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A skilled martial artist beyond his years, 15-year-old Sparrow is on a grueling quest in search of a man with golden eyes, when he stumbles into a feud between two rival martial arts academies—one run by the brutish Master Mon, and the other by the wise Master Shin.

*A William C. Morris Award Finalist* It’s Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale! Ever since the world filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons started popping out on the reg, Jasper’s life has gotten worse and worse. A teenage nobody with no friends or family, he is plagued...

Just your average tech genius and sword-fighting enthusiast, inventing a device that could unlock the universe…or lead to its total destruction. After a decade of research and development, I've done it. I've created a personal wormhole transportation device, a feat that should have been the pinnacle of my career. But all my excitement turns to horror when I realize my boss is willing to kill to get his hands on my invention. Suddenly, the groundbreaking device I created becomes a deadly weapon, and the only way to survive is to use it.

Was humanity cursed after 9/11? These are trying times for many people. Quality of life seems to be on an accelerating downward slide that began on September 11, 2001. It is as if an unknown hand were tracing downward strokes on a cosmic touchscreen. Some would say the hand would be divine. Others, demonic. Still, others would blame witchcraft and black magic. Environmentalists might define the hand as humanity's own. Scientists would rule themselves out and deny that any science could be mad.

On a fishing trip with his best friend, Mike, Sam Gunther witnesses a brutal crime at the hands of the infamous Stangler Brothers. Scared, he and Mike try to sneak away, but Mike is caught and murdered. When Sam returns to the scene with the police, all evidence has vanished, and the officers appear unwilling to investigate further. Sam makes plans to avenge his friend’s death, but when his act of revenge turns tragic, he must flee to protect his family from retribution. Hiding in a cave in the Arbuckle Mountains, Sam struggles to survive with the skills learned from his Green Beret father.

I am a Time Traveler. According to the reckoning of the approved timeline (ATL), such has been my position for nigh unto seven months now. To be sure much has occurred since my arrival....

When Mike and Sam discover a message leading to ancient treasure on an uncharted island, they plot to escape their orphanage to hunt for the treasure. But the cruel administrator, Ms. Schwartz, has other plans for them. Can the genius boys escape in time? And what bizarre adventures await them on the mysterious Sun Stone Island?

The Core has labeled the authorized version of THE TIMELINE we constantly endeavor to maintain as the “approved timeline”—or ATL for short. To be sure, I once believed that time flowed like a river from point A to point B and then to point C, and so forth. Unfortunately, I have come to understand that it absolutely does not unfold in such an orderly fashion. The day of my departure from this mortal coil was as normal as these departures tend to be in all respects but one: It would be the occasion of my recruitment.

From the celebrated author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan, comes another humorous and poignant early middle grade novel. My Life Begins! explores how life begins for Jacob when his triplet sisters are born, and how siblings get to know each other as time, and love, evolve. Jacob...

Three simple steps to wizarding domination. Step One: Find the books stolen from the magical library. Step Two: Steal back the books and bring them to New York. Step Three: Declare wizarding domination. I feel like this is a pretty solid plan. I'm probably wrong...

Being a wizard is hazardous to your health.

Soryn and Lucas leave their small village in quest of fame and fortune, when a beggar man on the road tells them of a treasure hidden within the neighboring Kingdom of Dahut. When he offers directions on where these riches can be found, he omits an important detail: The castle in which it is hidden is the home of Dahut's reigning royalty and where twin princesses violently battle for the queen's crown. Will Soryn and Lucas lose themselves in the brutal political fight between Princess Elana and Princess Vivian - while stealing the treasure from the depths of Castle Laurent?

I used to be your typical nerd, a total weakling, letting bullies like Bobby Graden push me around. Then one day, Bobby and I got hit by a car. Somehow, the accident changed us, as if something inside us responded. It made us strong, more than strong, actually. It gave us power. That power brought us together, our shared secret creating a friendship despite our differences. Bobby and I could do things no one else could, and it was exhilarating, fun. Until the day we found out we weren’t alone. And that, for others, power can be deadly serious.

When 16-year-old Deb heads to a roller derby tournament in Vegas, she hardly expects to skate against so many dangerous fairies - much less for The Realm to experience a coup in her absence. What follows is an odyssey among fairy nightlife, beastly derby girls, blown-out casinos, and a mermaid with a hankering for a Philly cheesesteak. Separated from her best friend Harlow, can Deb keep her head, or will she lose herself to the Dark Queen Sardonica?

A big prank becomes a big yikes in this second book in the New Norm middle grade series about surviving the cringe and chaos of middle school both online and IRL. It only takes a stack of sticky notes to start the great prank challenge at Meadowview Middle School. Now everything and everyone is...

A chronically online middle schooler tries to bring his social media fame into his real life in this new middle grade series about surviving cringe both on the internet and IRL! Everyone’s got a lot to say on the Meadowview Middle School social media forum. From roasts of Mrs. Klinger’s...

In this second book from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and acclaimed author Phuc Tran’s bestselling Cranky series, Cranky is feeling extra cranky when a new crane joins the crew. There’s a new crane on the construction site! His name is...

Me and my friends escaped certain death in our universe and are now stuck in Orbem. Though I wonder, is it better to fight a super-powered CEO or psychotic evil sorcerer?