Four starred reviews!From award-winning novelist Susan Vaught comes an “emotionally charged and eloquently rendered” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) picture book that celebrates inclusivity, acceptance, and the importance of rebuilding a community in the wake of disaster.Lightning gash!Windy lash!A storm drives all the farm animals indoors except for a lonely fox family. The barn isn’t their home. ...

L.O.S.T.Bren’s on his way to the beach when he stops in a tiny desert town. He begins to realize that something isn’t right—and it might be that girl in the general store. Jasmina has a big problem. Bren may be the solution. Her magic tells her that he could help her defeat a creature so evil it threatens to destroy the witching world. Too bad he hates her on sight. Too bad she might have to kill him.Shadow QueenIt...

“Deeply smart and considerate.” —BCCB“An absorbing mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews“A strong addition to help diversify realistic fiction collections to include neuroatypical characters and heroines.” —School Library JournalJesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1 suspect in Edgar Award–winning author Susan Vaught’s latest middle grade...

“An excellent addition to middle grade shelves, with a differently-abled main character that readers will root for.” —School Library Journal“Vaught makes Max the brash, bold star of the book, exchanging stereotypes and sympathy cards for a well-drawn character whose disability is part of who she is but not her complete identity; hopefully Max will roll ahead as the advance guard of a literary cadre.” —BCCBA Parents...

King of the Witches. Queen of the Witches. Bren and Jazz are finally together, and finally safe. They should have it made, right?Except for Bren's terrifying vision of the Shadowmaster escaping her prison, Jazz's nightmares and growing jealousy, mysterious girls with special abilities showing up at random, and old witch factions going to war with peaceful refugees...Safety turns to desperate danger when a shapeshifting dwarf kidnaps Bren's brother, the sanctuaries erupt in ...

In this twisty and terrifying novel, four teens find themselves haunted beyond imagining at the Lincoln Hospital, a crossway where neither the living nor the dead can find peace.The Lincoln Psychiatric Hospital dominates the southern town of Never, Kentucky, profoundly unnerving the people who live and work there. It twists into Forest and Levi's sleep and infuses their dreams with hellish images when the bell towers ring. It makes Darius avoid the tunnels that del...

A community of animals and humans work together to rebuild their farm after a storm causes damage in this companion picture book to Together We Grow by award-winning author Susan Vaught and acclaimed illustrator Kelly Murphy.Flee and gather,holding tighthelping friendssurvive the night.After a flood sweeps through, a family and their animals emerge from their shelters to find their farm and w...

What if death is just another stop on the Path?Bren McAllister found his power as a witch and a warrior, but he’s lost everything that matters to him. The magical world won’t give him a break. Everyone depends on him for everything, but he can’t get past missing the girl who stole his freedom and his heart. He has to get Jazz back, even though it’s impossible. His family thinks he’s crazy. His friends think he’s going to get himself killed. As for Bren, he thinks maybe, ju...

Fans of Maggie Stiefvater and the hit television show True Blood will flock to this first book in the supernatural mystery series set in a town where werewolves live in plain sight.Mackenzie Dobson's life has been turned upside down since she vowed to hunt her best friend Amy's killer: a white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country, and bloodlust is not easy to control. But it soon becomes clear that dangerous secrets a...

Madeleine Roux's New York Times bestselling Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-illustrated YA horror novel that Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma on a place."For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is a dark academia dream and the chance of a lifetime. Except that when Dan arrives, he finds that the usual summer housing has been closed, forci...

Join 100 teens as they fight to survive on a barely recognizable Earth in the first book of the New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit CW TV series.No one has set foot on Earth in centuries—until now. Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents—considered expendable by society—are being sent on a dangero...

A striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self—perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now the Winterians' only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter's magic and rebuild the king...