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Lissie fearlessly embraces new experiences when she travels to Guatemala with her dad and grandmother.

Septimus is not good at being a badger. At least, that's what he thinks. He loves glorious sunsets and aromatic cheese, sad Italian operas and delicately whorled seashells. It's unbadgerlike, frankly, and lonely, too. And those spots on his snout! There are times Septimus wonders if he's even a badger at all. When a gull of few words lands on his windowsill, Septimus leaps at the possibility of friendship. Naturally, badger and bird have their differences,...

When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.

Forbidden to contact her pregnant sister after her strict Catholic parents send her to stay with a great-aunt, Evie secretly sends her letters, writing about their family, her life, and the new girl in school, June, who may be more than a friend.

Esmerelda Santos is a rare bruja, born with Chaos magic in her veins. She and her family are direct descendants of one of the four original witches, a mysterious legend about the night magic was born in San Bosco. But since the death of her mother, Esme is more concerned about healing their father's spiraling grief. When Esme finds a heart spell in a forbidden grimorio, she thinks it could be the answer to making her dad whole again. But before she...

"When Bunny Baxter starts seventh grade at a school in a new district where none of her friends go, she must find a way to overcome her social anxiety to make new friends"-- Provided by publisher. "If Bunny Baxter were an insect, she'd have so many ways to slip through seventh grade unnoticed. But she's tall instead of tiny, has flaming red Medusa hair instead of camouflage, and she suffers from social anxiety, which makes it hard to be part of a...

"Willow, Aspen, and Eulalia (their faithful chicken) find a mysterious seedling in a neglected corner of their greenhouse. Unable to identify the sprout from their plant guide, they name it Raisin--after a tiny but clever creature from one of Aspen's poems. Each morning Willow races to the greenhouse with her watering can, yet Raisin remains small as ever. Hoping the salt air will usher new growth, the two friends strap Raisin snugly to their basket...

"While on a weeks-long visit to her aunt Verity's house, eleven-year-old Elsby discovers there is more to the cats living in the house next door than first meets the eye"-- Provided by publisher.

In 1894 Oregon, Sally O'Malley is thrown out of her job and embarks on a journey to the sea, only to discover that true bravery is not about facing danger alone but about learning to rely on others.

When high school senior Bree receives a coveted invitation to her ex-best friend Madison's birthday, she hopes for reconciliation, but instead finds herself trapped in a virtual reality that Madison and her friends never want her to leave.