juvenile fiction

When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Marko, a young polio victim determined to keep his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.

Benjamin Dove recalls the summer that changed his life when his friend taught him how to stand up for himself and others; and they formed the Order of the Red Dragon that helped them survive a terrible tragedy.

Kayla Dean auditions for her school's elite dance team, the Lady Lions, hoping to expose the team's unfair selection process, but when she actually makes the team, Kayla finds herself drawn to the other girls and questions what it means to be a powerful woman.

Emily, Adriane, and Kara discover a magic portal deep in the woods through which extraordinary animals have emerged. While they are peaceful and good, what has followed them is purely evil.

After spending three years apart, eighteen-year-old Susanna is eager to be reunited with her fiance Will who is due to arrive from London so that they can be married, but it is the summer of 1665 and, unbeknownst to Susanna, the plague is beginning to spread throughout the city.

When his parents decide to separate, eighth-grader Donnie watches with horror as the physical condition of his sixteen-year old sister, Karen, deteriorates due to an eating disorder.

As Queen Victoria lies dying and with her family in danger, a group of friends races to track down the anarchists responsible for George's death, even as Montmorency seeks to teach a new generation to forgive.

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

Fourteen-year-old rivals Boot Quinn and Mick Sullivan, in one fight too many, are sent to the new principal who devises the punishment of having to play games together at his office, where they learn which battles are worth fighting.