fiction

A young German boy finds himself in a world of trouble when he gets involved with a group of computer hackers paid by the KGB to break into top secret computer files in the United States. Based on the 1989 arrest of German computer hackers Karl Koch and Markus Hess.

Scat Cat Monroe, a feline fan, tells the story of how small town girl Ella Fitzgerald became one of the world's best-known songstresses.

The author's fictionalized account of her childhood in China.

While seeking the perfect dress for her friend's birthday party, twelve-year-old Louise Lambert dons a vintage gown and finds herself with a young Marie Antoinette in eighteenth-century France where, between cute commoner boys and glamorous trips to Paris, she finds that life in the palace is not all cake and couture.

While in Paris, France, on a class trip, Colette Iselin enlists the help of her charming French tour guide in uncovering a possible connection between Marie Antoinette, a series of gruesome murders, and perhaps her own family history, and he also gives her insights into herself.

Romeo and his family have always done everything together, including make music, but when Romeo enters a rap-off with his family, everyone begins to wonder if it is time for the group to break apart, until Romeo's competition teaches him what it really means to be a solo performer.

In 1985 in Clear Lake, Texas, home of the Johnson Space Center, high school senior Annie Porter struggles with her desire to become a poet, but her resolve to pursue her dream is strengthened when she meets Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher to go into space.

Emily and William Snow get trapped in 1666 London with friends Spring-Heeled Jack and Corrigan, but when they seek out Sir Christopher Wren, the head of the Invisible Order and their hope to get home, they discover Wren has no knowledge of the order and has no desire to help them, the four friends will need to come to an agreement on their next course, before their enemies catch up and the Fire King burns London to ash.

Justin, upset that his mother has agreed to marry Lance just eight months after his father's death, is inspired by the play Hamlet to investigate whether his father might have been murdered, and reaches a dangerous conclusion.

Oney Judge, having been a loyal servant to Martha Washington for twenty years, comes to the realization that she is just a slave and must decide if she will run away to find true freedom.