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Four-year-old Asher Caine vanishes while playing near the woods one day with his twin sister Ariana. Eventually, his family believes him to be dead. In the Kingdom of Falmoor, twins are cursed. Ever since the evil sorcerer Larque turned the good witch Elora to stone, all twins in the Kingdom are doomed to be separated, either through death or mysterious disappearances. Now about to turn thirteen, Ariana learns that her brother is alive, and she must...

From the bestselling author of The Book Thief Before The Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: The Underdog, Fighting Rueben Wolfe, and Getting the Girl. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their best and...

Visiting an old cliff-top castle that was home to knights during medieval times sounds like an exciting adventure in itself, right? But when Jack, Emma and Albert learn that a treasured relic has been missing for hundreds of years, the crew decide to search for it. Unscrambling the cryptic clues left around the castle, they come across secret passages, run into plenty of dead-ends, and even find themselves in the deep, dark dungeon! As they uncover...

Lately, sixteen-year-old Athena Windham has been spending all her spare time in her grave. Her parents-owners of a cemetery in Upstate New York-are proud of her devoutness, but her thirteen-year-old sister, Laurel, can't understand it. Laurel hates her own grave. It's so boring and chilly down there. She'd rather spend her time exploring the acres and acres of state forest that surround the Windhams' property. The Windham girls lead pretty secluded...

The prize-winning, "exceptionally moving" memoir of a family boat trip, an IRA bombing, and a teenager's loss of his twin brother (The Telegraph). Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award Winner and PEN/JR Ackerley Prize Nominee On an August weekend in 1979, fourteen-year-old Timothy Knatchbull joined his family on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. By noon, an Irish Republican Army bomb had destroyed the boat,...

Left alone for the first time on the island he calls home, Simon is looking forward to a day of personal indulgence. His sister Ellen only wants to make sure they get their chores done. Their parents are busy trying to convince the government not to close the lighthouse that the family operates, and it's up to the kids to make sure everything runs smoothly. Neither Simon nor Ellen is prepared for the mysterious and potentially dangerous visitor who...

"Love, Loss, and Legalities: A Holistic Approach to Marriage and Divorce" is a comprehensive guide that delves into the intricate dynamics of relationships, the emotional complexities of love and loss, and the legal considerations surrounding marriage and divorce. This book offers a holistic perspective, blending psychological insights, practical advice, and legal expertise to navigate the challenging terrain of intimate partnerships and their dissolution.With...

An evocative and compelling story of two sisters who would do anything for each other-perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Speak. Joy Preble's stirring new novel explores the lengths to which sisters go to protect each other, and the winding road that brings two strangers into each other's lives. Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had each other to rely on. They can't trust their mother, who hops from city to city and from guy to...

Three teenagers. One road trip. Countless detours. From the author of Even in Paradise comes a story about love, friendship, and finding yourself that is perfect for fans of Paper Towns and Mosquitoland. When Mia first waltzed into Homer's small corner of Florida, she changed Homer's entire world. It wasn't long before he was hopelessly in love. But now Mia is moving away-and Homer and his younger brother, Einstein, are helping her drive hundreds...

One man uses an earl's daughter to fulfill his quest for vengeance-until passion waylays his scheme. First in the Scandalous Australian Bachelors series. When Sam Robertson returns to London after making his fortune in Australia, he has one mission-revenge on the earl who'd had him wrongly convicted and sent away years before. But upon meeting Lady Georgina, the earl's daughter, Sam's plan is thrown into disarray. Their admiration is mutual,...