young adult fiction

Anne's first job away from Green Gables forces her to recognize that her real task lays in dealing with the proud Pringle family.

Anne, a mother of five and married for fifteen years, suddenly begins to worry that Gilbert doesn't love her anymore.

When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to track them down.

While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace their old wooden Saxon hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time.

In this terrifying installment of the Oz Chronicles, Oz awakes in a mental institution. He spends his days trying to come to terms with the murders he's committed and his nights hiding from the dead who watch him. Just as he is about to give up hope, Oz is befriended by a faceless man who holds the key to his sanity.

Oz Griffin and an unusual band of misfits set out on a quest in order to defeat the "Takers", monsters threatening mankind . The answers to many riddles seem to be included in a comic book written by another neighborhood boy, but Oz and friends must find time to read it while battling dangers. Reviewers have compared the story to Stephen King's The stand and the Harry Potter series.

Offers a bibliography and several indices based on such themes for young adults as drug abuse, pregnancy, and suicide, while also considering each title's depth of subject matter and controversiality.

A new translation of 239 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Also includes a listing of their oral and/or literary sources.

Presents essays addressing prevalent themes in Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" series, covering such topics as friendship, the art of war, the importance of art and humor, and the benefits of incest in literature.