Author Ana Ellickson's The Vanishing Station is a lyrical and bold YA debut about an underground magic system in San Francisco-and the lengths one girl is willing to go to protect the ones she loves. Eighteen-year-old Filipino American Ruby Santos has been unmoored since her mother's death. She can't apply to art school like she's always dreamed, and she and her father have had to move into the basement of their home and rent out the top floor...

Pebby the scruffy tinydog was accustomed to flying down cobblestone streets as the Chief Delivery Dog of the Octagon Bakery in the steampunk city of Norwall. But then, one afternoon, everything changed when she came unexpectedly through the Parallax Contingency with her friend Naji Najeem, and they found themselves in sunny Florida. Then, there happened a chance meeting with Phillip, the boy who would change everything. Their two worlds collide in...

Two young siblings visit an enchanted dinosaur park, where the beasts come alive. The dinosaurs exist to help mankind in times of danger. They act only under the guidance of special child helpers. The team performs a heroic rescue when a fire occurs at a children's hospital. Some time later, the park is demolished. The children feel compelled to revisit the site. As they do, an offshore disaster looms following an explosion at a gas rig. The children...

An undiscovered species must flee from their planet which will implode in several years. To locate a new planet the leaders sent out 30 exploration ships to find their new home. The opposition to ruler of the planet devised a plot to assassinate their leader and take control once they reached their new home. To carry out his plot the ruler's opposer gained mind control of the explorers, who scattered about the universe searching for their new planet....

In this companion story to the award-winning "Stepping on the Cracks," tough-talking Gordy Smith comes to grips with the fear that he'll turn out no better than his abusive father.

When Kiona's little brother, Achak, was kidnapped by the ruthless Eresh Kigal, she embarks on an adventure that leads her to the fulfilling and start of a destiny that was sown in her from long ago. As well as meeting up with her friends, from the old such as Abenanka when helping with the rescue, to the new such as The Masked Piper, whom Kiona helped to regain her sight, and would later compete in The Forest Trial to accomplish her unfinished race...

This fantastic book, "Blooms in Time," is about the journey of a girl named Rose, who's 18 years old and growing up in Meadowbrook. The story takes place in a tight-knit community around her parents' beloved bookstore, lifelong friendships, and cobblestone streets. Throughout the book, we see Rose go through different phases of life, experiencing love, self-discovery, and the challenges that come with growing up. The book explores her talents, aspirations,...

In "Amy Collins: A Boston Adventure," the heroine of "Finding Home" navigates the upheaval of leaving her rustic Louisiana home for an exclusive Boston neighborhood after finding out she was switched at birth. Her new family consists of a mother who rarely gets out of bed, an uncle who talks to an invisible bird, a blind cousin who is desperate for a friend, and various other eccentric aunts and uncles, as well as a house filled with servants who...

Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, she quickly learned, as a young girl, how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life. Then the Goldschmidt's move in next door. The new neighbors are active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days....

Amid the gloomy backdrop of Glasgow's streets, Noah strives to carve out a semblance of normalcy. His odyssey through secondary school is fraught with hurdles as he grapples with familial strife and the daily grind of academia. Determined to secure a future beyond the confines of his challenging circumstances, he is intent on performing well enough to land a respectable job. Noah's sanctuary lies in the ivories of the piano, an instrument he has...