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"Readers won't find a dull moment in this modern-day, heroic adventure." -M.G. Velasco, CardslingerFor four hundred years, generations of the Family Del Toro and their battle-savvy warhorses have secretly guarded their corner of rural Colorado from all things monster. Now, thanks to a really bad move on twelve-year-old Matt Del Toro's part, the family can add vengeful witch to their list of Creatures That Want to Kill Us.When an opportunity arises for Matt to retrace his father's long-ago journey through the mountains along the legendary route known as The Hunter's Way, he is the first to saddle up. After all, there's nothing like an adventure in the wilderness to take his mind off his wicked witchy problems.That's when the wild in wilderness comes out swinging. With every mile, Matt and his family battle unexpected rock slides, impossible ascents, death-by-lightning storms, and worst of all: a clan of human-hating mountain gnomes known as tommyknockers. With the knockers determined to make the Del Toros food for worms-literally-the journey becomes a race from danger into more danger. Aided by the war stallion Rigo, Matt must use all his training, resources, and a twist o' Irish luck to save himself and his family.Mace and Hammer is book 3 in the Colorado Book Award-winning Del Toro Moon series.

Every fairy tale comes to an end.Briar Pryce thought she was saving the Poisoned Apple, New York City's borough of bootleg curses and graffiti-strewn castles. But when she freed every princess in town from their sleeping spells, she woke a giant deep underground, threatening the very foundation of her world. With her city crumbling around her and her boyfriend trapped in a magic mirror, she's considering a fate worse than death for any New Yorker: relocating to Jersey.But together with her friends, she's not letting her town's magic die without a fight. From the depths of the Poisoned Apple to a floating island in another world, Briar must battle a force emerging from the darkest parts of her city's story, who can bend wicked creatures to her will. She'll have to discover the hidden origins of the Apple itself, a story linked with her own past, if she's going to stop the enemies trying to erase her community from existence.But as Briar's own emotion-altering powers grow into something far greater, will she be able to write the ending she chooses?

"...an intriguing blend of modern times and fairy tale lore." -InD'tale MagazineBriar Pryce has the power to change the emotions of others by handing them a rose. It is a talent that has done surprisingly little for her, besides landing her a dead-end enchantment delivery job and killing any chance she had with her childhood-crush-turned-roommate. Worst of all, her ability might be responsible for getting her best friend transformed into a cat via a cursed muffin basket. Needless to say, Briar is nowhere near happily-ever-after. But that's just life as a twenty-something in the Poisoned Apple, New York City's lost borough of fairy-tale wonder and rent-controlled magic.When Briar reluctantly agrees to help find a princess's kidnapped boyfriend in exchange for reversing the curse on her friend, she gets the heroic quest she never really wanted. Unfortunately, the life of a noble heroine is not all it's cracked up to be: the hours blow, and Briar suspects that the Royal family employing her might be evil, Republican, or both. To complete the suckage, a killer smoke magician is stalking Briar as she searches both the Poisoned Apple and Manhattan for the missing boy. As tensions between the Poisoned Apple royalty ignite and civil war looms, Briar must figure out how to write her own happy ending-or she'll just be ending.

"Just as spellbinding as the first... and then some! Five stars and two thumbs, way up!" -One Guy's GuideBriar Pryce has earned a little rest and relaxation. She's rescued her best friend from being transformed into a cat and stopped a war in the Poisoned Apple, New York City's hidden neighborhood of counterfeit curses and fairy tale trickery. All Briar wants is to have a carb-filled brunch, gossip over a couple of mead-mosas, and maybe figure out if she's actually in a love triangle with her high-school crush and her strait-laced business partner.But relaxing is hard when the city starts screaming.Some malevolent curse has invaded the dreams of the sleeping princesses across the Apple, spreading nightmares and violence throughout the city. What's worse, a militant new faction of knights has used the chaos to grab power and trap Briar's community in its authoritarian grip. If Briar's going to be able to free the princesses and stop these fairy tale fascists, she's going to have to solve a deeper mystery: the origins of her own uncontrollable, emotion-altering powers. Briar and her friends will journey from the depths of the enchanted Afterwoods to the penthouses of the Upper East Side to stop the knights, wake the princesses, and save the Poisoned Apple.And hopefully still fit in that brunch.

