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Ira Blechman waits for a train to take him home, the last train he will ever take on the last night of his miserable, schlubby life. He has a plan. It’s all worked out. In less than an hour, by his own hand, he will leave this Earth better off for the going. Funny thing about plans...they unravel. For Ira, the unraveling starts with a strange train he’s never seen; the train’s only passenger, an even stranger woman, out-of-place and between worlds and who knows him better than he knows himself; and a promise broken that has unforeseen consequences.

In 1964, NASA trained four young chimpanzees to survive in a hostile environment and sent them to the planet Mars. Their mission was to create an ecosystem for themselves underground and to create a colony of future chimps. The mission failed! The spacecraft disappeared off the radar as soon as it entered the exosphere, 6750 miles above the Earth. NASA had no idea what happened to the ship or its four occupants. It was a devastating time for NASA.

Ben and his friends are flying home when their airplane crashes on a remote island. Guided by the captain, the passengers try to stay alive and safe until rescue arrives. But Ben feels strange things happening. Soon, he meets a boy named Noke who saves Ben from drowning and from a swarm of killer bees. Then, 26 days into their ordeal, Ben meets Goldevere, a prisoner of the dragon, Black Knight. Goldevere tells Ben that he has the gift that can help both their people and that he needs to find his wife Silver for help. They must work quickly to save the world from the angry black dragon.

Derrick is used to small-town Midwestern life. At 17, he's learned to adjust to about anything. But when his parents decide to move to the small town of Dale, Indiana, after the death of his grandpa, his whole world is turned upside down. Nothing can help him adjust when he meets Timothy, the sexy son of an outdoorsman shop owner. Everything in his black-and-white world suddenly has color and meaning far beyond what he ever could have imagined.

Otis meets the mysterious Konichi Juan. What sort of training will he get? Who is Flowie? Why does Konichi Juan like to laugh so much? All these questions and more are answered in this audiobook!

How far would you go to be with your best friend? Would you give up a chance to travel to a new planet? Would you disobey your parent? How important would it be? These questions and others face 12-year-old Kennedy Barnes as he and his dad prepare for an interplanetary mission to Planet X489-B, a mission to bring Earth’s animals to a planet without animals. Or so they think.

Charlie Daniels is more than six feet tall, allergic to almost everything, and has a pet dinosaur at home. His life in Arizona is relatively normal. That is, apart from the nightmares Charlie has....

In 1875 Ohio, 12-year-old Cap Cooper is an aspiring inventor - and a reluctant graverobber - enlisted by his father to help pay for his mother's medical expenses. When one of the dead returns to life at his touch, Cap unearths a world of dark secrets that someone at the local medical school wants to keep buried. On the brink of discovery, he'll have to use every ounce of cunning he has to protect those he loves most and save his own skin.

Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks 15 cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him.

When an old pirate gives him a secret treasure map for safekeeping, Jim Hawkins is excited to finally have some adventure in his life. Jim assembles a pirate crew, finds a sailing ship, and sets course for the destination where he expects to find treasure beyond his wildest dreams. Along the way, he will have to learn how to protect himself and his loyal crew from the scoundrels who turn against him.

The time by the lake is everything perfect about a childhood summer…and maybe it also holds the answers Max needs. Give this tender middle grade novel to readers who love the mystery, friendships, and touches of magic in novels by Rebecca Stead and Laurel Snyder! To get Max and Rosie’s minds...

From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories—real and imagined—that they tell themselves to fill the empty space. From the moment...

Adaptation. Determination. Separation. At the end of book seven, Winston suffered a devastating injury and was blinded in his left eye, but he and the Rebellion are now in possession of a mysterious book and ingot. They must get these enigmatic items to Rocco and Reina for analysis. But, to do that, they will have to avoid Wofrathan and his dark steel sword. Will they discover the true nature of the book and ingot? Will Wofrathan capture them...or worse? Is Wes truly on the side of the Rebellion?

You’ve been waiting all year long. Now Easter’s here at last! You can try your best to catch me, but you know that I’m too fast!

Take the ride of a lifetime with this mother/son, crime/revenge thriller James Patterson praises as “audacious, addictive, highly entertaining.” ​ Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he...

There were so many things Edwin Hodge didn’t know when he paid $10 for a cool poster of Kobe Bryant at the local flea market. He didn’t know that hidden within the frame of the poster was an original drawing by Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists in history. He didn’t know the Picasso might be worth millions of dollars. He didn’t know that kids at school were going to treat him differently, or that he would become a world famous social media superstar.

This audiobook takes young listeners on an enchanting journey, showing how sunflower seeds transform into tall, golden blooms. With simple, engaging instructions on planting, watering, and caring for sunflowers, children can watch their own flowers grow and learn important lessons about patience, nurturing, and the wonders of nature.

It's dinnertime at Oskar's house, and his parents have lots of luscious suggestions: chicken skewers? A peanut stew? Maybe he'd like a shrimp ragout? But Oskar would prefer something off the menu—he wants to eat his brother! Hélène Gaudy's tale is a charming listen-aloud packed to the gills with wordplay that's perfect for bedtime.

Twelve-year-old Collin is always prepared for something to go wrong. Ever since he lost his mom in a car accident, he's filled his journal with careful research on how to survive any disaster: avalanches, riptides, even halitosis. Too bad there's no guidebook on what to do when your dad starts hoarding. Determined to hide his increasingly messy home life from his friends, Collin navigates middle school alongside the hilarious and clueless Liam, and Georgia, Collin's maybe-crush. Can Collin learn to be vulnerable around those he loves, even when he can't control every possible scenario?

Your guide to managing your mental health in uncertain political times He won. Now what? If the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election have you feeling overwhelmed and searching for ways to stay hopeful, you’re not alone. And this book is here to help. Part social media detox, part...