Two mothers and their teenage daughters, whose lives collide in a fatal car crash, take turns narrating Ellen Urbani's breathtaking novel, Landfall, set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Eighteen-year-olds Rose and Rosebud have never met but they share a birth year, a name, and a bloody pair of sneakers. Rose’s quest to atone for the accident that kills Rosebud, a young woman so much like herself but for the color of her skin, unfolds alongside Rosebud’s battle to survive the deva...

Two mothers and their teenage daughters, whose lives collide in a fatal car crash, take turns narrating Ellen Urbani’s breathtaking novel Landfall, set in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Eighteen-year-olds Rose and Rosebud have never met, but they share a birth year, a name, and a bloody pair of sneakers. Rose’s quest to atone for the accident that kills Rosebud, a young woman so much like herself but for the color of her skin, unfolds alongside Rosebud’s battle to survive t...

From E. Lockhart, author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestseller We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes The Boy Book, the second book in the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver novels.Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep:• Kim: Not speaking. But far away in Tokyo.• Cricket: Not speaking.• Nora: Speaking--sort of. Chatted...

For a runaway boy who goes by the name Punkzilla kicking a meth habit and a life of petty crime in Portland Oregon is a prelude to a mission: reconnecting with his older brother a gay man dying of cancer in Memphis. Against a backdrop of seedy motels dicey bus stations and hitched rides the desperate fourteen-year-old meets a colorful sometimes dangerous cast of characters. And in letters to his sibling he catalogs them allfrom an abusive stranger and a ghostly girl to a kind transsexual a...

A life in bondage. A mind that refused to be broken. A voice that changed history. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass delivers one of the most important autobiographies in American literature, recounting his experiences as an enslaved person and his courageous journey toward freedom. Douglass vividly describes the brutality, injustice, and dehumanization of slavery, while also revealing how education, self-awareness, and determination became his tools of res...

A hilarious, high-stakes adventure involving crooked casino boats, floating fish, toxic beaches, and one kid determined to get justice. This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor–which has made taki...

Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ’Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, ar...

Finding a special place where you can be at peace is difficult—but holding onto it is even harderThe last three years of Robin Williams's life have been very difficult. She's had to move with her large, poor family multiple times as her father seeks jobs as a migrant worker. Now, her father has a new job at the McCurdy Ranch and Robin often wanders off in order to cope with the constant change and difficulty surrounding her.Near the McCurdy Ranch is the Palm...

It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's death sends forth tremors that reawaken forgotten memories. Suddenly Dec is flooded with visions of his mother so tangible it's hard to believe they're not real.At least Dec has his best friend -- gifted, funny Ezra -- to help him sort out what's re...

A Quiet Girl. A New Life. One Flight That Changes Everything.Brooklyn Prescott has spent the last two years trying to blend into the background at her school in London—until a shocking twist changes everything.A life interrupted: Just before starting her junior year, Brooklyn is told she’s leaving for The Rosewood Academy, an exclusive American boarding school for the rich and famous.An unexpected meeting: Nervous a...

Eleanor "Groovy" Robinson loves cooking and plans to go to culinary school just as soon as she's old enough. But even Groovy's thoughtfully—planned menus won't fix the things that start to go wrong the year she turns eleven—suddenly, her father is in jail, her best friend's long-absent mother reappears, and the swallows that make their annual migration to her hometown arrive surprisingly early. As Groovy begins to expect the unexpected, she learns about the importance of forgiveness, under...

Abandoned by her mother and neglected by her scientist father, timid Elizabeth Murmur has only her fearless friend, Zenobia, for company. And Zenobia’s company can be very trying! When Elizabeth’s father takes them to live in his family home, Witheringe House, Zenobia becomes obsessed with finding a ghost in the creepy old mansion and forces Elizabeth to hold séances and wander the rooms at night. With Zenobia’s constant pushing, Elizabeth investigates the history of the house and learns t...