". . . fantastic twist on a classic." -The Literary VixenWendy Darling swore she would return . . .but Peter isn't willing to wait.After marooning himself on Neverland to ensure his crew's return home, Peter is determined to find a way off the ageless planet and back to the Jolly Roger and Wendy's arms. Looking to the future, he presses on, until someone from his past reveals the dark secrets hidden in Neverland's depths.Meanwhile, traveling across distant galaxies, Wendy's ship is failing. With systems malfunctions increasing and supplies running low, Wendy and her crew must find a way to keep the antiquated vessel afloat. But creaks and groans on an aging vessel aren't the Captain's only concern-there are whispers on board, quiet voices skittering through the shadows that warn of something much more sinister.

In the year 2291, the illustrious Captain James Hooke and the crew of the Jolly Roger vanished into uncharted space. Today, Wendy Darling received their transmission.Wendy has worked her entire life to rise through the ranks of the prestigious Londonierre Brigade. Now as a Captain, she has everything she's always wanted, including a ship and crew of her own. But when the Brigade receives a strange transmission from the legendary James Hooke, lost a hundred years earlier in uncharted space and presumed dead, Wendy is willing to risk it all to rescue her hero. She races to the planet known only as Neverland; her mission to find the long-lost crew and bring them home.But there is more to Neverland than meets the eye, and more to Hooke than what was written in history books. When Wendy crash lands on the ominous planet, she quickly discovers Neverland's dark secrets.To fulfill her mission, Wendy must decide whether to trust the dashing Hooke or the mysterious Fleet mechanic Pan-and she must decide quickly.Before the darkness consumes them all.

"With gorgeous writing, an adorable romance, complex characters, and a dash of magic, Breaker and the Sun was an incredible novel, one that I'd highly recommend." - Biscotto BooksBreaker Van Winkle is a recently returned Vietnam vet, struggling with PTSD and the difficulties of readjusting to civilian life with his mother.Eighteen-year-old Sunny is a high-achieving Chinese-French immigrant who fled Vietnam during the war. Sunny is usually as cheerful as her name implies, but she has her struggles too. Haunted by violent memories of the bombing that killed her parents, and chafing under the rule of her eccentric grandmother, she finds solace deep in the Catskills, at a place she calls the Ugly Tree.When Breaker stumbles upon Sunny and the Ugly Tree, things start to change. They are drawn to each other, and feel called to the tree. As they spend more time together and their relationship deepens, they notice that their time at the tree is becoming twisted somehow. Sunny's mind yawns and her ambitions begin to slip away. Breaker feels safe and carefree, his memories finally burying themselves in the distant past.They are being lulled toward a tempting, peaceful sleep¿but there is a cost to this magical serenity, and it may be more than either of them can bear...A companion novel to Nora and Kettle, GOLD MEDAL WINNER Independent Book Awards

Sequel to Nora and Kettle, GOLD MEDAL WINNER Independent Book AwardsWe offer our wounds and scars. Understanding that is part of what makes us beautiful.Nora finally has her beloved sister Frankie back, but that's just the beginning of their struggles. She must now become Kite¿a stronger, more independent version of herself¿a king and a guardian.Kettle has Kite's heart. But something holds him back; a feeling that he doesn't deserve good things. It's a looming shadow that threatens to separate them. Kettle must accept that he is also Hiro: a Japanese American with every right to happiness and freedom.Hiro loves Kite¿but Kite won't wait forever for him to tell her. And now they're standing on icy ground. The leverage they had on Kite's abusive father has wavered, and life on the street is affecting Frankie's health. Snow is gathering at the station doors, and doubts are piling high...they must rely on each other, and believe in the magic that got them this far. If they don't, it's not just their future in jeopardy¿but the fates of all the street kids in their care¿all the Kings.

