Young Adult

A strange and unexpected call from a lawyer brings the Small family to the Bahamian islands where an ancestor lost his only daughter in a kidnapping 150 years ago. Michael, Andrew and Meghan have the keys to discover what happened to this young girl whose painting is almost identical to Meghan. But they have to deal with a zombie who under a blood oath taken so many years ago awakens to find where the young girl has been kept for 150 years when the Sorceress put a curse on him and left the girl,... more info>>

Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass are visiting a New Hampshire inn and inside that inn is a clock. It's called the Childermass Clock. Inside the clock there's a tiny dollhouse room, an exact replica of the professor's childhood home. And, on one of the shelves in that tiny room is a tiny skull. And, inside that skull is something evil. In this third Johnny Dixon mystery, Johnny takes the skull to try to solve the murder of the professor's granduncle, but when he does, it unleashes dark for... more info>>

In 1685, Jean-Claude Dubois, son of a French spice merchant, escapes from the violence against Protestant Huguenots and sails to Prussia. Jean-Claude falls in love with Marie and they marry and have a daughter, Katy. At thirteen, fluent in French, Katy is sent away to be the companion of spoiled, aristocratic Charlotte to tutor her for a marriage into French nobility. Katy must accompany her to France, where she meets the blacksmith's apprentice, Gilles. Their love appears doomed when the family... more info>>

Polly Parker is tired of hospitals, needles, surgeries and chemo. She wants nothing more than to be a normal teenager, to go to school, to make friends, but it will never happen? There is no cure for her. She knows she hasn't got long to live and has accepted it. She is at peace, knowing she will finally be free of pain, but did it have to happen around Christmas? While reading a book on her laptop, she quietly slips into a coma, but is awakened by what she thinks is an angel who calls herself ... more info>>

Marina's magical sea witch lives in a houseboat on a lagoon surrounded by a 'jungle of jewels.' But is she really a sea witch? Marina, the imaginative eleven-year-old telling the story, is quite convinced. After all, isn't her very name, Madame Witche, a sure give-away? Both Marina and Madame Witche are lonely until that mid-summer day when they meet on Madame's beach. Together, they find a friendship so unexpected and rich that it takes on a magical aspect--especially to Marina. However, Madame... more info>>

Deep beneath the earth a monster is disturbed, while above ground Alice's' dream catcher no longer works. Evil has again come to Punui Bay, in the form of a revenge-seeking shape-shifter who works to free the monster. If Alice and Riva fail to find the Guardians and keep them safe, all mankind will be enslaved. As the earth shakes and the sea rises, can they find the strength to band together and survive the threat?

Saul Hornsby is the last magician living in Verusa. Thanks to a plot to destroy the plant where his father was killed, Saul is a wanted man. He has enough problems just hiding from police, and that's before Edward Audel, the most powerful man in Verusa, starts blackmailing him. Forced into working for Audel, Saul begins searching for a lost family heirloom. The trail takes him under the city, into a dirty subterranean lair where Audel's runaway son, Toven, lives in hiding. Soon Saul will discove... more info>>

James De Havilland serves the needed ingredients for a successful recipe that satisfies the appetite of the reader for a delicious story. It is a remarkable and educative as well as informative and dynamic story of character, love, compassion, and right of mind. Inspired by actual events, it is an exciting, heart-warming story of a young boy's courage and heroism in a time of war that teaches the best way to compliment character is to own it. Parents, children, and readers of all ages will welco... more info>>

Bill Lampkin doesn't have much of a life. He's in the hospital, abandoned by his father and decides to take a walk one night to escape the grim confines of his existence. During that nighttime stroll, he literally finds himself in another world. And what a world it is! He is found by a group of very unusual people who take him in and teach him everything he needs to know. As he lives among them, he shares their lifestyle and even falls in love for the first time. What more could anyone ask? ... more info>>

When the balance of power is threatened in the land of Glede, the powerful Triskelion calls for its master. The only problem is--the master is a 16 year old elf, who knows nothing of either the Triskelion or the power that he will ultimately command. He is joined in a dangerous quest to secure the Triskelion by the young, newly orphaned King of Odora Dava, the other half of the magic needed to free the magic that will restore peace in Glede. Both boys' journeys are laced with danger and death, b... more info>>

Johnny and Fergie are worried. Professor Childermass has been acting weird. Very weird. In this sixth Johnny Dixon mystery, the two boys sneak over to the professor's house to investigate, and what they find in the process is more amazing than usual--a talking statue, the ghosts of long-dead Crusaders and a rickety old trolley that turns out to be a time machine. Soon, our three heroes have traveled back to Constantinople in 1453. The Turks are invading and Professor Childermass has taken it up... more info>>

Thirteen-year-old Mandy Johnson's life just got interesting -- too interesting! An injured eaglet, a prospecting grandmother, a silver mine, a ghost town, and a cave-in? And then she must endure a terrifying night with her injured friend Lance and a skeleton? But whose body is that buried beneath the rubble? Something sinister is lurking outside the cave and Mandy must find a way to get both her and Lance back to safety! Mandy is searching for her identity and learning to cope with changes ha... more info>>

N Cozz: A dragon who fears becoming an outcast lays a wrong color egg. It's not in her nature to destroy it. Is that alien machine outside her cave her answer? Earth: What happens when a young woman born to die and an impossible beast fall in love?

