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|  | | All the Love You Write, A Hauntingly Sweet Romance
Two teenagers navigate a new relationship both helped and hindered by two meddling ghosts.
A story about young love, first love, true love, timeless love, and the power of love letters. Mark and Bethany are two mismatched high school seniors in a new relationship. It's doomed to fail. Mark has adored Bethany since middle school, and she's finally giving him a chance. Only, he's clumsy at romance and knows he'll lose her because of it. Bethany thinks Mark is sweet. Only, she's afraid to commit her whole heart to him because he's going into the army and she's headed off to college. Fifty years earlier, a boy and a girl from the same high school shared an amazing love story. They have | |  | | Antonio Vivaldi and the Baroque Tradition
A fascinating story of the mysterious life of the great classic composer. Co-written with Daniel Felsenfeld, it won the 2005 PSLA Top 40 nonfiction books and New York Library Best Books for the Teen.
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Teen environmentalist, Juniper Sawfeather, disovers mermaids during an oil spill. Can she save the from being exploited or killed?
Juniper Sawfeather is the teen daughter of environmental activists. When helping her father at a reported oil spill, she discovers real mermaids washed ashore, coated with oil. In her efforts to save them, she finds herself in a struggle between her parents, the media, a marine biologist (and his handsome young intern), the kids at school, and the oil company over the fat of the mermaids. Can she protect them from being exploited? Or killed? | |  | | Dragon Surf
All Eric wanted was to learn how to surf, not how to tame an angry dragon.
Eric Long’s dad is a champion surfer. His mom is an artist, obsessed with Chinese dragons. On his 15th birthday, both of his parents’ interests collide and change everything he knows about the world.
While on a surfing vacation with his father up near Santa Cruz, California, Eric has visions of a woman from Imperial China with the ability to control a dragon and the emperor who wanted to exploit her talent to fight a war. One foggy morning, Eric and a new surfing friend sneak down to see the off-limits Dragon’s Bluff beach near their motel, and he is rescued from drowning by a real-li | |  | | Echo of the Cliffs (The Juniper Sawfeather Trilogy, Book 3)
The thrilling conclusion to this contemporary fantasy series about a teen environmental activist who discovers mythical creatures.
Three warriors asked the sun to grant them wishes of immortality to protect their people forever. One was turned into a merman, another was turned into a tree, and the final warrior was turned into a stone.
Juniper Sawfeather has learned there is truth to this American Indian legend. She knows how it connects the mermaids she saved from an oil spill to the ancient spirit that trapped her in the branches of an Old Growth tree. June's mission to find this final piece of the legend and the mermaids that have gone missing becomes her most heroic and frightening adventure yet. A thrilling | |  | | George Frideric Handel and Music for Voices
An engaging and stirring account of the great German composer who composed Italian operas in England.
Winner of the PSLA Top 40 nonfiction books of 2005 and New York Library Best Books for the Teen. Co-written with Daniel Felsenfeld. Full color illustrations and library binding. | |  | | Johann Sebastian Bach and the Art of Baroque Music
A great biography of one of the greatest composers of all time, co-written with Daniel Felsenfeld. Winner of PSLA Top 40 non-fiction books of 2005 and the New York Library Best Book for the Teen. Full color illustrations and library binding.
| |  | | Johannes Brahms and the Twilight of Romanticism
A romantic and stirring account of the life of Johannes Brahms.
Winner of the PSLA Top 40 nonfiction books of 2005 and New York Library Best Books for the Teen. Co-written with Daniel Felsenfeld. Full color illustrations and library binding. | |  | | Lost on the Water - A Ghost Story
One girl's daring adventure turns into a frightful night lost in the middle of a lake in a boat that might be haunted.
One girl's daring adventure turns into a long frightful night lost on the water.
Forced to leave the California beach behind to spend the summer with her grandma in rural Tennessee, Dannie is certain this will be the most boring summer of her life. Things start looking up when a group of local kids, mistaking her short hair and boyish figure, invite her on their 'no girls allowed' overnight kayaking trip. Obviously, her grandma refuses to let her go. But Dannie suspects the real reason is that the woman is afraid of the lake, only she won't tell Dannie why.
Longing for fr | |  | | No One Needed to Know
Heidi's older brother is Autistic. Will she get bullied and teased, like he is, if her friends find out about him?
Heidi’s brother, Donald, is 16 and Autistic. She has always loved playing with him, but now she's 11 and her life is changing. She’s embarrassed to have her brother around and tries not to tell anyone about him. High school boys bully him. When the kids at her school find out about him, she gets bullied too. It’s not fair. No one seems to understand what she's going through.
But Heidi needs to understand too. She can't change her brother, but she can change how she feels about him, and she can get people to see why her brother is special.
| |  | | Passing Notes
Why would a ghost teach Mark how to write love letters? And if Mark follows the advice, will he win the heart of the girl he adores? A heartwarming story about young love, family, and a helpful ghost.
Mark has finally gotten the attention of the girl of his dreams. Only, his lame attempts at romance through texts and emails seem to be turning her off. When he gets put in the back of the room in an over-full class at school, he begins to discover old notes giving advice about how to write a great love letter. At first he thinks he’s stumbled on some long-forgotten notes passed in class ages ago, but every time he reads them they seem directed specifically to him. They also appear at the perfect moment each time he needs more advice. It’s like someone is haunting him.
How do the note | |  | | Richard Wagner and German Opera
A fascinating telling of the strange and disturbing man that was Richard Wagner.
