"Three orphaned siblings become the pupils of the mysterious Professor Millicent Quibb and enter the world of mad science"-- Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan travels around the world to search for and rescue a mythical bird, whose fate could determine the future of the world.

"12-year-old Meg is pulled into a mysterious treasure hunt at her new boarding school and must learn to work with her new classmates, who all have secrets of their own."-- Provided by publisher.

With their parents dead and supplies running low after a solar flare scorched the Earth, stepsisters Millie and Rose leave home with their infant half brother and dog Corncob in search of Millie's grandma, a Seminole elder.

"Born into slavery on a Mississippi plantation, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield has been raised in the safety of Philadelphia's Quaker community by a wealthy adoptive mother. Sheltered and educated, Eliza's happy childhood always included music lessons to nurture her unique gift: a glorious three octave singing voice that leaves listeners in awe. But on the eve of her twenty-fourth birthday, young Eliza's world is thrown into a tailspin when her mother...

"A richly imagined, sweeping novel set in the climate-changed world of our own descendants, by the acclaimed author of WHISKEY WHEN WE'RE DRY. A young boy and his older sisters find themselves suddenly and utterly alone, orphaned in an abandoned fishing village. Their food supplies dwindling, they set out across a breathtaking yet treacherous wilderness in search of the last of their people. Down the coast, raiders deliver the children's mother, along...

Seventeen-year-old Kress makes ends meet by fighting underwater sea monsters for sport, but her debts keep piling up until she is offered the chance to escape her poverty by joining a desperate rescue mission for the survivors of a mine expedition. It's only after she enters the mines with her hostile crew that she realizes the dangerous creatures that await them and a hidden plot that is betting on her failure.

"It's been roughly one year since Chuuya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia, and he's determined to become an executive before fellow mafioso Osamu Dazai. However, a man by the name of Paul Verlaine--the king of assassins who claims to be Chuuya's older brother--suddenly appears, vowing to murder everyone he cares about! Now Chuuya must team up with Adam, an AI investigator from Europe, to stop this madman before another storm engulfs Yokohama. Along...

"Paradise Alden's childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then, life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love's betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust--in men, in God, and maybe in even in herself. After fifteen years, returning to her hometown is a last resort to finding her life again....

Adopted from a Russian orphanage by a wealthy New York family then growing into a rebellious street youth, fifteen year-old Wally resolves to find the birth mother who stole a fortune from her murderous, dark-eyed father. Valentina Mayakov tenia cinco anos cuando Claire y Jason Stoneman la adoptaron. A los nueve empezo a preguntarse sobre su vida antes de la adopcion, si ella era rusa. Claire y Jason se divorcian cuando ella tiene 10 anos y Jason...