Grades 9-12
Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing, and now five of them have come back – unharmed. The problem is, they have no idea where they’ve been, so they can’t assist in the investigation to find their kidnappers. What’s more, no one knows what’s become of the last kid. Will they ever figure it out?
Grades 4-6
Twelve-year-old Alice Mayfair is keeping a huge secret – she’s not human. But who is she? In order to answer this question, she does some digging in her past. She plans to travel to New York City to find the answers she’s looking for – but will she find it?
Grades 9-12
Josh and Emma have been friends and neighbors their whole lives. Their lives change when they receive AOL CDs in the mail and load them onto their computers. From there, they’re able to log onto Facebook. The thing is, though, it’s currently 1996 and Facebook wasn’t invented until 2004. They suddenly realize that the decisions they make now will impact their lives in the future and are afraid of what they might change for the worse.
Grades 3-5
P.T. Wilkie loves living in a motel! He eats ice cream by the pool all day long, has a snack machine in his living room, and he has a giant alligator as a pet. The only thing the motel doesn’t have, though, is customers. If there aren’t any customers, then it will have to be closed, and P.T. could lose his home for good! Will he be able to save it before everything he loves goes down the tubes?
Grades 4-6
Sara Johnston-Fischer’s summer plans are cancelled when she finds out that she is going on a cross country train trip with her two sisters, one of their boyfriends and her two moms. It’s not what she had in mind, but it could be fun, right? Read This Would Make a Good Story Someday to find out what Sara’s summer has in store!
Grades 3-6
In book two of the Book Scavenger series, Emily and James are excited to crack all the mysterious codes that Mr. Quisling throws at them. They find his coded note and then uncover a bunch of encrypted messages in books by Mark Twain. Will they be able to crack them all?
Grades 4-6
This sequel to The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero picks up where the last book left off: Max had just escaped his locker after being stuffed there for a long three day weekend, surrounded by three criminals. Will he be a hero and save his middle school or a failure and let everyone down?
Ages 16+
16-year-old Kilee Brookbank’s life changed forever when she lit a candle in her home and an explosion left her homeless and with 3rd and 4th degree burns. Beautiful Scars is her story of strength, perseverance and her amazing road to recovery.
Grades 3-6
Perry’s mom is an inmate at Blue River Co-Ed Correctional Facility in Surprise, Nebraska. He was born and raised there, and he knows all the rules and all the inmates. The new district attorney, however, finds out about Perry’s living arrangements, and forces Perry to live “on the outside” in a foster home. Perry is determined to find answers about his mom’s crime and discover the truth about why she’s really behind bars.
Ages 18+
Billy Harney is the son of Chicago’s Chief of Detectives, and he followed in his father’s footsteps. His twin sister Patty is also a cop. Billy is involved in a shootout and left for dead, but amazingly survives. Now he’s charged with a double homicide and desperately wants to clear his good name. The problem is, he has no recollection of what went down in the hours preceding the events. He puts his detective work to good use, and finds a little black book that everyone in Chicago wants to get their hands on. He is happy he found the book because it will help him solve the case, but at the same time he is afraid that the truth might not set him free.
