The Lost Crown
By Sarah Miller
In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by world war and revolution.
Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Presents thirteen short stories by various science fiction authors which center around the theme of life on the planet Mars.
Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto
By Paul B. Janeczko
Janeczko's powerful poems, accented with historic illustrations by actual inmates, convey the horrors of the Czech concentration camp Terezín.
How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend
By Gary Ghislain
Fourteen-year-old David, the son of a famous French psychologist, falls in love with Zelda, a new patient who believes she is from outer space, and soon they are tearing through Paris in search of her chosen one, Johnny Depp, so that she can take him to her home planet, Vahalal.
The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills
By Joanna Pearson
Aspiring anthropologist Janice Wills reports on the socio-cultural ordeals of being an almost-seventeen-year-old in Melva, North Carolina, including "Beautiful Rich Girls," parties, and the Miss Livermush pageant.
87 Ways to Throw a Killer Party
By Melissa Daly
Offers party planning advice with themes and suggestions for games, movies, and activities.
Daughter of Xanadu
By Dori Jones Yang
Emmajin, the sixteen-year-old eldest granddaughter of Khublai Khan, becomes a warrior and falls in love with explorer Marco Polo in thirteenth-century China.
Sidekicks
By Jack D. Ferraiolo
Scott Hutchinson has an alternate identity as Bright Boy, the sidekick of Phantom Justice, but with the help of his rival sidekick, Monkeywrench, Scott begins to question whether Phantom Justice is really a hero, which leads to a dangerous confrontation.
Corsets and Clockwork
Edited by Trisha Telep
Collects thirteen original stories set during the Victorian era, including tales of steam-powered machines, family secrets, and love.
Science: The Incredible Visual Guide
By Clive Gifford
Introducing the key aspects of science, this book covers all the crucial topics from atoms and evolution to explosive chemical reactions.
Putting Makeup on Dead People
By Jen Violi
Donna's discovery, that she wants to be a mortician, helps her come into her own and finally understand that moving forward doesn't mean forgetting someone you love.
The Absolute Value of Mike
By Kathryn Erskine
Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money to adopt a Romanian orphan.
Displacement
By Thalia Chaltas
After tragedy strikes her family, Vera runs away to a small desert town where she tries unsuccessfully to forget her grief and sorrow.
