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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Nine Open Arms, a vivid historical novel, is compellingly mysterious as well as dramatic, humorous, and entertaining. A ghost story, a fantasy, and a family saga all wrapped into one, the novel begins with the Boon family’s move to an isolated, dilapidated house that seems to have turned its back on the world.
It is 1937, and nine people set out for the middle of nowhere: a house at the end of a long, dusty road. Is it the site of a haunting tragedy, as one daughter believes, or an end to all their worries,
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Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right
through you. That’s why she created the Rules:
Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s
blind, and never take advantage. There will be no
second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy
who broke her heart.
When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after
being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only
one way to react—shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind
already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right,
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Greta is a Duchess and Crown Princess—and a
hostage to peace. This is how the game is played: if
you want to rule, you must give one of your children
as a hostage. And you must keep the peace; start a
war and your hostage dies.
Greta will be free if she can survive until her
eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to
die with dignity, if she must. But everything changes
when a new hostage arrives, a boy who refuses to play by the rules,
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Now available in paperback, this 2015 National Book Award finalist and instant New York Times bestseller is a stunning debut novel about grief and wonder.
Everyone says that it was an accident… that sometimes things “just happen”. But Suzy won’t believe it. Ever. After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy was a rare jellyfish sting. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory—even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy’s achingly heartfelt journey explores life,
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