Two brothers watch a ghost ship sail along the river towards the sea, one Halloween night. They suddenly find themselves enveloped in fog, before being deposited on the deck of the ship. They later learn from the crew that they have no hope of escape. When the ship trades goods with the Bobbup Island, the chief refuses to let the boys go. However, after getting help from the boys, the inhabitants of the island set them in the direction that should...

All worlds are dying, and it's up to one broken and dysfunctional family from Earth-the Wellsleys-to save the day. Cancer-ridden Ella celebrates her fifteenth birthday beneath an enchanted mountain, but it is what lies even farther below-the mysterious Star in the sea-that demands she grow up quickly. While Ella grapples with the sacrifice she must make and the lies she is forced to tell, her mother, Tessa, is hell-bent on protecting her. Through...

Debra Driza's MILA 2. 0 is the first book in a gripping Bourne Identity–style trilogy about a girl who discovers she is actually an android. Mila was never supposed to remember her past, or know what lurked beneath her synthetic skin. She was never meant to learn that she was "born" in a secret computer science lab and programmed with superhuman skills. But when a group of hooded men show up on her doorstep, hoping to strip her of her advanced technology,...

Torn from home in a savage attack by Barbary Coast Pirates on an Irish fishing village, three surviving family members are, sold into the horrors of North African slavery. At a time when human lives were expendable, death appears to be their only release.

So, Aliens have invaded your planet. Bummer. You could pretend you can't see them and hope they go away. Or, wear camouflage, pretend they can't see you and hope they go away! Sam, Arty and Emmie have just barely survived a recent zombie infestation when their sleepy little town of Sitting Duck finds itself the victim of an alien invasion! But, unlike what you often see on television, the aliens are very small and very cute. How dangerous can they...

A little dog finds himself alone in the vastness of Manhattan after his owner has an accident while they are out for a walk. His two-year journey brings him to familiar neighborhoods and famous landmarks, but also to New York City's more cheerless underside. On the street he meets people in need, and by his companionship becomes an agent of change. Along the way he encounters other dogs, mostly larger breeds like pit bulls, some trained fighters,...

When the cosmic fabric separating the dimensions rips open and spits the inhabitants of Purgatory into his hometown, the initial rip is so forceful it kills everyone and everything that isn't indoors or underground. The only thing that saves 14-year-old Jack is that he just happened to be in the school basement at the time.The final line from the old children's prayer, I pray the Lord my soul to take, is infused with new meaning as creatures from...

Today, Farsund is a vibrant bountiful town nestled in the stunning archipelago of southern Norway. It's hard to see the bleak past it endured at the dawn of the Financial Crisis. Too many jobs were on the brink of extinction when the town's largest factory became the focus of the German automotive giants, determined to shut it down. Too Big to Think is the true story of one man, an outsider who unexpectedly found himself thousands of miles from...

Would you choose love? Or a throne? Eighteen-year-old Yakua Roca worries more about her marriage prospects than the emperor who flattens kingdoms on his march toward the border. But when stone giants attack her village, Yakua's ambitious plan to marry a priest turns against her and she finds herself a peace offering to a man with a reputation for cruelty. Yakua must navigate a dangerous betrothal, accept her shameful past, and stave off...

Brooklyn is fleeing York Academy. Blamed for the deaths of fallen slayers, Brooklyn has been labeled a traitor. People she once considered her friends are now hunting her, and the death of the city's Pride Leader has left her picking up the pieces. Brooklyn is neither ready nor prepared to become the new chief of dragons.Until the worst happens.One of her Protectors is being held hostage- and if Brooklyn doesn't comply with the kidnapper's demands,...