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"Hideki lives with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When World War II crashes onto his shores, Hideki is yanked out of school and drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa with his squad. This is Ray's first-ever battle, and he doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere. Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding clashes and dangerous attacks. But when the two of them collide in the middle of the fighting, the choices they make in that single instant will change everything."--.

Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well.

"After his boyfriend Joey breaks up with him to pursue more 'serious' guys, Blaine decides to run for senior class president as Joey's successor to prove his worth--but is Blaine willing to sacrifice everything about himself to do it?"--OCLC.

Cousins Genesis and Miami and four friends are kidnapped and held within a Colombian jungle.

When a group of scientists learns how to travel through time, they enter life in fourteenth-century feudal France and threaten the history of the world.

"The backstory of Stranger Things's Robin, and her journey of coming into her own personality, interests, and sexuality"--Provided by publisher.

In early twentieth-century New York, Sacha Kessler's ability to see witches earns him an apprenticeship to the police department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf, to help stop magical crime and, with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, Sacha investigates who is trying to kill Thomas Edison, whose mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history.

"Strange things have been happening in Pompeii. Tremors have been rocking the countryside, ash has been falling from the sky, animals have been behaving strangely. Marcus is worried that something terrible is about to happen. And one day, he is proven right."--OCLC.

"Some facts about Billy Dickens: He once saw a biker swerve across the road in order to run over a snake. Later, that motorcycle somehow ended up at the bottom of a canal. Billy isn't the type to let things go. Some facts about Billy's family: They've lived in six different Florida towns because Billy's mom insists on getting a house near a bald eagle nest. Billy's dad left when he was four and is a total mystery. Billy has just found his dad's address -- in Montana. A few things you might predict from these facts: Billy's about to get on a plane. Montana is a long way from Florida, in more ways than one. A few things Billy did not predict: His dad's secret life involves grizzly bears. And spy drones. And a dead parrot named Hubert. This will all make a strange kind of sense."--.

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.