In The Secret Path of Destiny, a young, disabled, German-American girl, named Isolde, and her destitute mother reach out for a lifeline being offered by a widower in the German town of Fredericksburg, Texas. The year is 1865, and the two travel from New York City through the aftermath of the Civil War. But another war is brewing, this time with Native Americans. And Isolde and her mother are heading right into the heart of Comancheria, the homeland...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Nick and Ava have become friends over the fact that they're the only upper classmen who still ride the bus to school. And every day, they see the same boy-who they call The Kid-walking along the train tracks, even when the weather is terrible or when he's clearly fighting a bad cold. When Nick notices the mysterious boy practically sprinting...

"They'll kill you. That is what they do. Either you'll end up an undead charred corpse, else they will make you like them - a killer. Either-way the person you are will be gone." It is just another day in hell for John Tiber. If school isn't' bad enough he has Danny and his cronies to deal with. Danny will be the death of him one day, he thinks, sooner or later he will go too far. Sooner being the more likely of the two. But he is wrong about...

Step into Wednesday's World of Darkness, where the ordinary meets the mystical. Wednesday, a master of dark arts, confronts an unexpected adversary-an age-old nemesis she had long avoided: her very first smartphone. Follow Wednesday on a chilling odyssey as diabolical plans take shape. Join her on a harrowing quest to fulfill a dark enchantment that promises to reshape the world in ways unimaginable. Brace yourself for a journey into horror and darkness...

2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page. (Age 14 and up)
Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter seized the throne. Now a curse binds all who remain inside Lumatere's walls, and those who escaped roam the surrounding lands as

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Abandoned by her relatives on the brink of the summer holidays, orphan Brenda Jacobs finds herself travelling to a strange town to stay with strangers. The thought that it might prove to be a more enjoyable time than she expected, is confused by finding the last person she wanted to see, travelling on the same train. And again when he offers to let her join with his friends for the summer. But people she's never met start to cause her trouble,...

Aiden has always had the ability to motivate others but never himself. He is, tasked with teaching a class that he turns into a class to motivate others lost in life. Unexpectedly the class helps him as much as he helps them.

David Langelier regresa a Quebec tras cinco años de exilio. Dado de baja con honores de las Fuerzas Armadas canadienses, se convierte en minero en Abitibi, su tierra natal. En el fondo de una mina de oro, mantiene su corazón en la superficie, con Nicole, de la que está locamente enamorado. Los matones se interponen en su relación, y un nativo, Pijeense, un ojibway del lago Nipissing, acude en su ayuda. Pero la desgracia vuelve a golpear: el cáncer...

At almost fifteen, Jess exists alone in a life which has known few luxuries. A desperate attempt one night to free herself from her past is only the beginning of a new roller coaster ride of abuse and betrayal. She is thrust among strangers who use her to cover up their own deep-rooted family tensions. Disillusioned by a welfare system that has failed her and full of hostility for a world that has abandoned her, Jess finds herself back on the streets...

Buckle up, reader: Matti Charlton is here to redefine everything you thought you knew about fiction. "Malavak" is the literary grenade set to blow your reading norms to smithereens! Dive headfirst into a narrative so dizzyingly hilarious, you'll be clutching your sides in gleeful agony. Charlton, an autistic, transgender, and queer dynamo, crafts an intoxicating blend of classroom lore and cosmic comedy. Reality-shifting antics? Check. Elephants with...