Wendig, Chuck

Twelve-year-old Ethan is afraid of everything, but he must overcome his fears to save his town from a cursed videotape turned monster on the loose.

Long ago, Nathan Graves lived in a house in the country with his abusive father; and has never told his family what happened in that house. Long ago, Maddie Graves was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn't; and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now Nate and Maddie are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again, and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own, and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family; and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this fight: their love for each other.

It?s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something besides the season is changing there. Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strange, beautiful, with skin so red it?s nearly black. Take a bite of one of these apples, and you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More yourself, you will believe. But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing?and become darker. This is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and what?s the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful? Even if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town. But now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. It?s harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.

Soon after meeting her eighteen-year-old brother, Dustin, for the first time, thirteen-year-old Molly learns their shared inheritance, a mortuary business, serves monsters.

Soon after meeting her eighteen-year-old brother, Dustin, for the first time, thirteen-year-old Molly learns their shared inheritance, a mortuary business, serves monsters.

After the Battle of Endor, the Galactic Empire lost not only their Death Star II, but also Darth Vader and the Emperor himself. Thrown into disarray, the remaining Imperial forces, under direction of the treacherous Gallius Rax, rally to enact the Emperor's final plan on the backwater world of Jakku. New Republic pilot Norra Wexley pursues Grand Admiral Rae Sloane to Jakku just in time for the apocalyptic battle that will leave Jakku a scorched desert.

The second Death Star is destroyed, Emperor Palpatine is dead, and Darth Vader is gone. The galactic Empire is reeling, but still powerful. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Wedge Antilles discovers a gathering of Imperial Star Destroyers around a distant planet. He uncovers a plot that could extend the war for years, but is captured before he can send out a message, leaving a ragtag group of Rebels with the important information in their hands. If they do not warn the New Republic, the Empire may yet win the war.

With the Emperor dead, the New Republic fights for peace in the galaxy. Han Solo and Chewbacca set out to liberate the Wookiee's homeworld while Norra Wexley goes after Grand Admiral Rae Sloane. But Norra will abandon her pursuit when she learns that Chewie had been captured and Han's is missing.

"In the aftermath of the destruction of the second Death Star and the defeat of the Emperor and Darth Vader, Han Solo and Chewbacca set out to liberate the Wookiee's homeworld of Kashyyyk. Meanwhile, Norra Wexley and her band of Imperial hunters pursue the Empire's remaining leadership across the galaxy, bringing them to justice. Wexley abandons her official mission when she receives news that Chewie has been captured and Han has disappeared. Norra and her crew race toward the Millennium Falcon's last known location, but they can't anticipate the true depth of the danger that awaits them -- or the ruthlessness of the enemy drawing them into his crosshairs.--Adapted from book jacket.

After Kylo Ren betrays Han Solo, he squares off against Rey and Finn, Poe leads an attack on Starkiller Base, and R2-D2 wakes up with some much-needed news. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.