Neumeier, Rachel

"Imagine you live with your aunt, who hates you so much she's going to sell you into a dreadful apprenticeship. Imagine you run away before that can happen. Imagine that you can see ghosts-and talk with the dead. People like you are feared, even shunned. Now imagine-the first people you encounter after your escape are a mysterious stranger and a ghost boy, who seem to need you desperately-though you don't understand who they are or exactly what they want you to do. So you set off on a treacherous journey, with only a ghost dog for company. And you find that what lies before you is a task so monumental that it could change the world"--Dust jacket.

Fifteen-year-old Meridy Turiyn lived with her Aunt Tarana, who planned to sell her in an apprenticeship--which was what finally drove Meridy to run away. With the unique and feared ability to see and speak to the dead, Meridy travels alongside a ghost dog as she tries to help a dead boy and mysterious stranger who both seem to desperately need her.

Before Keri was called to rule over Nimmira, she was focused on keeping the family bakery running after her mother's death. Now she's facing vicious outsiders who want to take over her land. The kingdom, once protected by a mist that hid it and its inhabitants, is now vulnerable to attack as the mist fails to cover them. And Keri herself is not safe as her three half brothers plot to take her throne.

Princess Oressa Madalin of the kingdom of Carastind loves sneaking into places she isn't allowed to go. When she overhears her father, the king, talking about a coming war, Oressa determines to save Carastind--but to do so she may have to defy her father. Allying herself with Gulien, her brother, Oressa goes to see the Kieba, a woman who controls the magic of a thousand dead gods on her unfathomable mountain. However, the invaders know about the Kieba, and want her power for themselves.

"When Keri is unexpectedly named the next ruler of Nimmera, she must guide the small, magical land through a perilous time"--Provided by publisher.

The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.

The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.

A teenage girl who is learning to be a mage must save her mysterious, magical homeland, The Kingdom, from a powerful force that is trying to control it.