fiction

Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help--in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them. Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West--at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence--they want a lookout. He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . ..

"Tania is having the best year of her life. She has a hot new boyfriend, she landed the starring role in a student film, and she's just been voted homecoming queen. But someone is jealous of Tania and plans to ruin her perfect year--even if that means killing her. Will Tania live to see the homecoming dance?"--OCLC.

"At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year--and the looming specter of matriculation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive after. El is determined that her group will make it out alive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules"--Provided by publisher.

"In the start of a . . . series, the . . . author . . . introduces you to a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death--until one girl begins to unlock its many secrets. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered: There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won't allow its students to leave until they graduate--or die. The rules are deceptively simple: Don't walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere. El is uniquely prepared for the school's dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students. So El is trying her hardest not to use her power--at least not until she has no other option"--Provided by publisher.

After months of failed Broadway auditions high school dropout Josie Pie, feeling directionless in Montana, finds escape in the local bookstore but soon finds herself living inside the stories as her reality begins to unravel.

"A girl with social anxiety becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Rufus Takada Collins discovers feylings on his grandfather's farm and it is up to him and his cousin Abigail to find the magical train cars that will carry them safely home.

"Alba lives in London in the UK with her family. Her dad is a scientist. A breed of superbugs is destroying all the apple trees in the world and Alba's dad is working hard to save them. He has the last apple seed left in the world safely at home. Max, from the lab, sneaks into Alba's home and tries to steal the seed. Alba escapes with it, but Max shrinks her to four inches tall! She has to get the seed to her dad in the lab and save the apple trees. She will need to dodge Max, who is following her. Will she succeed in crossing the city and getting the seed safely to Dad? Will she ever be a normal size again?"--Back cover.

"Alba lives in London in the UK with her family. Her dad is a scientist. A breed of superbugs is destroying all the apple trees in the world and Alba's dad is working hard to save them. He has the last apple seed left in the world safely at home. Max, from the lab, sneaks into Alba's home and tries to steal the seed. Alba escapes with it, but Max shrinks her to four inches tall! She has to get the seed to her dad in the lab and save the apple trees. She will need to dodge Max, who is following her. Will she succeed in crossing the city and getting the seed safely to Dad? Will she ever be a normal size again?"--Back cover.

"Alba lives in London in the UK with her family. Her dad is a scientist. A breed of superbugs is destroying all the apple trees in the world and Alba's dad is working hard to save them. He has the last apple seed left in the world safely at home. Max, from the lab, sneaks into Alba's home and tries to steal the seed. Alba escapes with it, but Max shrinks her to four inches tall! She has to get the seed to her dad in the lab and save the apple trees. She will need to dodge Max, who is following her. Will she succeed in crossing the city and getting the seed safely to Dad? Will she ever be a normal size again?"--Back cover.