Brittany noticed that her best friend Emily had changed when she came back from spending the summer at her family’s farm. She was sad and quiet and she never ate. When Brittany discovered Emily’s body in her old fort, she could not believe that the cold, lifeless body lying there was her best friend. The strangest thing was that, despite a metal spike running through her body, there was no blood. Even stranger is that Emily begins appearing to Brittany and talking to her as if she never died. Brittany Read More »

A priceless archaeological artifact is stolen from a small museum, and the museum is set ablaze to cover the evidence. Fourteen-year-old Max Carter is riding by on his bike and sees his family museum in flames. He enters the burning building on a rescue mission and nearly gets killed in the process. Read More »

When her little sister dies at the hands of Father Wisdom, Self-Abnegation in the Service of the Lord believes it to be her fault and leaves the only home she has ever known. Raised in the compound of New Harmony, there is so much of the world she has not yet experienced. Everything about this new world is either wonderful or shocking. The lights, sounds and even the smells are all overwhelming and foreign. Read More »

Solar flares have hit the earth, killing most of the population. What is left of humanity has gathered together in small communities, just trying to survive. Mark and Trina were in school together, riding the subway home when the flares hit. They were saved by Alec, an old former soldier, and have been together ever since. Read More »

A sixteen-year-old girl receives a rare diamond from her father on his deathbed. It had been hidden for many years, but due to his fevered state, he never reveals how the diamond was obtained. Fearing it was stolen, she keeps it hidden, but suspects that it came from the same planet where he contracted his illness. With her father gone and the rift with her mother growing wider, she becomes a thief to support herself and creates a new identity. Never knowing her true name, she calls herself Kia and begins training as a translator. Read More »

Seventeen-year-old Patsy Klein’s difficult-yet-bearable life gets shockingly, infinitely more complicated the day a representative from Valor Savings shows up at her door, presenting her with a “wonderful opportunity.” Valor, along with other undisclosed shareholders, having paid off the United States government’s debts, now plans to call in its own debtors in enforcement of its fine-print agreement. Her mother’s debt is being called in, the sinister man explains to Patsy and her mom, presenting them with two options. One, they can forfeit their lives, or two, Patsy can join Valor’s team of “bounty hunters” providing an assigned list of ten people the same choices. Read More »

The manuscript written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1515 is now presented in graphic form by Morim Kang. This volume is over two hundred pages of comics in tandem with Machiavelli’s treatise of the utilization of political power in the Western world. Machiavelli defended the notion of ruling by force rather than law. The King is a work about power, how to attain it, develop it and successfully utilize it. Read More »

Laurel Sewell is struggling to figure out where she really belongs. She has no memory of Avalon, the faerie realm, but she is told that this is where she came from. Returning for the summer to study faerie magic, Laurel is amazed that everyone knows her but she cannot remember anyone. She struggles to catch up with classmates who excel at all the things she should know how to do. Avalon is Read More »

Laurel is back in school for her senior year. Now that she has chosen to be with her human boyfriend, David, Laurel is confident that this year will go smoothly. She is getting more skilled at mixing and, though she misses her Faerie guardian, Tamani, things are a lot less complicated without him around. So when Tamani shows up at Laurel’s school posing as an exchange student from Scotland, Laurel’s whole world goes into a tailspin.
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Aura has finally accepted the fact that her boyfriend Logan is not coming back. After his shading out, she had hoped to find a way to return him to ghost form and convince him to peacefully pass on, but months have gone by and she needs to move on with her life. She can’t deny her feelings for Zachary anymore and she has decided to explore those feelings and start dating him. Of course, shortly after her decision, who should reappear in ghost form but Logan. Read More »

Seventeen-year-old Clare does all the right things-gets good grades, works hard, is active in school events, and has amazing and supportive friends. But Clare also has a Skeleton in her closet, and she lives with the embarrassment of it every minute. Her parents are Read More »

Lark and Wren are twin sisters, but only Lark was born alive. Wren was stillborn, but her ghost has been with Lark since the day they were born. At first it was cool. Kids wanted to be friends with Lark and her ghost sister. But as she got older, people began to think she was crazy. One night, it got to be too much for her to bear and Lark tried to take her own life so that she could finally really be with her sister. Wren found a way to get help and Mace, a very attractive neighbor, saved Lark’s life. Read More »

Lisa Brooks lost her father in a tragic car accident that left her with a head injury. Her recovery is slow and she suffers from hallucinations, seeing not only her father but her dog who has not been seen since the night of accident. When Lisa’s therapist recommends her for a babysitting job, she jumps at the opportunity. Her mother is out of work because of injuries she sustained in the accident and Lisa Read More »

Lila Merriweather has been on her own since her mother was brutally murdered. Working for her mother’s friend, Mo, as a thief gives her everything that she needs to survive. Life in Cloudburst Falls has its challenges, though. Avoiding the monsters that lurk in the alleys is not even the greatest danger. Far more dangerous are the families, and getting caught up in their war is what Lila wants to avoid at all costs, as that is exactly what got her mother killed. Read More »

Since the death of her mother, Wendy is forced to take over reaping full-time. When she discovers she and her mother were not the only ones in town with their abilities, she is both shocked and curious about her new-found family. However, nothing is as it seems and before long, Wendy finds herself trapped in a web of lies and reeling from a mysterious illness affecting her every action. Will she figure out the truth of it all before it is too late? Read More »

Finding ways to survive outside mainstream society called for bravery and creativity, and Anya London had an abundance of both, as well as an innate ability for procurement and the desire to return previously stolen objects to their rightful owners. Along with her best friend, Leticia, the two girls had a successful underground business and were able to continue their Read More »

Zack McCannon had felt responsible for his younger brother, Matt, since the day their parents abandoned them. Though their grandparents stepped in to care for the boys, Zack always worried about Matt’s special powers, and the excessive attention given to them by one particular demon called Alanya. Trying to rid the world of evil, Zack and Matt had started fighting against the Read More »

Jennie Lovell knew her twin brother, Toby, would never return from the Civil War but she held out hope that her cousin and fiancé, Will, would soon come home. Living with her aunt and uncle was difficult at best, knowing that she was nothing but an orphan living on their charity and that the only reason her aunt allowed her to remain was because of her engagement to Will. When Will’s brother Quinn came home, wounded and traumatized, Jennie knew that her Read More »

Pretty and popular Samantha Franco was found wandering barefoot on a deserted rural road by a local police officer. She was disheveled and disoriented, with mud and blood caking her jeans, and she had no memory of anything, including her name. She had disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, and Cassie was still missing. At first, Sam gained a lot of support from her friends and her boyfriend, Del, but as the memory loss continued and Sam became more compassionate and kind, the mean girls she and Cassie had ruled quickly turned on her. Read More »

Summer Love begins with you and your cousin Tasha on the train, headed to Tasha’s family’s beach house. Jade, Tasha’s roommate, and her brother, Dex, pick up you and Tasha in their convertible. As the four of you sit at the country club for lunch, some friends of Dex’s come over and ask him to play tennis that afternoon. Read More »