BEACHED, BEWITCHED, AND BETRAYED!Saint Fermina has weaponized her authority, branding Claudia a witch! While Claudia is a mystic of sorts, given her mysterious time rewind, she's been accused of harming innocents with vicious dark arts. She escapes confinement and hides in a bustling port town, but she can't get in touch with the prince for rescue. Instead, she devotes her efforts to untangling greater political and economic schemes--and finds an unexpected ally in...

Orphaned and alone, Rachel is taken under the wing of her strict African-American grandmother and moved to a mostly black community where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and astonishing beauty start to attract a troubling level of attention. As the terrible secrets begin to emerge, Rachel learns to swallow her grief and construct her own self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White.

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hood and her next-door neighbor Evie Verver are inseparable, best friends who swap clothes, bathing suits, and field-hockey sticks and between whom—presumably—there are no secrets. Then one afternoon, Evie disappears, and as a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the balmy suburban community, everyone turns to Lizzie for answers. Was Evie unhappy, troubled, or upset? Had she mentioned being followed? Would she have gotten into the car of a stranger?Compelled ...

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, Joey’s mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her but often fails.Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey secretly begins learning to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey has never been ha...

BEACHED, BEWITCHED, AND BETRAYED!Saint Fermina has weaponized her authority, branding Claudia a witch! While Claudia is a mystic of sorts, given her mysterious time rewind, she's been accused of harming innocents with vicious dark arts. She escapes confinement and hides in a bustling port town, but she can't get in touch with the prince for rescue. Instead, she devotes her efforts to untangling greater political and economic schemes--and finds an unexpected ally in...

“There’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.”—old English proverbThe stories Hannah Gale’s father told her of breaking wild horses in Nevada one glorious summer when he was her age have captured her imagination. After her dad is called to fight in Iraq, she regularly stops to watch the horses at the nearby stable to feel closer to him, and finally gathers the nerve to ask the owner for a job. There she helps bring a rescued mare back from the brink, t...

Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty is peaceful and prosperous under the joint rule of the pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV—until the younger pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams.Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a hut on the Nile River with his lover Kheperren and their dog Wolf—until Amenhotep IV appoints him as royal scribe. How long will Ptah-hotep survive there, surrounded by bitterly envious rivals and enemies?

An intensely powerful account of a teen, bullied for her port-wine stain, who must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killerSixteen-year-old Sarah Meadows longs for "normal." Born with a port-wine stain covering half her face, she has been plagued by stares, giggles, bullying, and disgust all her life. But when she's abducted on the way home from school, Sarah is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had, becom...

Fifteen-year-old Kendra hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially because she still can't remember the most important detail: her abuser's identity. Frightened, Kendra believes someone is always watching and following her, leaving menacing messages only she understands. If she lets her guard down even for a minute, it could cost Kendra her life. To relieve the pressure, Kendra cuts; aside from her brilliantly expressive artwork, i...

Bloodied, but Unbroken...Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can't even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum's life hits rock bottom when the party's renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master's entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to re...

BEACHED, BEWITCHED, AND BETRAYED!Saint Fermina has weaponized her authority, branding Claudia a witch! While Claudia is a mystic of sorts, given her mysterious time rewind, she's been accused of harming innocents with vicious dark arts. She escapes confinement and hides in a bustling port town, but she can't get in touch with the prince for rescue. Instead, she devotes her efforts to untangling greater political and economic schemes--and finds an unexpected ally in...

BEACHED, BEWITCHED, AND BETRAYED!Saint Fermina has weaponized her authority, branding Claudia a witch! While Claudia is a mystic of sorts, given her mysterious time rewind, she's been accused of harming innocents with vicious dark arts. She escapes confinement and hides in a bustling port town, but she can't get in touch with the prince for rescue. Instead, she devotes her efforts to untangling greater political and economic schemes--and finds an unexpected ally in...