She could never be certain which black-banded envelope held the truth. Before there were birth announcements there were death announcements, delivered on special mourning stationery — note paper, letter sheets, and envelopes, all edged in a grieving band of black. Throughout the year, M. Warner received nearly a dozen such ...

They’ve only visited her in dreams… until now.   Kercy Powell loves spending summers at their secluded island cottage in Ontario; a place where her birth defects and wheelchair are never on display. Just before her eighteenth birthday, Kercy is shocked to learn her mother sold their island paradise, offering ...

Life with a Tasmanian Devil is a laugh-out-loud, big-hearted rhyming story about what happens when your favorite little human is also the messiest, loudest, wildest part of your day. Told through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations, this high-energy story follows one kid learning to navigate the beautiful chaos of life ...

Winter is approaching, and the Sheriff of Nottingham is boasting of his hunts in Sherwood Forest, where Gisburne’s pure-bred hounds chase deer for the court’s lavish feasts. Into Nottingham Castle sweeps the Baron de Belleme, with a request to pursue a different prey. Meanwhile, Robin is more concerned for Marion, ...

Ancient yew trees – living links between the past and present – embody a magical discipline that offers a way to reach beyond the mundane world. An occult group has rediscovered this knowledge, and uses it to experience a reality where legends live, magic is currency and willpower is a ...

What if you woke up one day in the body of a 9-year-old girl, with all your adult memories? This is the dizzying experience of Zofia, the eccentric and lucid heroine of this novel unlike any other. Time becomes a playground, memory a driving force, and History a dancing partner. ...

She believes in poetry, stardust, and happily-ever-afters.He believes in duty, black powder, and the chain of command.They have one summer to turn her into a lady—before he returns to war, and she’s matched with another. Celeste Dubois has lived life at the edge of the stage and the margins of ...

What if the life everyone envied… was the one you wanted to escape most? In Washington, every deal has a price. Emilia Langford just never thought she’d be the one sold to pay it. When her father’s empire begins to collapse, she becomes the currency in a bargain designed to ...

Quinera, a young Thessari woman, is about to depart her home planet and venture into an unknown world in just a couple of days. Her species is dying and scientists are struggling to find a cure, but to no avail. Brutal and senseless laws are being forced on the remaining ...