Winner of the PSLA Top 50 Nonfiction books of 2005 and New York Library Best Books for the Teen. Co-written with Daniel Felsenfeld. Full color illustrations and library binding. | |  | | Saving Christmas Spirit
Saving Christmas Spirit is an action-packed fantasy tale for children and adults who want to continue the loving fun of Christmas beyond the night of December 25th. It is the only Christmas story that picks up where Christmas ends, making it the perfect Holiday present. It was also a 2000 Finalist in the International Writing Competition hosted by WriteMovies.com.
Hayley Cummings doesn't believe in Santa Claus anymore. She thinks Christmas is just about getting presents. But when Christmas day is ruined for her, her sister, and the three kids who live in the back house, she thinks Christmas isn't worth much after all. All five children decide to run away to find Christmas spirit and bring it back to their parents. As they're walking down the street the day after Christmas they see people already throwing out their trees and decorations. They are terribly dishearted until they decide to gather up some of the discarded decorations and throw their own | |  | | Songwriter Night: A Musical Romance
Love blossoms between two aspiring singers at an evening of music, creativity, friendship and rivalry in this sweet romantic comedy novella.
Romance blossoms between two aspiring Country music songwriters at an evening of creativity, friendship, and rivalry in this feel-good, sweet romantic comedy novella.
Lyle is working on lyrics at a coffee house in Nashville when he hears humming from a gorgeous girl across the room. He works up the courage to introduce himself and finds out that Trish is a songwriter too and is new in town. Lyle invites her to his songwriting critique group with hopes of getting to know her better.
The fun evening of quirky characters and light-hearted singing is going great until it's | |  | | Songwriter Showcase
Emotions run high and jealousy reigns when the members of songwriter group night enter a talent competition against each other.
Emotions run high and jealousy reigns when the members of songwriter group night enter a talent competition against each other.
It’s been a couple months since Trish attended her first songwriter night and started her relationship with Lyle. Things have been going nicely for them but haven’t been quite as smooth for Odetta and Neil. These new relationships are put to the test when all four of them enter a big songwriting competition where the finalists will perform in a showcase in front of a panel of judges. The winner will get an offer of agent representation and a possible recordin | |  | | The Royal Deal (Chasing the Romantics, A Series of Original Fairy Tales, 1)
An original fairy tale about a princess makes a dangerous bargain with her father to win the right to choose her husband.
A pampered princess is told she must marry a prince she doesn't like, let alone love, on her nineteenth birthday. Desperate to find a way to stop this arranged marriage, she makes a bargain with her father. If she can survive for three months in the forest with no help of any kind and return healthy and unharmed, then she can choose the man she will marry. The King accepts the wager, knowing he can't possibly lose. Princess Faith knows she must win this deal, but once she ventures into the forest, she has no idea how she can possibly succeed. | |  | | The Silent Beauty (Chasing the Romantics, Original Fairy Tales, 3)
A vain woman becomes the victim of a vindictive curse in this original fairy tale novella.
Colleeda is a beautiful but wickedly vain young woman. Of all her assets, the one she prizes most is the sound of her voice. Her favorite game is to attract young men and then leave them heartbroken. It's all fun until she chooses to lure one man away from his fiancée—and that woman is rumored to be a witch bent on revenge. Colleeda is cursed to never speak or sing again, except for a couple minutes in the wee hours of the morning when no one can possibly hear her.For years, Colleeda mourns the loss of her voice, believing she is no longer beautiful or desirable. She lives in solitude as her | |  | | The Tomato Quest (Chasing the Romantics, Original Fairy Tales, 2)
A gardener must complete an impossible task to earn the hand of the girl he loves in this original fairy tale about true love, adventure, honor, magic and a basket of tomatoes.
Dash and Lillian are in love, but her wealthy father won’t permit them to be married because Dash is not a suitable match. He is nothing but the son of the family’s gardener. To be rid of the young man, Lillian’s father claims that the only way Dash could ever earn Lillian’s hand in marriage is to find his fortune in the time it takes a basket of fresh tomatoes to rot. Naturally, Sir Barrymore isn’t serious about this challenge, but Dash sees it as his only chance to win the hand of the woman he loves. He leaves immediately on a quest to find a way to complete this impossible task. Meanwhile, | |  | | The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A detailed and riveting account of the events that led up to and followed the biggest workplace tragedy in New York prior to 9/11.
The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 killed nearly 150 people who either were locked into the fire and burned to death or leaped from the windows 9 stories up. The tragedy of this fire brought about changes in workplace conditions and new laws about building safety and regulating working situations so that people wouldn't be locked into unsafe sweatshops. Received starred review from School Library Journal. | |  | | Whisper of the Woods (The Juniper Sawfeather Trilogy, Book 2)
Teen environmentalist, Juniper Sawfeather, is trapped 170 feet up in a 1,000 year old tree by an ancient tree spirit who doesn't want to let her down or allow anyone to save her. Will her feet ever touch the ground again?
Juniper Sawfeather seems to have a talent for finding mythological creatures. Or maybe the creatures are finding her.
The mermaids she saved from the oil spill (Cry of the Sea) are long gone. There's no evidence of them, and she's been branded as a liar and a fake in the media and at school. Her environmental activist parents have moved on to a protest to save Old Growth trees from being chopped down. Juniper becomes obsessed with one of the trees, and it appears the tree is obsessed with her too. Soon, she is trapped 170 feet above the ground, and the magical spirit that resides in t |
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K9 Mine
by Shannon MacLeod
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 Corporal Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog, but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead.. As his normal world spirals into chaos, he is thrust into a centuries-old conflict with stakes higher than he ever imagined. |
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