kidnapping

"Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--Provided by publisher.

"Griffin, the teen who helped Cheyenne, who is blind, escape in 'Girl, Stolen,' goes missing right before he's set to testify at his father's trial. Cheyenne sets out to save her former captor in this ... sequel"--.

Frank and Joe use all their courage and skill to outwit the criminals who kidnapped their friends.

"Mermaids Beattie, Mimi, and Zelda are summoned back from a summer on land to save their underwater world from some seriously bad mermaids"--Provided by publisher.

To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of 1899 New York City, seventeen-year-old Clara must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane, where Anise, queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime.

New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo reveals a rich account of everyday people swept up in war and extremism in Africa, and the resources they have used to fight back.

"A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband--these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach. But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors' radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she's been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life--her future--is hers to fight for"--Provided by publisher.

On the run from the Queen's Dragons and struggling to track down Dessa's missing twin brother, Dessa, Topper, and Fisk inadvertently rescue a prince and find that their actions have placed royal kingdoms and a romance at risk.

With both joy and fear, seventeen-year-old Ariel begins to explore her sexuality, while living with her controlling, abusive father who has told Ariel that her mother deserted her years ago.

Four years after Theo's best friend, Donovan, disappeared at age thirteen, he is found and brought home and Theo puts her health at risk as she decides whether to tell the truth about the abductor, knowing her revelation could end her life-long dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer.