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We Were Here
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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We Were Here
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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We Were Here
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 368 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $20.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
Written by Matt de la Pena
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 368 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $20.99
The story of one boy and his journey to find himself.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home—said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea... Read more >
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Baby
Written by Patricia Maclachlan
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $5.99
Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Patricia Maclachlan
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $5.99
Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Jeremy Cabbage and the Living Museum of Human Oddballs and Quadruped Delights
Written by David Elliott
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $6.99
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Kirkus Reviews
Jeremy Cabbage stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Stray Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompe, who’s on a campaign... Read more >
Written by David Elliott
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $6.99
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Kirkus Reviews
Jeremy Cabbage stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Stray Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompe, who’s on a campaign... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #2: Elissa's Odyssey
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $6.99
Sometimes all you want to do is to go home. . . .
In the sequel to Elissa’s Quest, Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could always speak to animals, but now she’s able to control other things in the natural world. When Elissa... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $6.99
Sometimes all you want to do is to go home. . . .
In the sequel to Elissa’s Quest, Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could always speak to animals, but now she’s able to control other things in the natural world. When Elissa... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #3: World's End
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #3: World's End
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #3: World's End
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $19.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $19.99
Have you ever been inspired to be more?
Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and... Read more >
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Earthly Astonishments
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $7.95
In the late nineteenth century, in a dot of a town called Westley, lives the smallest girl in the world. Josephine stands only twenty-two inches high and her parents charge gawkers a penny a piece to see her – until they realize that the headmistress of MacLaren Academy for Girls will... Read more >
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $7.95
In the late nineteenth century, in a dot of a town called Westley, lives the smallest girl in the world. Josephine stands only twenty-two inches high and her parents charge gawkers a penny a piece to see her – until they realize that the headmistress of MacLaren Academy for Girls will... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Finding Sophie
Written by Irene N.Watts
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $6.95
Selected by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association as one of the PSLA YA Top Forty Fiction Titles 2003
Nominated in the fiction category for the 2004/2005 Red Cedar Book Awards (British Columbia's Young Reader's Choice book award)
Sophie Mandel was only seven years old when she arrived in London on the first Kindertransport... Read more >
Written by Irene N.Watts
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $6.95
Selected by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association as one of the PSLA YA Top Forty Fiction Titles 2003
Nominated in the fiction category for the 2004/2005 Red Cedar Book Awards (British Columbia's Young Reader's Choice book award)
Sophie Mandel was only seven years old when she arrived in London on the first Kindertransport... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Flower
Written by Irene N.Watts
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $8.95
Thirteen-year-old Katie is an unwilling summer guest in the Victorian home of her Halifax grandparents. All she wants to do is stay in her attic bedroom and brood. Disgruntled over her new stepmother’s pregnancy and how a baby might affect her life, Katie takes refuge in her dreams of playing the... Read more >
Written by Irene N.Watts
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $8.95
Thirteen-year-old Katie is an unwilling summer guest in the Victorian home of her Halifax grandparents. All she wants to do is stay in her attic bedroom and brood. Disgruntled over her new stepmother’s pregnancy and how a baby might affect her life, Katie takes refuge in her dreams of playing the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Grover G. Graham and Me
Written by Mary Quattlebaum
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
Ben Watson has been shuffled from foster home to foster home since he was 5 years old. Seven homes in six years. He’s gotten used to blanking folks out, leaving them behind, and waiting for the day when he can leave foster care forever. Now, at the age of 11, Ben’s... Read more >
Written by Mary Quattlebaum
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
Ben Watson has been shuffled from foster home to foster home since he was 5 years old. Seven homes in six years. He’s gotten used to blanking folks out, leaving them behind, and waiting for the day when he can leave foster care forever. Now, at the age of 11, Ben’s... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3
Written by PJ Haarsma
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $16.99
Hang on to your transport! Wormhole pirates close in on JT and his friends in part three of the cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure.
It’s not a good sign: before Johnny Turnbull and his fellow knudniks even land on Orbis 3, a band of wormhole pirates invades their shuttle and deliver a cryptic threat... Read more >
Written by PJ Haarsma
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $16.99
Hang on to your transport! Wormhole pirates close in on JT and his friends in part three of the cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure.
