fiction

"For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile balance between predators and prey will rest in the paws of three unlikely heroes"--Amazon.com.

"Katie has a secret she's keeping from Alexis about the latest math test scores. Mia sees a scrap of paper where Emma has written a boy's name over and over. Does Emma have a secret crush? Mia tells Alexis she doesn't wear glasses as much as she should, and she asks Alexis to keep her secret from her mom! The Cupcake Club is sprinkled with secrets! Who will be the first one to spill her news?"--Dust jacket.

When Prez's grandfather is diagnosed with dementia, he's sent to live in a foster home, but when he meets a talking dog named Sputnik, together, they come up with a plan to save the world.

"The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live in the shadows. Who can they trust? Who are their enemies?"--Back cover.

More mischief and trouble abound during Seamus Hinkle's second semester at Kilter Academy, where the students earn credit for behaving badly and the adults are keeping huge secrets.

The novel reprises a true story - the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.

Mathilda (Tilly), fourteen, and Ruth Anne (Roo), sixteen, are sisters and best friends in Connecticut, but when Roo crashes her car while texting she is confined to a hospital bed with "locked-in syndrome," aware of her surroundings, but apparently comatose--and Tilly must find a way to communicate with her sister, while dealing with her own sense of guilt.

Fifteen-year-old Anais Hendricks is sent to the Panopticon, a circular prison created so that the prisoners can always be observed.

Talked into sending a nude picture of herself to her boyfriend while she was drunk, Ashleigh became the center of a sexting scandal and is now in court-ordered community service, where she finds an unlikely ally, Mack.

"When Mr. Trigg tells Samantha and Michael that they should write an article about texting, they are both annoyed. Texting? Texting is just something kids do for fun. Where's the story in that? But when Michael's older brother gets into a car accident while texting, they suddenly realize how important their assignment actually is"--From publisher's web site.