International award winner Timothée de Fombelle brings the breathtaking global adventure of Vango to a thrilling conclusion.
Fleeing dark forces and unfounded accusations across Europe in the years between World Wars, a young man named Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life running along rooftops, fleeing to isolated islands, and evading capture across Russia, Paris, New York, and Italy. Narrow escapes, near misses, and a dash of romantic intrigue will rivet adventurous teens to their seats as Vango continues to unravel the mysteries of his past.
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Doctor Who meets Sherlock in the first book of a thrilling series featuring a detective of the supernatural, R.F. Jackaby, and his assistant, Abigail Rook. Now available in paperback. And look for Beastly Bones, the second Jackaby novel, available September 22nd.
A Top Ten Fall 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A 2014 Kirkus Review Best Book for Young Adults
A 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Title
A 2015 Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner
Alone and newly arrived in New Fiddleham,
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Four teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of past trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope, but no one is listening.
So they will lie. They will split in two. They will turn inside out. They will even build an invisible helicopter to fly themselves far away…but nothing releases the pressure. Because, as they discover, the only way to truly escape their world is to fly right into it.
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In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.
Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There’s no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He’s large, he’s outspoken, and he’s imaginary. He has come back into Jackson’s life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?
Crenshaw proves in unexpected ways that friends matter,
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Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sharp wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a comedic tour de force destined to become a modern classic.
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs yearns for real life and true love—like the heroines in her beloved novels experience. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself—because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of—a woman with a future.
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Claire Takata has never known much about her
father, who passed away ten years ago. But on the
anniversary of his death, she finds a letter from
her deceased father to her stepfather. Before now,
Claire never had a reason to believe they even
knew each other.
Struggling to understand why her parents kept this
surprising history hidden, Claire combs through
anything that might give her information about her father . . . until she
discovers that he was a member of the yakuza,
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