secret societies

Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.

Forced to reveal his dragonfly wings to save the girl he likes, the once-popular and charismatic human college student Suchan Jang finds himself at the bottom of the social ladder. It is there, at his lowest, that he discovers a secret society of his fellow human-insect hybrids, giving Suchan a new way to climb back to the top of popularity and power.

Twelve-year-old Vincent must confront his conflicted feelings with art as he and his cousin attempt to rescue his sister after discovering he is one of the last of The Restorationists, a secret society with the power to travel through paintings and the duty to protect them.

One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it. When creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, setting off a chain of seemingly unrelated events, people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase and protests erupt globally-until the world finds out what has frightened the monsters out of the dark.

To stop her best friend from joining a sinister secret society, Merry must team up with the person she hates most, her academic archnemesis Caraway Boswell, and as they journey into Deeping Fen's foul waters, she wonders if she's walking straight into a trap.

Christopher, Tom, and Sally engage in a dangerous cat and mouse game with the Raven as Christopher attempts to finally unmask him.

"The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metalminds once owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they truly exist, but now a kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands, as well as writings in a language that no one can read. Plus another image that shocks Waxillium Ladrian: a photo of his sister, Telsin, being held captive by his uncle, a leader of the shadowy organization known as the Set. Wax travels south to the city of New Seran to investigate, along with his partner, Wayne, the brilliant Marasi, and the ethically flexible kandra MeLaan. On their journey they find the Set has discovered the wreckage of a mysterious ship miles from any water, and hold prisoner a masked survivor who barely speaks the language. His people and the Set are also hunting the Bands--can they be located before they fall into the wrong hands?"--Provided by publisher.

When Eden Smith moves into the bizarre old mansion housing her grandfather, Vulcan Smith, she discovers a strange society of metalworkers whose mastery verges on the magical, and when her grandfather is punished for rebelling against the guild, Eden must complete a series of deadly feats to save him.

"Feline Commander and the Evil Secret Society of Cats return with more dastardly plots, while Doggoman and his little sister valiantly strive to protect humanity. In this volume you'll also meet Woofbot and Kinkuma, leader of the hamster gang!"--Provided by publisher.

Dalia and Dominga don't want to be at the Fine and Ancient Institute for the Royal, a school for training princesses. They would rather be invited to the secret society of villains at the Bewitched Academy for the Dreadful (B.A.D.). So, they create a plan to ruin the first day of class so they can be kicked out of school and accepted at B.A.D.