Angry with her mother, twelve-year-old runaway Ren finds an unusual boarding house in a nearby ghost town, Fortune, where she meets some interesting people and learns of a forgotten treasure from when the town was famous for buttons made of Mississippi River shells.

From the publisher. Iris Anderson is only 15, but she's quickly mastering the art of deception in this YA novel for fans of Veronica Mars. It's the fall of 1942 and Iris's world is rapidly changing. Her Pop is back from the war with a missing leg, limiting his ability to do the physically grueling part of his detective work. Iris is dying to help, especially when she discovers that one of Pop's cases involves a boy at her school. Now, instead of sitting...

Corey recounts the adventures and misadventures of his Dalmatian, Mister Mosely.

Sophie FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Nazis attacked. But now war has come to England--and the rest of the world. Even as bombs rain down on London, hope springs up in surprising places and love blooms. And when the Allies begin their drive across Europe, the FitzOsbornes take heart--maybe there will be a way to liberate Montmaray and go home at last.

When a large black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household cowers in fear except for the youngest Hope, who has the courage to face the black dog.

Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it. She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans.

Very Sales-Woodruff is done being a good girl. Done being the only responsible one in a family that?s unraveling. Done being the obliging girlfriend in a relationship that?s sinking. Done saying no to what she wants?like Dominic, her rebellious classmate. With her mom?s drinking, her dad?s extended absences from home, and her younger sister, Ramona, running wild, the path Very has always seen for herself doesn?t seem to matter anymore. At the same...

After a farmer brings them a goblin egg, Ivy and Grandmother are stuck with a shrieking, mischievous baby until Ivy decides to brave the dark forest to find the goblin's family.

A girl shocks her parents by bringing home her vegetarian boyfriend while a private detective digs for truths about this seemingly normal family hiding secrets of their cannibalism.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson are a great foster family for dogs, so when Aunt Amanda calls and says she has a troubled pet named Oscar; will they be able to help him out?