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Twelve-year-old Marcus Hawthorne has never taken a stance on much of anything. But when a Mega More Super Store plans to open up shop in the small town of Newburg, Virginia, he has no choice but to make a choice.Marcus's parents have never seen eye to eye on politics, but their debates turn heated when the company his father works for lands the gig to build the Mega More-the same store his mother will stop at nothing to halt. No stranger to his parents' differences, Marcus remains neutral, until an impromptu field trip to the tranquil build site opens his eyes to what's at stake: the tiny old clapboard church, the buried fieldstones beneath a sprawling, century old chestnut tree, and especially the majestic blue heron perched atop his father's ripper.Marcus joins his mother's cause. Along with a feisty new neighbor, they form a rag-tag team of resistance. Posting flyers, pulling pranks, even taking on the mayor, soon Marcus is enjoying his new life as an activist-all behind his father's back. His old friends think he's lost his mind. The town wants their store. And with the ground-breaking ceremony looming, the sacred land seems destined to be bulldozed. But as Marcus learns that summer, when it comes to politics, nothing is predictable.

Now that Cat knows what her baking can do, it's time to discover why and how!Cat and her family roadtrip all the way to Arizona for Thanksgiving break to find the answers they need at the family bakery. Instead of resolving her bazillion questions, Cat finds herself in the middle of a bakery showdown with suspicion as the main ingredient. Emotions are all over the place as Cat and Robyn learn the hard way that reckless baking and magic is a recipe for disaster.Bake-Off, the sequel to Bake Believe, is a high jinks urban fantasy for fans of Just Add Magic.

After her mother''s death, sixteen-year-old Chloe Vanderbrooke is picking up the pieces and moving in with her Uncle Robbie and his wife, Glenda. She fully expects life to suck, but she''s hardly prepared for it to unravel completely.It begins when Glenda''s younger brother, Andrew, arrives. With his laid-back smile and easy-going charm, Andrew seems much younger than twenty-eight. He''s fun, flirty, and Chloe is thrilled to talk to someone who offers more to the conversation than the dreaded, "Are you okay?" But when he kisses her, it''s all wrong.After the kiss, Andrew isn''t so charming, but sketchy. He lurks around the house, stalks her at school, but it isn''t until Chloe finally confronts him that she finds out just what kind of monster he is. Her aunt and uncle are too absorbed with their own crumbling marriage to notice that Chloe''s skipping school, avoiding dinner, even contemplating suicide.Chloe knows she should tell someone Andrew assaulted her. But that person is gone. Not only that, she''s ashamed of the kiss, tormented by victimhood, and struggling to keep her counselor, teachers, and even her best friend in the dark. What Chloe really wants is revenge. Fueled by a rage that''s been simmering since her mother''s death, she discovers that Andrew is not the only one capable of violence.

Dr. Dean Graves is notorious for being the Medical Examiner that gets assigned the wackiest accidental death cases in Georgia. But even as the detectives on those cases can't hold in their laughter, Dr Graves finds nothing funny about death and shows great respect for the dead at all times.When a new serial killer chooses Augusta as his playground, Dr. Graves and his assistant, Kat, get pulled into the investigation, throwing everything they have into finding the murderer before he strikes again. But Dr. Graves' determination and Kat's concern about the dangerous situations he's putting himself in threaten to ruin their friendship.Carter Ridge witnesses something awful when he's only eight-years-old, and his reaction is anything but normal. He hides his strange proclivities well, though-until he grows up and his need for revenge brings out the monster inside him.Carter chooses his victims from local bars. Each successive murder only serves to fuel the flames of his sadistic need to torture and kill the men that remind him of his abusive stepdad.Told in alternating chapters, see inside the heads of the killer and the straitlaced medical examiner desperate to catch him as they head toward a collision course that will make your heart race.