Love bites when a seventeen-year-old vampire and witch tangle. Marissa Lakeland faces her worst nightmare one dark and misty night when she chases a gorgeous hunk of a guy to prove he's a vampire. So why does the thought of tall, dark and vampiric appeal to Marissa, when there's no way a vampire can compel a witch to do his bidding? At least that's what she's read in vampire lore. But lore can be mistaken. Fledgling vampire Dominic Vorchowski knows Marissa's the only one who can save him. Only... more info>>

I always felt like I was waiting?waiting for something special to happen, something extraordinary. Then it did?I met Jack. There's just a little problem. You see, Jack's in an alternate dimension. So to be with him, I have to find the dimensional portal between our two worlds and crossover. You would think that would be enough, but I'm not the only one interested in the dimensional doorway. Now to save us all, I have to peel back the layers of greed and uncover the secrets that surround ... more info>>

Meghan and Georgina befriend a boy, Lars Petersen, in their class and find that he's frustrated, lonely and missing his friends back in Norway. Georgina helps him with his English and Math and discovers that his hobby relates to the history of the Vikings. Through her initiative she gets one of her friends who Meghan helped rescue his prized racehorse in the Bag of Bones Mystery to help Lars in his search for the truth about the Vikings in America. This friend has a sailing vessel and he allow t... more info>>

Nestled away amongst the olive groves of the Tuscan hillside stands a welcoming villa where a dedicated dog finds his way into the hearts of vacationing families. Sole has one purpose, to make visitors happy. He is kind and sensitive. Sole takes his job as THE VILLA DOG seriously. His bravery and loyalty are often rewarded. He keeps the children out of harm's way, and eventually the others become aware of his special ability to bring happiness. But it's not always easy being The Villa Dog. A you... more info>>

A budding video game aficionado, Chuck is forced to turn detective when his friends begin to disappear. Ferrier has packed the pages with imagery, action, and sensory stimuli enabling the reader to participate fully in this adventure into virtual reality. So sit back, put on your imaginary helmets, and prepare yourself for a virtual battle royal as you read The Virtual Guard.

In California, a strange 160-room mansion was built by Sarah Winchester to fend off ghosts that were trying to kill her. After they finally succeed, it is her ghost that haunts the living. Follow three children on their quest for adventure and treasure as they enter the mysterious realm of the Winchester Mansion

A body lies in the path of an oncoming locomotive. Too late! At the controls for the first time, Josh is unable to stop. Who had he run over and why was someone lying in the oncoming path of the locomotive? And why is the body covered with snake bites? Can Josh and Amy discover why someone is determined to keep Number 88 from making its scheduled run? Will they find out in time? Find out the answers in The Witchery Way, the scintillating tale of a sabotaged railroad, drugs, witchcraft, and roman... more info>>

For Lori Stanton, managing rich, popular David Cruise's campaign for class president is a fantasy-come-true. Until the hot political race turns negative. David's opponent is Lori's unconventional new friend, Cap Cameron, a California transfer student with a secret.

"The Word Gang" is the story of three kids in school who start using big words to be disruptive. Kalisha Jackson is a girl with a stomach-churning secret - she cut school for a year and never got caught! A new school year begins. Kalisha decides to return to school. While waiting for the bus she sees an old man struggling with a heavy grocery cart. She stops to help and meets Albrecht Spinoza, a man who can speak seventeen languages, but who's had no one to talk to since the death of his b... more info>>

Ireland, 1870s. Times were hard and life was grim in those days. If you had no work, you lost your home. If you had nowhere to live, you went into the workhouse -- or emigrated. This is the story about the brothers Jake and Eamon Miller and their family, buffeted about in those times of hardship? An early version of this novel was read to schoolchildren in Londonderry and the teacher told the author that she'd never had such a good strong reaction from her children over a story.

The story is immediately recognizable in its theme and setting, but it exists in what seems to be another time and another place. Nora Johnson's The World of Henry Orient, published in 1958, is an amusing, affectionate satire of the last days of innocence in the lives of two New York girls, Marian "Gil" Gilbert and Valerie "Val" Boyd. The boredom and impatience of adolescence are richly caught, even as they inspire crazy escapades that will eventually open up the world for these two bright but n... more info>>

What if the 'gods' of yesteryear were actually from another universe, deposited in our spacetime as the result of a freakish accident? Immortal in their new home, how would these gods react if one person could restore the natural order of things? In the Science Club Kids series, Pandora, the first woman of ancient Greek myth, is about to punish the Titans for their violation of inter-universal export laws when their universe collapses, sending Pandora, the Titans, and the Olympians to the univer... more info>>