Product Description: Ben Hunter has a miserable life -- M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E! His sister will only talk to him through text messages, his mom won't let him eat sugar or even go for a bike ride unchaperoned, and a bully at school steals all of his friends...read more

Against the backdrop of the high-stakes and intensely competitive equestrian sport of show jumping, Finny, a fifteen-year-old girl in California, adopts an emaciated, untrained horse without her parents' knowledge. Soon after adopting Sky, Finny meets Joe, a sixteen-year-old, who has run away from his cruel uncle in Montana. His love for horses and desire to be a trainer matches Finny's dream of competing in the show jumping arena—against rich girls on fancier horses—and together, they train Sky to become a first-rate show jumper.But the path is fraught with danger. Sky is not like other horses and is so destructive and difficult he gets them kicked out of the barn where Finny has been working and training. Helped by a kind woman who owns a horse rescue, Joe is able to prove both his and Sky's incredible talents. When Joe is kidnapped by his violent uncle, Finny and Sky are the only ones who can save him. In a breathtaking finale, Sky and Finny must enter the underworld of the rodeo circuit, an after-hours, illegal race, where they will risk their lives to save the boy they love. Young demonstrates a masterful ability to set a breakneck pace and keep it up until the end of the novel. Finny and Joe are enduring characters who are sure to appear in upcoming sequels.

This anthology collects the novels, stories, poems, essays, memoirs, diaries, and letters of more than 150 writers--American, English, Canadian, and others writing in English

Product Description: In the final book of The Slayer Chronicles trilogy, Slayer Joss McMillan is home in Santa Clara when he’s assigned to track down and take out a murderous vampire. But vampires aren’t Joss’s only trouble this summer: His girl-crazy cousin Henry is staying with him, and still holding a grudge against Joss for trying to kill his best friend, Vladimir Tod...read more

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The small kid with big problems returns in the seventh book of this beloved series! It's almost Christmas and school is going great for EllRay. He's ""blending in"" just the way he likes. So when his father tells him he should be proud to be part of the African-American ""community,"" EllRay isn't so sure he wants to call attention to his differences...read more

Product Description: Gee Whiz is a striking horse, and only part of that is because of his size. He is tall, but also graceful, yet his strides big but precise. At the same time, he keeps his eye on things, not as if he's suspicious, but as if he's curious...read more

In the final book of The Slayer Chronicles trilogy, Slayer Joss McMillan is home in Santa Clara when he’s assigned to track down and take out a murderous vampire. But vampires aren’t Joss’s only trouble this summer: His girl-crazy cousin Henry is staying with him, and still holding a grudge against Joss for trying to kill his best friend, Vladimir Tod. Joss’s former mentor and supposedly dead vampire, Sirus, is casting a shadow on Joss’s every move. And Kat, Joss’s old friend, has come back to exact revenge for past wrongs. Yet none of this compares to the devastating secret Joss discovers about the murder of his sister, Cecile. In a story full of unexpected revelations, it is up to Joss to protect the ones he loves and face the truth about his sister’s death—even if it means paying the ultimate price. The Slayer Chronicles can be listened to alongside The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod or completely on their own. This thrilling conclusion will have fans racing to discover the fate of Joss the Slayer.

Product Description: In the final book of The Slayer Chronicles trilogy, Slayer Joss McMillan is home in Santa Clara when he’s assigned to track down and take out a murderous vampire. But vampires aren’t Joss’s only trouble this summer: His girl-crazy cousin Henry is staying with him, and still holding a grudge against Joss for trying to kill his best friend, Vladimir Tod...read more

Product Description: It's time to meet your new roomie. When East Coast native Elizabeth receives her freshman-year roommate assignment, she shoots off an email to coordinate the basics: television, microwave, mini-fridge. That first note to San Franciscan Lauren sparks a series of emails that alters the landscape of each girl's summer-and raises questions about how two girls who are so different will ever share a dorm room...read more

A New York Times Bestselling Author -- When Claire Nagy marries the only son of prominent California citrus growers, she knows she's consenting to a life of hard work, long days, and worry-fraught nights. Embracing the life of the ranch, Claire succumbs to its rhythm and bounty until love of the land becomes part of her. Not even the tragic death of her son, alienation from her daughters, or the dissolution of her marriage pulls her from the ranch. But Claire is about to face her greatest struggle.

Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. She performed at festivals and won awards; all the right people knew who she was. That was all before she turned twelve. Now, aged sixteen, it's over for her. Sara Zarr deftly draws readers into the glamorous and high-pressure world of top-level music competitions and complicated family dynamics in this moving and eloquent coming-of-age story.

Product Description: It's not just the house that's keeping secrets. Pretending everything is all right is harder than it sounds. But the Kings know that even if they told the truth about the bizarre things happening in their house, no one would believe them...read more