Sophomore Hallie Calhoun has just endured the most excruciating six months of her life. Once the rumors about her and the preacher's son, Luke, made their way around school, her friends abandoned her, and as a result, Hallie has completely withdrawn. Now on a hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains with the same people who have relentlessly taunted her, Hallie is pushed to her limit. Then Hallie, outgoing newcomer Rachel, and Jonah-Hallie's former friend-get...

In this delightful story of perseverance and survival from Russia, two frog sisters learn the truth of that old saying, "It ain't over 'til it's over," or, "The opera isn't over until the fat frog sinks."

Star the starling wants to sing all by himself so that everyone will look at his beautiful feathers . . . but when a hawk comes hunting, Star discovers that there's more strength and power in community than in being alone. This thrilling original fable about why starlings flock in murmurations and why their wings have speckles will draw readers in again and again. In this thrilling original fable, a young starling learns the value of community when...

A girl. A boy. Bridget. Dylan. Very bad things can happen to families. And when very bad things--the worst--do happen to their families, Bridget and Dylan believe they must escape a cruel world that threatens even them. Together they run away to the deep isolated wilderness of northern California, far away from other people. To survive there is brutally hard yet always surrounded by great beauty. Painfully they learn the lessons of the mountains....

Winner of Purple Dragonfly Book Award Endorsed by OCTA, Oregon-California Trails Association Endorsed by The End of The Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City and WyoHist.org Who better to narrate the story of the Oregon Trail than the arrogant but lovable ox pulling his family in a covered wagon from Missouri to Oregonin 1843? Ollie Ox, and his yoke mate, Herb, describe quite an adventure as they cross vast expanses of rugged, inhospitable wilderness...

Owen's plan to sail away on an adventure puts him on a collision course with some very dangerous people. When Owen's parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old gets bored and hatches a crazy idea: sneak onto the yacht that's visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast Island where he lives and stow away on an adventure! Once on board the vessel, Owen quickly finds this is anything but innocent fun. The ship is packed with teenagers from Central...

Two girls have recently disappeared near the town where Stephanie lives. She is concerned but is sure that it could never happen to her. But then it does. Tied up and alone far from home, she manages to escape her captor and run for her life. But she is in the middle of nowhere, with no food, no shelter and no way home. And worst of all, she has run away before, so she is sure that the police will not take her disappearance seriously. She will need...

When disaster strikes, the only thing you can count on is yourself! A winter trip in the remote Michigan wilderness seemed like the perfect way for Jayden to get to know his new foster family. Though he doesn't have much in common with siblings Maggie and Connor, he's hoping they'll get to like each other over snow mobile races and steaming mugs of cocoa.But when the snow really starts to come down, the family van crashes and the three kids must...

Lily, Simon, and Michael are still trapped in their Minecraft game, but with new friends and a better understanding of their arch enemy Mr. Anarchy, they're getting closer to finding a way home. But before they can fight the evil griefer and escape the game, the friends need to replenish their resources-and that means trekking deeper into the Overworld. When their mining party is attacked and hostile mobs reveal surprising new powers, it looks like...

*** The Singing Bowl - Book 1 – The Warming Worlds Series *** Climate change is wreaking havoc on Thera, a sister planet to Earth. A novice monk mistakes two teenagers for climate experts at a protest in London, and assumes they are the chosen ones from the prophecy he has been selected to fulfil. He takes them to Thera to solve the greatest problem of our time - global warming. To succeed, these unlikely heroes must survive floods and wildfires,...