juvenile fiction

Shawn and his friend Daniel accidentally witness a gang beating behind the local mall and must decide on the best course of action when one of the perpetrators threatens them with violence.

Fifteen-year-old Bianca Balducci and her sister investigate when her new friend Sadie Sinclair acts strangely.

When fifteen-year-old Peer Ulfsson witnesses the disappearance of his neighbor's wife, rumored to be a seal-woman, he must help protect the baby she leaves behind from trolls, a witch, and other creatures.

Thorn, a mysterious boy with a deformed leg, arrives on an island inhabited by the people of the Singing Seals, and though treated with fear and suspicion by most of the natives, is befriended by the girl Willow, chosen to be the next Keeper of Story.

Thirteen-year-old Victor keeps a journal about the mysterious letters that began arriving on his birthday, his fear of the high diving board, confusion over his divorced parents' relationship, and an assertive girl he calls D.

A medic sent to the front lines in the trenches of World War I writes a letter home to his young son.

Thirteen-year-old Bella tries to keep the tradition of lectors going in her Cuban-American community when workers clash with the owners of the cigar factory putting the jobs of lectors in jeopardy.

A collection of twelve original stories about horses and the relationship between a horse and its rider, from a New York City police horse and his partner to a cowgirl's hard-working Appaloosa.

Amateur sleuth Bianca Balducci has her hands full dealing with high school, Christmas shopping, party planning, bickering friends, and a boyfriend whose attention seems to be wandering, but that does not keep her from jumping into the fray when several paintings go missing from the local art museum and forgeries are hung in their place.

Seventh-grader Erin Swift writes about her friends and classmates in her private blog, but when it accidentally gets posted on the school Intranet site, she learns some important lessons about friendship.