It’s not a good sign: before Johnny Turnbull and his fellow knudniks even land on Orbis 3, a band of wormhole pirates invades their shuttle and deliver a cryptic threat... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Phoenix Rising #1: Elissa's Quest
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $7.50
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELISSA LEADS a solitary life. She knows nothing of her parents—only that her mother is dead. Her caretaker, Nana, keeps her father's identity a secret from her. Meanwhile Elissa carries her own secret—the people of the valley must not know that she has the gift of speaking to animals. For... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $7.50
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELISSA LEADS a solitary life. She knows nothing of her parents—only that her mother is dead. Her caretaker, Nana, keeps her father's identity a secret from her. Meanwhile Elissa carries her own secret—the people of the valley must not know that she has the gift of speaking to animals. For... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Carolina Harmony
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
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Carolina Harmony
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
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Carolina Harmony
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
Written by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 336 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
Carolina’s a runaway hiding out at Harmony Farm. Mr. Ray and Miss Latah treat Carolina as their own. For 10 years she lived easy with her parents in the North Carolina mountains. But it feels risky speaking about the accident that claimed them and her baby brother. And Carolina won’t reveal... Read more >
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Shifty
Written by Lynn E. Hazen
Format: Hardcover, 188 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Price: $15.99
Fifteen-year-old Shifty knows all about moving around and next to nothing about where he came from. When he's assigned to a new foster home and family, he tries hard to keep cool and stay out of trouble. But it seems like the more he tries to do the right thing, the... Read more >
Written by Lynn E. Hazen
Format: Hardcover, 188 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Price: $15.99
Fifteen-year-old Shifty knows all about moving around and next to nothing about where he came from. When he's assigned to a new foster home and family, he tries hard to keep cool and stay out of trouble. But it seems like the more he tries to do the right thing, the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Phoenix Rising #2: Elissa's Odyssey
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $16.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $16.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #2: Elissa's Odyssey
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #2: Elissa's Odyssey
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $19.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $19.99
IT’S HARD FOR Elissa to comprehend everything that has happened to her. In Elissa’s Quest, she discovered the truth about her father, and she and her new friend, Maya, just barely escaped a madman’s clutches. And Elissa’s Gift is not only growing in power . . . it’s changing. Elissa could... Read more >
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Phoenix Rising #1: Elissa's Quest
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $7.50
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELISSA LEADS a solitary life. She knows nothing of her parents—only that her mother is dead. Her caretaker, Nana, keeps her father's identity a secret from her. Meanwhile Elissa carries her own secret—the people of the valley must not know that she has the gift of speaking to animals. For... Read more >
Written by Erica Verrillo
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $7.50
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELISSA LEADS a solitary life. She knows nothing of her parents—only that her mother is dead. Her caretaker, Nana, keeps her father's identity a secret from her. Meanwhile Elissa carries her own secret—the people of the valley must not know that she has the gift of speaking to animals. For... Read more >
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Jeremy Cabbage and the Living Museum of Human Oddballs and Quadruped Delights
Written by David Elliott
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.99
Jeremy Cabbage is an orphan stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Strey Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompié, whose Wisdom Wagons ride... Read more >
Written by David Elliott
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.99
Jeremy Cabbage is an orphan stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Strey Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompié, whose Wisdom Wagons ride... Read more >
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Jeremy Cabbage and the Living Museum of Human Oddballs and Quadruped Delights
Written by David Elliott
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $6.99
Jeremy Cabbage is an orphan stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Strey Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompié, whose Wisdom Wagons ride... Read more >
Written by David Elliott
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $6.99
Jeremy Cabbage is an orphan stuck at Harpwitch’s Home for Mean Dogs, Ugly Cats, and Strey Children, where the dogs are treated better than the kids. And things aren’t much better on the outside: the city is ruled by the arrogant and foolish Baron Ignatius von Strompié, whose Wisdom Wagons ride... Read more >
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