Full of nonstop action, suspense, and romance, you won't want to miss this epic finale to The Girl with the Hickory Heart.Weeks after the complete destruction of Black Sail City, Lye Li is haunted by the message that Luna and Ash have been captured by the emperor. With refugees swelling past the gates of the monastery and the impending threat of Shen returning, Lye cannot ignore that her duty is to the Char people as she is forced to decide whether to restore the Carvresses to the throne and leave Ash and Luna to be tortured in the palace, or rescue her brother and risk the Char being extinguished permanently.Beneath the rusted walls of the emperor's palace, Ash and Luna hold tightly to hope. Enduring torture and endless mind games, they cling to their love for each other to survive and the knowledge that they cannot leave the kidnapped Char children behind.All decisions, all journeys, will lead to the same place: The palace. To a fanciful emperor, controlled by a ruthless woman and a population beginning to doubt their ruler. Walls of stone separate families and friends.But if they can reach each other and join forces, they might just be able to change the world.

Ash still feels deeply connected to Luna, but as she loses herself in her grief, he must work with his sister Lye to fight against the ever-increasing power of the Chancellor. When Ash discovers his sister's betrayal and an unlikely connection to the Chancellor, he questions everything he knows, fighting to determine who to believe and what the real motives are behind those around him.With the ghost of a past loved one appearing when Lye needs advice, she realizes that even if she can't help Luna directly, she can aid Luna's people. She begins advising the general in battle, her borrowed insights changing the course of the war.When Ash, Lye, and Luna are joined by the Carvresses, who harbor a cataclysmic secret of their own, and finally understand the Chancellor's true nature, the three risk their lives, their powers, and everything they have to save each other and the land they've come to call home.Sequel to THE GIRL WITH THE HICKORY HEART.

Wendy's world is unraveling. Reuinting with Peter to chart the Roger safely to earth should be cause to celebrate; but the loss of a crewman has clouded her thoughts--and her heart. When she uncovers a desperate transmission, Wendy is once again forced with an impossible choice: defy the Fleet and endanger her remaining team, or disregard and doom the man she loves--and quite possibly, the world?Neverbound is the epic, action-packed finale in The Neverland Transmission Series, a space fantasy retelling of Peter Pan.

You read them every day.In bestselling books, on social media,in national headlines.You read them every day and believe every word: The Lies People Publish. The same night that Detective Kate Baxter's brother shows up on her doorstep, running from marital troubles, one of her closest friends goes missing. Embattled by professional rivalries and her own emotions, Kate must retrace her friend's investigation into a shadowy figure before she loses her friend for good. With family crises, a kidnapping, literary fraud, and accidental catfishing, it's just another day in Fulton Springs. The action-packed sequel to Letters to the Editor.

"...a fast-paced and exciting murder mystery for teens." -Historical Novel SocietyDarkness descends over St. Louis, a city already rocked by the Great Depression. More and more people are disappearing, and some have turned up dead. A sinister secret society is moving forward with "The Winnowing," a plan designed to erase society's undesirables.After Stanley and Hazel foil the diabolical plans of Charles Chouteau, they become instant celebrities. Hazel is thrust into the role of debutante, and risks losing herself, while Stanley must deal with the horrific tragedy of his best friend's death.Threatened by the unseen forces of the Veiled Prophet, and their lives spiraling out of control, Stanley and Hazel's relationship is tested, possibly beyond repair.As bodies pile up and people become more desperate, the divide between rich and poor grows ever wider, threatening to tear their worlds apart.The pair must find their way back together if there is any hope of saving their relationship... or the future of humanity.

