fiction

Eight years ago, Grace Holloway was kidnapped and narrowly escaped death at the hands of her abductor, so now she spends her days running a small inn in Rock Harbor, Maine. But her past comes back to haunt her when girls start to go missing from Rock Harbor, girls who look a lot like Grace did when she was kidnapped. As much as she wants to stay out of it, Grace knows she can't sit idly by, and she soon realizes she might have the answers to the investigation.

During an evening at her local bar, Emma's life changes forever. She divorced her husband Lucas nine months ago, and now her acquaintances at the bar reminisce about him. As the night goes on, Emma realizes things about her past that now haunt her, cause her to reflect on how she arrived at that moment, and force her to consider where she will go from there.

Having missed one too many days at her arts high school for violin due to her older sister's drug addition, Faith is given one last chance to keep her scholarship--she must enroll in the Dragons Club, a teen support group. At first apprehensive about talking to her classmates about her sister's problem, Faith soon finds herself connecting with the group in ways she never expected. Then, her sister's addiction gets even worse, and Faith will have to choose between being there for her or pursuing the life of music she wants.

In the quiet neighborhood of Hollow's Edge, Brandon and Fiona Truett are murdered and a neighbor, Ruby Fletcher, is sent to prison on the testimony of her neighbors. While Ruby's in jail, the neighbors cannot sell their homes and are forced to stare at the Truett's empty house. Fourteen months later, Ruby's conviction is overturned and she returns to the house she shared with Harper Nash. Harper is terrified, and to make things worse, she begins receiving threatening notes. She realizes someone didn't tell the truth about the night of the murders and now Harper must learn who the real killer is before he or she strikes again.

Lily Armitage is summoned to her family's grand manor for Christmas by her estranged aunt who wants her to take part in a family tradition to play the Christmas game, promising that whoever wins will secure the deed to the home. As Lily gathers with her cousins to play the game, she realizes that each of them have their own agenda and they're not about to play fair. But Lily isn't interested in the home, she wants to learn who killed her mother there twenty-one years ago. When a snowstorm strands them however, she realizes someone is hiding a secret and the game takes a deadly turn.

As Marcus prepares to try out for his middle school baseball team, he starts to doubt himself. He eventually learns to believe in himself, and that perfect games only come with lots of practice--and some strikeouts.

Raised by a single mother, Miraflores discovers as an adult that her father is still alive. She travels to Panama to meet him and discover more about her heritage and identity.

Waking in a different body each morning, A resolves never to get attached to anyone. When A falls in love with the girlfriend of someone being inhabited, however, the context of A's life and world becomes blurred.

When Sophie, a princess with lips the color of ripe cherries, skin as soft as new-fallen snow, and hair as dark as midnight, rode out into the forest with the queen's huntsman, he killed her and took her heart. When seven mysterious strangers save her, Sophie begins to realize that the queen who ordered her death isn't the real enemy. She sets out to reclaim her heart, finding the courage and strength to face the darkest magic along the way.

In a journal for English class, Finn Reeder relates the impact of an H1N1 flu epidemic among his classmates and teachers, but unfortunately excluding class bully Vic, as everyone seems to go insane trying to avoid or cope with the virus.