A captivating new novel from Printz Award winner David Almond.Liam and his friend Max are playing in their neighborhood when the call of a bird leads them out into a field beyond their town. There, they find a baby lying alone atop a pile of stones—with a note pinned to her clothing. Mystified, Liam brings the baby home to his parents. They agree to take her in, but police searches turn up no sign of the baby’s parents. Finally they must surrender the baby to a foster family, who name her Allison. Visiting her in Northumberland, Liam meets Oliver, a foster son from Liberia who claims to be a refugee from the war there, and Crystal, a foster daughter. When Liam’s parents decide to adopt Allison, Crystal and Oliver are invited to her christening. There, Oliver tells Liam about how he will be slaughtered if he is sent back to Liberia. The next time Liam sees Crystal, it is when she and Oliver have run away from their foster homes, desperate to keep Oliver from being sent back to Liberia. In a cave where the two are hiding, Liam learns the truth behind Oliver’s dark past—and is forced to ponder what all children are capable of.

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Product Description: Hokusai’s classic woodcut of a majestic wave becomes the starting point for a storybook children will want to read again and again.On a stormy winter’s day, a baby boy, Naoki, is swept into a fisherman’s boat by a great wave. Years pass, but still Naoki does not grow...read more

Product Description: Three fates intertwine in this moving and passionate love story set in Victorian London. Mary Finn: country girl, maid to a lord in LondonCaden Tucker: liar, scoundrel, and heart's delightJames Nelligan: age six, tossed into a herd of boysWhen Mary Finn falls into the arms of handsome Caden Tucker, their frolic changes the course of her life...read more

When someone starts to steal the charts of people's imaginary worlds that are kept by the Mapkeeper, an adventure begins to track them down before people's imaginations begin to be lost forever.

Product Description: Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc finds herself caring for an abandoned infant while trying to track down the child’s missing motherAimée Leduc is on a tight work deadline when an anonymous call leads her to an abandoned infant in her building's courtyard...read more

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