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The Gardener
By S. A. Bodeen

When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.

The Mitochondrial Curiosities of Marcels 1 to 19
By Jocelyn Brown

Dree can't wait to leave Edmonton for the Renegade Craft Fair in Toronto, but when her father has a fatal heart attack her attention turns to investigating clues about her parents' past, while attempting to pass science class and grieve for her father.

You Can Do a Graphic Novel
By Barbara Slate

Graphic novelist Barbara Slate guides those who want to create graphic novels through the process of developing their own styles, creating engaging stories, and understanding the graphic novel industry.






Payback
By Rosemary Hayes

Halima, a teenaged Muslim girl living in London, discovers her father owes a favor to a distant relative in Pakistan and must repay the debt by forcing Halima into marriage.

The Line
By Teri Hall
Rachel thinks that she and her mother are safe working for Ms. Moore at her estate close to The Line, an invisible border of the Unified States, but when Rachel has an opportunity to Cross into the forbidden zone, she is both frightened and intrigued.

Choppy Socky Blues
By Ed Briant

In the South of England, fourteen-year-old Jay resumes contact with his father, a movie stuntman and karate instructor, after two years of estrangement to impress a girl who turns out to be the girlfriend of Jay's former best friend.

She Thief
By Daniel Finn

When Demi--a master pickpocket working for the gang leader Fay--steals a ring, his partner in crime, Baz, soon finds herself alone and betrayed as police and the Barrio's crime boss close in on Fay and her den of child thieves.

Bro-Jitsu: The Martial Art of Sibling Smackdown
By Daniel H. Wilson

Presents a humorous look into sibling rivalry while examining classic moves such as, noogies, wedgies, and the wet-towel snap.

Thief Eyes
By Janni Lee Simner

Haley's mother disappeared while on a trip to Iceland, and a year later, when her father takes her there to find out what happened, Haley finds herself deeply involved in an ancient saga that began with her Nordic ancestors.

Friend Is Not a Verb
By Daniel Ehrenhaft

While sixteen-year-old Hen's family and friends try to make his supposed dreams of becoming a rock star come true, he deals with the reality of being in a band with an ex-girlfriend, a friendship that may become love, and his older sister's mysterious disappearance and reappearance.

The Plague
By Joanne Dahme

Nell acts as a bodydouble for Princess Joan, but after Joan dies of the plague, her brother, the Black Prince, wants Nell to assume the princess' identity and marry a prince, while Nell tries to escape in order to tell the king the truth about his daughter.