hermits

"Susie is jealous when her brother is deemed a town hero, so she finds solace in the poetry and reclusive lifestyle of Emily Dickinson"--Provided by publisher.

In Riddle, where strange things often happen, fifth-grader Jesse Ranger and three classmates, all big fans of B-grade monster movies made by a reclusive local director, are recruited to round up the creatures that are coming to life when original films are shown.

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

A week after a crazy old man in the woods takes Josh's dirt bike, Josh decides to retrieve his bike from the old man he suspects is the hermit of Loggerman Creek.

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

"Adrienne Cahill cares about three things: getting into a great college; becoming a revered journalist like her idol, Sydney Declay; and making her late father proud of her. So when Adrienne is offered the chance to write an article that could get her into her school and debunk her foolishly optimistic stepfather's claim--no, belief--that a legendary family of hermits is living in the Siberian wilderness, there's no question that she's going to fly across the world. After all, it is the trip of a lifetime. But the Russian terrain is even less forgiving than Adrienne. And when disaster strikes, nothing--not the flirtatious guide or her stepdad's obsessively detailed preparations--can protect Adrienne from the sheer force of nature. Now she's being held captive by the family she was convinced didn't exist, and her best hope for escape is to act like she cares about befriending them, even if it means wooing the youngest son"--Publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Grace and her eleven-year-old brother Carter are watched by a mountain man when they get lost during a strenuous hike on Blood Mountain.

When August DuPont, eleven, leaves his eccentric Aunt Hydrangea's crumbling mansion for the first time ever, he meets family, makes a friend, and attracts a zombie.

Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.

"Four fabulous guys must completely transform a high school girl into a real lady if they want to go on living rent-free in her aunt's luxurious mansion. But the girl turns out to be Sunako, the most fashion-hopeless girl in Japan, who'd rather live like a hermit and watch her favorite horror movies than undergo a makeover"--Provided by publisher.