There are 14 strangers who share her face, and someone is determined to erase them all.Everyone has secrets, and it's Diana Kane's job to know them. It's a talent-being able to see into someone's life from the scuffs on their shoes to the way they hold their hands-a talent that sets her apart from everyone else.But when a mysterious stranger drops into her life with an impossible claim about Diana's past and inexplicable photos of a woman who shares her face, she is forced to piece together the truth that her entire life has been manufactured, along with fourteen other women who share her exact DNA.Confronted with the troubling reality that she's nothing more than a research experiment that went too far and a corporation that wants to erase all of them, Diana must rescue herself and the others, putting her skills to the test in the ultimate game of survival.

". . .spooky thrills, snappy dialogue, and rich historical detail. It makes for a swell read and one that fans ofLibba Bray's Diviners won't want to put down!" As the Great Depression grips St. Louis, Stanley, an orphaned newsie, lives in a poor part of town hit especially hard by the economic downturn. Hazel, a restless debutante-in-waiting, has begun to question her posh lifestyle in the midst of the suffering she sees around her.One night, Hazel sneaks out against her father's wishes, and her path collides with Stanley's when they discover the body of a murdered girl. Their very different realities inform how they react, but together, they will piece together the clues and bring those responsible to justice.Becoming involved with each other and digging into the secrets behind the murder earns them some powerful enemies, including a secret group organizing "The Winnowing," a plan to take over the city and rid society of those they deem undesirable.As Stanley and Hazel's forbidden feelings for one another grow, their investigation turns deadly. Now, it is up to Stanley and his gang of street kids to stop Hazel from becoming the next victim.

Seventeen-year-old Kettle has had his share of adversity. As an orphaned Japanese American struggling to make a life in the aftermath of an event in history not often referred töthe internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the removal of children from orphanages for having "one drop of Japanese blood in them"¿things are finally looking up. He has his hideout in an abandoned subway tunnel, a job, and his gang of Lost Boys.Desperate to run away, the world outside her oppressive brownstone calls to naïve, eighteen-year-old Noräthe privileged daughter of a controlling and violent civil rights lawyer who is building a compensation case for the interned Japanese Americans. But she is trapped, enduring abuse to protect her younger sister Frankie and wishing on the stars every night for things to change.For months, they've lived side by side, their paths crossing yet never meeting. But when Nora is nearly killed and her sister taken away, their worlds collide as Kettle, grief stricken at the loss of a friend, angrily pulls Nora from her window. In her honeyed eyes, Kettle sees sadness and suffering. In his, Nora sees the chance to take to the window and fly away.Set in 1953, NORA AND KETTLE explores the collision of two teenagers facing extraordinary hardship. Their meeting is inevitable, devastating, and ultimately healing. Their stories, a collection of events, are each on their own harmless. But together, one after the other, they change the world.

Aurelia Peri is used to being an outsider. As if being the adopted daughter of the galaxy's most powerful man weren't enough, she also has to deal with the stigma of being part machine. Which is why she's dead-set on proving her worth. But when her first mission as a D.I.S.C. agent ends disastrously, and then her suspect-a man accused of murdering and cannibalizing his own family-proclaims innocence and launches himself off the top of a building, she fears she'll never be trusted with another case. Auri has doubts about the man's guilt and is certain there's more to the case. She decides to dig deeper when her superiors suddenly order her to drop it, and her surreptitious investigation reveals a series of crimes she is convinced are connected. Determined to uncover the truth, Auri discovers an unfathomable darkness hidden in the depths of the galaxy. A darkness that threatens everything she holds dear. A darkness connected to her own past. And Auri's involvement in the case doesn't go unnoticed.Something in the system has caught her scent and will stop at nothing to catch its prey.

