"The compelling mythology and dystopian setting will appeal to genre readers. Fans of James Dashner, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Patrick Ness need look no further."--KirkusFans of Rick Riordan and Anthony Horowitz will want to read this action-filled debut novel that offers a new world to enjoy and a new underdog to root for.--BooklistAbandoned at birth, the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit know no mothers. They fend for thems...

Patrick is a boy out of his time. He has been thrown forward 300 years into the future, and he must find a way home to save his family from a frightening fate.Leaving shelter with his Shadow, the man who Moved him to this future, Patrick starts out on a terrifying quest to the very heart of danger. Amongst scavengers, thieves and a crack team of soldiers dedicated to destroying a despotic regime, Patrick will have to fight every step of the way to find his way back to where he belon...

The world is dying, overcrowded and polluted. Storms rage over the immensely tall tower blocks, attracted to Movers.Movers are connected to people in the future, their Shadows. And moving your Shadow is highly illegal.Patrick knows all too well what happens if you break the law: his father has been in the Shelves ever since he moved his Shadow. And now Patrick and his family are in danger again.Following a catastrophic event at their school, Patrick must go on the run....

Princess Aster and Princess Ursula are the only children of the Bear Major, highking and head of the royal House of the Hemoth Bear. Rivals, both girls dream ofbecoming queen someday, although neither really deserve to—brilliant, spoiled,and difficult, they have little to recommend them.But everything changes when fire and murder come to their castle, and the crownis stolen from their family.Overnight, the girls are forced onto the run, along with ...

Return to the gritty medieval world of the Bear Highen in this thrilling high-fantasy follow-up to The Bear House!The war for the throne is over. Aster, at fourteen, has defeated her uncle and taken the crown to become the High Queen of the Bear Highen. Peace is good, but things are still difficult—first love and first rule don’t mix easily—and whenAster stumbles on a young girl living in a nest of dragons, matters become even more tangled.Because this girl is not a ...

For the first printing only! This paperback features sprayed edges while the special edition supply lasts.A girl who doesn’t know she’s in witness protection accidentally reveals her identity and puts her life in danger in this twisty upper middle grade thriller.For as long as Lydia can remember, it’s been her and her dad against the world. But while she loves him, her dad is so overprotective. Well-versed in the dangers of the internet fro...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal), “eye-opening” (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." —The Washington PostWINNER OF...

From award-winning and beloved children's author Elizabeth Laird comes a stunning edition of Jake's Tower - a powerful and moving novel that spotlights the issue of domestic abuse. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal."It's good that I've found this secret place . . . No one can get to me up there. It's totally safe."In real life, Jake is never safe. He lives in constant fear of his mother's violent boyfriend. But in his imaginary tower he can dream ...

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, B Smith has decided to live--and to fight for good as long as possible. However, London is overridden with the brain-eating undead and swarming with human mercenaries whose sense of right and wrong dissolved when society did. When they lay a trap, B is captured. And it'll take dozens of battles--and the fight of a lifetime--to escape.Filled with gripping, bloody action sequences, the sixth book in Darren Shan's horrifying Zom-B series promises the fright-...

This morning, I woke up on the ceiling …So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons.Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she’s an oddball with anger issues because her father vanished in a mysterious storm one night when she was six. Then there are the mean, false rumours people are spreading about her at school....

Thomas Bellweather would never knowingly hurt someone he loved. But when his mother is murdered inside their locked house, he is the only suspect. Even his cop-stepdad can't protect him forever in a new town where no one knows or trusts him.The only person who believes him is Charlotte, sister to three protective cops and straight-up dangerous to Thomas. She knows there are pieces missing in the puzzle, and she's determined to find them.But finding things that are hidden co...

It's the trip of a lifetime, a dream come true. You and your sister are climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. But when you get caught in a terrible blizzard, you find yourself in an endless struggle to stay alive! Do you and your sister have what it takes to save yourselves from the mountain's many dangers? Or will your choices lead to a tragic ending? Put yourself in this adventure and find out! Test your survival skills with outcomes affected by your decisions, and enjoy a thrilling s...