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The Brio Girls series is written to churched teen girls ages 12-16 who read fiction. The series deals with hard and ordinary issues—just like all teens f...

It’s time for a new generation of readers to discover the phenomenally bestselling and beloved series, told entirely in messages and texts. With a fresh l...

this Compelling Historical Novel Set During The Second World War Shows That Sometimes Falling Apart Is Only Steps Away From Falling In Love. lucy Schall -...

with A Bit Of Last Summer's Sand In The Pockets, The Traveling Pants And The Sisterhood That Wears Them Embark On Their 16th Summer. bridget: Impulsively ...

Fourteen-year-old cousins Gwen and Vic have lived together ever since the mysterious deaths of Gwen's parents and disappearance of Vic's mother--until Vic's...

Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of sim...

Just because her best friend wants to exercise, Jessica Mastriani agrees to walk the two miles home from their high school. Straight into a huge Indiana thu...

In the Pacific, there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea birds abound. ...

A change is coming, April Lancaster’s fortune cookie reads. Be prepared. But how could she be prepared for the news that she has an inoperable brain tumo...

Frannie is desperate to get the attention of her crush, Jeffrey, but too shy to make a move. Frannie's gay best friend, Marcus, advises her to get the ball ...

Out walking alone one rainy night, Lucy becomes convinced that someone—or something—is following her. Spooked, she ducks into a cemetery to try and lose...

The second book in the New York Times bestselling phenomenon from Meg Cabot. It's not easy being Nikki. Ever since former tomboy Emerson Watts' accident a...

The Ashleys rule Miss Gamble's Preparatory School for Girls. They are gorgeous, rich, impeccably fashion forward, and, yes, all named Ashley. Lauren Page ...

Embarrassed by her braces and displeased with her looks, Nesta decides to hide away in shame and live as a recluse, but after she meets Luke, Nesta’s woma...

The first two books in Lili St. Crow's New York Times bestselling Strange Angels series are published together in one volume for the first time! Sixteen-y...

A powerful story about blindness from an award-winning author.When Emma Sasha Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything...

Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white...

What happens when two besties become full-blown worsties? Avalon Greene rules the fashion scene at her sunny SoCal middle school with a diamond-clad fist, ...

Fashion isn't everything. It's the only thing. Halloween comes to Winston Prep and the newly named teen fashion label POSEUR introduces this season's must...

This Eye-catching Volume Takes You Inside The Film Version Of Divergent Where You'll Discover The Factions, Meet The Initiates, And Enter The Thrilling Dyst...

From National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick, a new look for her debut novel, which THE BOSTON GLOBE called "Riveting and hopeful, sweet, heartbrea...

I decided that next time I saw him, I'd have a word about maybe giving each other a bit more space. After all, Mum's always saying that you have to work on...

I reckon that's the last we've seen of Ollie Axford, I said. I wouldn't be so sure TJ, said Nesta. I bet he calls and asks you out. Nah, he looks like a p...

The undead can really screw up your senior year . . . Marrying a vampire definitely doesn t fit into Jessica Packwood s senior year get-a-life plan. But ...

no One Ever Paid Attention To The Faces Of Missing Children On Milk Cartons. But As Janie  johnson Glanced At The Face Of The Little Girl Who Had Been Tak...

HEATHER BARLOW HAS always been idealistic, and now that she has finished high school, she’s ready to make a difference in the world. After graduation she...

when Miles Manning, A Successful High School Football Player, Discovers His Teammates Are Using Steroids--and One Of Them Is His Best Friend--he's Faced Wi...

A special low-priced edition of the first book in the bestselling Hush, Hush Saga!For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. At least, not until Patc...

Charlie Wilcox stows away on what he believes to be a sealing ship in St. John's harbor, but when he emerges, he is shocked to discover he is aboard a boat ...

Will Simmons messed up. Big time. And he knows he should just let her go. He should let Jessica be happy with her new boyfriend. But he can't stop thinking...

Everyone thinks Conner needs help...that when his mother leaves he won't be able to take care of things. So she's having his completely useless stepfather o...

When Tia, Elizabeth, And Maria Realize That They Are In Competition Against Each Other To Win The Coveted And Valuable Senate Scholarship, They Worry That T...

Watch out, Ken. Will wants his life back. Maybe Ken thinks Will Simmons wasn't paying attention when he took his position on the football team, his colle...

Once again Elizabeth's life is a mess. It's like everyone around her has gone crazy. Deranged. Totally insane. There's only one stable thing in her life ...

Dear Bella and Bobby, Thank you SO MUCH for letting us stay at your villa. It's gorgeous, and we're having a fab time looking after it and enjoying the vi...

The twins are seniors! New faces, old friends, and Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, right in the middle of things. Elizabeth Wakefield jumps into senior ye...

Two's company, three's a crowd, but four can be a nightmare! If Conner spends times with Tia, Elizabeth gets jealous. If he spends time with Elizabeth, Ti...

forget Everything You Ever Knew About Unicorns . . . astrid Llewelyn Has Always Scoffed At Her Eccentric Mother's Stories About Killer Unicorns. But When...

Unable to cope with the anger and grief she is experiencing in regard to her mother's terminal illness, Sunny cuts school, hangs out at the beach, and consi...

They seem like ordinary girls living in Los Angeles. But the truth is far from ordinary. Vanessa can become invisible. Catty travels back in time. Serena re...

Three girls with three agendas and the ultimate destination: the Hamptons. Summer in the city? Way overrated. Everybody who's anybody in New York City sum...

Now fans of Stephenie Meyer and Melissa Marr have a new author to devour . . . Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. L...

There's Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself....And Billi SanGreal. As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilquis SanGreal grew up kno...

Half-human, half-angel, Meridian Sozu has a dark responsibility. Sixteen-year-old Meridian has been surrounded by death ever since she can remember. As a ...

When Miranda Barnes first sees the sleepy town of St. Yvette, Louisiana, with its moss-draped trees, above-ground cemeteries, and her grandfather’s creepy...

Seventeen-year-old Thais Allard never knew about her sister-or her legacy-until her father died. Now Thais has been sent to live in New Orleans, where she ...

dru Anderson Has What Her Grandmother Called “the Touch.” (comes In Handy When You’re Traveling From Town To Town With Your Dad, Hunting Ghosts, Suckers, W...