If there's one thing 12-year-old Calix O'Shaughnessy is good at, it's bad luck.Divorced parents? Check. Eyebrows singed off after an unfortunate grilling incident? Check. Accidentally releasing an ancient Irish fire demon from the statue where it was imprisoned by St. Patrick 1,500 years ago? Check and check.Now the demon's on the loose, tearing through Savannah, GA, and it's up to Calix to take it down whether he wants to or not. Because it turns out, not only are fairies, monsters, and demigods real, but Calix is one of the heirs of St. Patrick, tasked with ridding the world of supernatural threats.Left with no other choice, Calix, his cousin, and his best friend follow a series of cryptic clues around Savannah in order to retrieve the pieces of an ancient Irish weapon known as the Demon's Bane, the only thing capable of defeating the demon. If they fail, the creature will raise an army of malevolent spirits and bathe the world in unholy fire.All of a sudden, regular old bad luck doesn't seem so bad after all.

Break free of toxic success myths.Transcend the suffering artist paradigm.Actualize your immense creative potential.If you've ever struggled with doubt, fear, procrastination, or disappointment while trying to create, this book is for you. Breakthrough goes where no other books on creativity dare to treadexposing the toxic success myths that hold people back and revealing radical, perspective-shifting solutions. Through concise, friendly chapters that weave together personal experiences with guidance from research and nondual philosophical traditions, readers are given pragmatic ways to turn potential breakdowns into life-changing breakthroughs.

In the frontier village of Last Hope, people dismiss twelve-year-old Ash Narro as a flighty child who claims to hear the true names of things. But when enraged forest spirits attack, Ash shows that the names she hears have power. After taming a destructive forest spirit, Ash teams up with Fen, a wild forest boy, and embarks on an unusual journey to save her village. i In this steampunk eco-fantasy, the perils of deforestation and the power of friendship are explored through a fantastical adventure of giant mistcats, tempestuous forest spirits, a supernatural puppy, and a girl with a special gift for shaping what things become.

For Luna, the price of peace in a time of war is a heart of hickory. But to have a hickory heart leaves no room for love. When the lives of her three brothers are tied to refugee siblings from the warring tribe, Luna must test the limits of her wooden heart, trust those she's been taught to hate, and now she's destined to destroy.In an island nation akin to a wooden Hong Kong, two Asian women from warring tribes: Lye, a powerful slave of the Emperor and Luna, a Char defying tradition, must put aside their pasts in order to move forward.

A love letter to the Beatles, for fans of Love and Gelato and Everybody Sees the Ants.When Jo lost her father three years earlier under mysterious circumstances, he began appearing in her dreams, beckoning her to London where he'd been the lead singer of an internationally acclaimed Beatles cover band.She has long been almost certain he isn't really dead, but she can't shake the feeling that something's being kept from her. So when she has the opportunity to go to London, she jumps at the chance to follow his trail.Once in London, Jo meets Henry, a broody, Beatles-hating photographer who's an intriguing mix of quantum physics and pseudoscience...and just might have the key to finding her father.Armed with an atlas of Britain's supernatural ley lines and a tenuous friendship, they set out to uncover the truth and discover what they've grown to mean to each other.

Sixteen-year-old Bea Pearl knows her brother isn't dead. Even if her parents don't agree. Even if the entire town doesn't believe her. She knows it's true. When orders came to evacuate Lake George due to rising floodwaters, Bea Pearl saw Jim head toward the river. She followed him. Only she returned. When her parents have Jim declared legally dead, Bea Pearl decides it's up to her to figure out where her brother could be if he is alive, and so begins to unravel the mystery of his disappearance. But it seems like someone else wants to know what he was hiding when his bedroom is ransacked. More clues come together: a scrap of paper, mysterious numbers that may lead to swamp monkeys, Jim's shoes turning up in unexpected places. Bea Pearl can't figure out what connects them all until she's stolen from her bed in the dead of night.Bea Pearl's insistence that Jim's alive and her quest to figure out why he went down to a flooding river in the first place takes a toll on her shattering family. But she must unearth the truth surrounding her presumed dead brother. Otherwise, the rumors are true and she has killed him. Because if Jim can stop existing, could she too?