...

The Sun Is Also a Star meets Jumanji when two teens meet and fall in love during a layover-gone-wrong at the Atlanta airport in this thrilling new novel from the author of Let's Get Lost James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport...

Dills can't talk about the day the shooter came into the school library and opened fire. The memories are too raw. He certainly can't share that the shooter is his stepdad, Jesse. And Dills definitely can't tell anyone that Jesse has always been his...

WINNER of 2018 RED RIBBON AWARD (The Wishing Shelf Book Awards)Can you ever escape the past? Kiran Wells, a mid-30's professional living on the West Coast, thought he was safe until an anonymous letter arrives from his hometown. Its only contents- an old newspaper...

For eighteen-year-old Shannon Lightley, life's been an endless parade across Europe, following either her actress mother or her renowned journalist father. Paris, Milan, London--Shannon has been everywhere, but somewhere along the way, she realizes she's really...nowhere.Having graduated from high school and about to board...

"In his unflinching and resonant new novel, Bryan Bliss shows that there is no straight line through trauma, no easy recipe for healing. Instead, in three loosely connected stories of young people bound by an all-too familiar tragedy, he deftly illuminates the small moments...

This classic edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream is perfect for readers of all ages: it comes complete with the play, plus an introduction providing context, on page notes, timeline, and a character and theme index.Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise...

For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway.Arthur Louis...

"If Twain was hinting that Huck Finn had no worldview or deeper meaning in it whatsoever, then he was trying to pull the wool over your eyes-because no great stories are shallow." From Douglas Wilson's Introduction"All modern American literature comes from one book by...

Noble Tiger Lily of the Piccaninny Tribe is young and beautiful ... but behind those almond-shaped eyes, she harbors a deep sadness. When Tiger Lily was barely of walking age, her mother and infant brother died during childbirth, leaving only Tiger Lily and her...

Winner of the 2021 American Fiction Award for Historical FantasyWinner of the 2020 Chanticleer International Book Award for Paranormal FictionFinalist for the 2020 Readers' Favorite Book Award for Paranormal Fiction"A strong literary fantasy novel about race, family, and time-traveling." -- IndependentBookReview.com SYNOPSIS: Amara saw...

Winner of the Ottawa Book Award, English Fiction, 2019 Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018 Named to the Globe 100, 2018 CBC Books, Top YA Pick for 2018 Named to Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2018 Named to Chicago Public...

A fast-paced fantasy YA novel that explores vital themes in today's society - such as climate change and the environment - within the context of an exciting page-turner. This timely adventure story will empower and excite young people at the same timeAuthor: Charlotte MendelISBN-10:...

This edition of Othello is perfect for students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes. Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary. Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions...

"Like The Breakfast Club set during a New England summer...One Stupid Thing captures the nuances of power and self-doubt that shape the lives of today's text-obsessed youth." --Foreword Reviews It was just one stupid thing that happened... Summer on Nantucket island. Three high school...

Everything's Not Fine is a story about discovering resilience in the face of things you can't control, learning to trust friends and family to help carry your burdens, and challenging ourselves to love the addict and hate the addiction.Author: Sarah CarlsonISBN-10: 1684424119ISBN-13: 9781684424115Publisher: TurnerLanguage:...

It's been almost a decade since the end of the war, when the telegram first arrived at their house on Lennox Lane.Four years since the apartment on Harker Street, where food was scarce and nights were long and their mother slept away her grief.Three...

YA Crossover. What's it like to be a teen influencer? Sixteen-year-old Amanda Dizon is an ordinary girl in an ordinary town in Iowa. But when she falls into an abandoned well in her backyard during presidential primary campaign season, the national media post the...

This classic edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perfect for all ages: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context and a glossary explaining key terms. - Fantastic value for Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes book -...

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë--faced with an ailing father and an alcoholic brother--pursue independence through art in this graphic vision of the lives of three legendary writers. Despite their family's stormy fortunes, the Brontë sisters resolved to write. To thwart the nineteenth century's double...

--Around Harvard Square is the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Youth/Teens)"This coming-of-age novel, set in the '90s, follows Jamaican-American Tosh Livingston and his group of friends -- Lao, Meera, and Zippa -- on their quest to land coveted spots...

I'm the fat Puerto Rican-Polish girl who doesn't feel like she belongs in her skin, or anywhere else for that matter. I've always been too much and yet not enough.Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn't always fat, but fat is what she is now at age seventeen....

Elizabeth Bennet's first encounter with eligible bachelor Mr. Darcy leaves her put off by his arrogance and conceit. He appears indifferent to both her beauty and her spirited wit. The brilliant comedy of manners that follows is a lesson about the folly of making...

Shakespeare's most spirited play, adapted for new audiences by Jeffrey Whitty. Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated storyteller Jeffrey Whitty offers his adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, mindfully adapted into modern language. Matching the Bard line for line, rhyme for rhyme, Whitty illuminates Shakespeare's meaning...

When seventeen-year-old Jade Reynolds witnesses a violent clash between a protesting tree sitter and a local logger, she runs as far as she can from the battles that plague her home and from the mysteries of the redwood forest. But the ancient redwoods are...

A pocket sized illustrated poetry book based on the life of Rozz Williams, a pioneer of Deathrock. Rozz Williams was born Roger Alan Painter in Glendora, California on November 6, 1963. He took his name from a gravestone in a Pomona cemetery. His first...

A New York Times bestseller Twin Peaks meets Riverdale in this twisty atmospheric mystery from the critically acclaimed author of A Lite Too Bright, Samuel Miller, about the search for a missing girl at an elite prep school.Everyone knows Emma. Neesha's her best friend,...

Set in magical New Orleans, two teens from vastly different worlds discover that sharing their strengths, including the love of their friends and family, may just be the path to finding wholeness within themselves.Being there for her family is the most important thing to...

This edition of Oliver Twist provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area. -...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare somewhere in 1590s. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers...

Seasons of Grief is a collection of twenty-seven award-winning stories by teens. These stories encompass a wide range of genres, inviting readers to explore a wealth of important themes passionately crafted by these young writers: from a middle-aged woman suffering losses in the heart...

"[Chaucer] is not only the father of all our poets, but the grandfather of all our hundred million novelists." -G.K. Chesterton"Spring has arrived, prompting folks from all stations of medieval life to pilgrimage together to the shrine of Thomas Becket. Because long trips tend...

"Everything I love in a book."--Victoria Schwab, author of #1 New York Times bestseller This Savage Song"The kind of taut, atmospheric thriller that gets your heart racing and sets your imagination on fire. Sensational."--Claire Legrand, New York Times-bestselling author of FurybornFinalist for the Minnesota...

Acclaimed author Jennifer Gilmore's intimate and achingly beautiful novel deftly explores the role that chance and choice play in shaping the lives of two teenagers who are separated by sixteen years, but whose lives are intertwined.*Two Starred Reviews!*"This emotional, visceral novel haunted me in...

"You so black..." repeated over and over in Mahogany Brown's mind like the chorus to a sad song, killing her soul, softly. "You so black..." is how the joke begins. When the joke ends, laughter, teasing and bullying follows. Not to mention getting dumped...