Rourke is hoping for a perfect seventh grade year. Or at least one where his gut isn't twisted in worry. But with crazy neighbors, a mysterious girl he has a crush on, and an unpredictable brother, what's the chance of that? Especially when tragedy strikes.¿

For thirteen-year-old Jack Lansford, moving from upstate New York to Virginia is a prison sentence. At least that's what it feels like when his dad takes a job down south and asks him to "give it a year." Moving in, Jack's misery turns to confusion when he stumbles across a box of letters to his mother that forever changes the way he sees his light-hearted dad. As close as Jack is with his father, they never talk about Mom, or the car accident that took her life when he was only three. So Jack can't help himself from sneaking back to the journals-pages of heartfelt confessions about the mother he never knew. School begins and Jack tries to find his place-playing drums in the basement band with his dad and the neighbors while making a few friends along the way. Jack confides in Miranda, the girl next door with the voice of a young Aretha Franklin. But when he shows her a poem his father wrote about his Mom, she decides it's the song they should perform at the local band jam. With that, The Wallywalkers are primed for the big time, but first Jack has to summon the courage to have the talk of all talks with his dad.¿

Seventeen year-old Nat Reams was on his way to a basketball scholarship when he walked into chemistry lab after school and found his teacher assaulting a female student. So he decked the teacher. Now he''s facing expulsion. Awaiting the school board hearing that will decide the fate of his senior year, Nat spends his summer cutting grass with Molly Martinez-the girl from chem lab. Nat has an idea why Molly-a shy, straight-a student-refuses to speak up about what happened at school, and so he''s given up on trying to change her mind. But when he sees firsthand the hostile environment in which Molly''s family lives, he invites them to move into his spacious, yet highly dysfunctional house.∩╗┐

In 1498, an orphan can''t expect much out of life. But the Renaissance is burgeoning, and Venice ripe with infinite possibilities. Nico is a child of the city, and his veins run with canal water. Rising above his lowly status, apprentice to a painter, just might be possible in the city of bridges. He''s determined to use his wit and wile to become something more than another errand boy. But his hopes come crashing to the ground when he witnesses deception in Venice''s inner circle. To escape the vengeance of the corrupt Lord Foscari, Nico travels half a world away to safety. But danger follows him to the streets of Constantinople where he discovers a peril looms over Venice that threatens to destroy it. Now he''s forced to make a choice: stay safe in a foreign land and let Venice fall or risk his life to save everything he loves. Can he save his city, or will he lose his life trying?

Plum would love to work as Lady Sulat''s chef and spend her days crafting healing foods, but it isn''t safe for her to stay in the capital. She knows far too many of the king''s secrets. Lady Sulat proposes sending Plum away on a covert mission. Learn all about poisons. Learn how to defend against them. Head into dangerous territory.Unfortunately, Plum has to rely on her sister for support...the sister who isn''t even the tiniest bit sorry for nearly getting Plum executed. Her poisons teacher is an old enemy. And, given the secretive nature of what she''s doing, Plum can''t even openly talk to Bane about it.But Plum is going to give it her all. After what she''s seen of war, she''s willing to take any risk and pay any price to secure peace for Rowak.

UC Berkeley Professor of Microbiology, Dr. Mira Wallace, searches for ancient life in the most extreme environments on Earth. While sampling an ancient subterranean lake, the US Army summons Mira to investigate a mysterious biological threat in a Southern Utah desert.SONA (Sudden Onset Necrosis Agent) is a new pathogen unlike anything known to science. Resilient and aggressive, it threatens Earth''s entire biosphere, making Mira fear that she may have just found deadly evidence of the ancient life she''s been searching for.

Jashi betrayed them. Kahmel protected them. Together, they must unite them.¿Nothing is more important to Jashi than proving her worth to her country. But her new role as Faresha and rebel member is both uncomfortable and daunting. Perhaps it's the gap of trust between her and Kahmel that bothers her most. With Jashi's naïve reputation, winning back the trust of Kahmel and her people will take something drastic. As drastic as finding the remaining Dragon Kings before K'sundi loses their fight for freedom.Kahmel is a decisive protector, level-headed leader, and-completely unrelatable to his people. Winning the trust of K'sundi is the only way to free them from the Zendaalans. But that means being more vulnerable and learning to trust others-even the woman he wants to trust most, but can't.

Eleven-year-old Jessa Newberry desperately wants to fit in with the popular girls but on the first day of middle school she makes a fool of herself in front of the whole class. On top of that, she''s having these strange dreams about Sidney, a friend she hasn''t seen since kindergarten. Together in the dreams they fly around Dreamland, a magical world with ice-cream trees and cotton candy clouds. When Jessa meets Sidney in real life at a cancer fun run, she discovers that Sidney is having the same dream. When Jessa is diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and her friends from school stop talking to her, Dreamland becomes the place she wants to be, and Sidney becomes the best friend she''s always needed.But Dreamland is in danger. The ice-cream trees are melting, the candy has gone rotten, and children are disappearing. Even Sidney has gone missing. Can Jessa save both her friend and the haven she has grown to love?