juvenile fiction

Fourteen-year-old Sora, swept from his island home during a storm, ends up in a mysterious land where he meets Count Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy and together they try to find the lost King Mickey and return him to the throne, while fending off attacks by the Heartless--creatures that feed off the darkness in the hearts of others.

While searching for a loving family, orphaned Jeremy becomes entangled in a conflict between his city's arrogant and oppressive leader, the Baron von Strompie, and a group of outlandish people called the "cloons.".

Eighth-grader Kristy Armstrong decides to make her mark at clique-ruled Bel Air Middle School by following in her top talent agent-mother's footsteps and catapulting a new student into stardom, which jeopardizes her relationships with best friends Marisol and Dee.

Thirteen-year-old Charlotte must rescue humankind again when the evil Philonecron captures her cousin Zee, and Poseidon himself sends a sea monster to eat the cruise ship on which Charlotte's parents are trapped.

When Matt and his family move to a new development, they stumble into the middle of massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving the realms from destruction.

After her father's death, aspiring sixth-grade writer Addy McMahon feels like she is cursed with bad luck, and when she temporarily loses her best friend, and is forced to admit that her mother is dating again, she vows she will never write another word.

Heartsick at losing her two dearest companions, Princess Aurelie finds comfort in the glorious music of the faeries, but the duties of the court call her, as do the needs of her friends.

Lauren Page, having changed her style from discount bargain clothes to couture fashions, decides to infiltrate the most popular group of girls at Miss Gamble's Preparatory School for Girls and get revenge for how they have treated her.

Miho, whose parents were lost at sea while following humpback whales, goes to live with her uncle in the busy city of Nagoya, where she is considered an outsider.

Contains short stories, poems, and graphic stories in which popular authors provide true accounts of their first experiences with kissing.