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Bleeding Hearts (Drake Chronicles)

Alyxandra Harvey · Walker Childrens; No Edition Stated edition
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

As vampires from all over the world descend on the Drake farm for the Blood Moon gathering, security is ramped up. Lucy has been temporarily banned, for her own safety—and to allow Solange some time to adjust to her new existence. But their enemies realize how much Lucy means to the family,...
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Night World No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder

L.J. Smith · Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback

Night World Volume includes books one through three of the New York Times bestselling series by the author of The Vampire DiariesVampires werewolves witches shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge Night World is their secret society a secret society with very strict rules...
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Desert Rage: A Lena Jones Mystery

Betty Webb · Poisoned Pen Pr
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback

Ferociously ambitious U.S. Senatorial candidate Juliana Thorsson has been keeping a secret. The horrific slaughter of a prominent doctor, his wife, and their ten-year-old son inside their Scottsdale home brings Thorsson to Private Investigator Lena Jones. The slain family's 14-year-old,...
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The Brides of Rollrock Island

Margo Lanagan · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings—and to catch their wives.The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold...
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A Dangerous Magic

Donald Hounam · Carolrhoda Lab TM
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Frank Sampson has a hard time following the rules. He's smart-mouthed and not so good with people. He also happens to be a highly gifted forensic sorcerer. So when the Bishop of Oxford is beheaded, Frank is called in to help solve the case. The mystery of the bishop's murder...
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Night Sky

Suzanne Brockmann · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

A gripping page-turner from first to last...The start of something that can only be described as greater-than. -Kirkus Starred ReviewThey could be hunting you.Hunted. Kidnapped. Bled. Someone is snatching girls and draining them for a secret thats in their blood. A hormone that makes them...
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The Scar Boys

Len Vlahos · Random House Distribution childrens
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover

A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk rock. The chords of a rock 'n' roll road trip in a coming-of-age novel that is a must-read story about finding your place in the world...even if you carry scars inside and out. In attempting to describe himself in his college application essay--help...
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Divergent

Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 487
Format: Paperback

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest) , Abnegation (the selfless) , Dauntless (the brave) , Amity (the peaceful) , and Erudite (the intelligent) . On an appointed...
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Goldenhand

Garth Nix · Harper
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas...
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Human body : library edition.

Richard Walker · Dk Publishing
Pages: 72
Format: Library Binding

Focusing on contemporary and historical developments in the study of human anatomy, this features clear, age appropriate text, photographs, charts, graphics, and 3-D models highlighting the inner workings of our bodies -- from the framework of our skeleton to the millions of tiny cells...
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Ghosts of Alcatraz and Other Hauntings of the West

Suzanne Garbe · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Book

Are ghosts real? Take a trip through the Western United States and decide for yourself! Brave Alcatraz Island, check in to the Stanley Hotel, and climb aboard the Queen Mary. A spooky adventure awaits!
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Scorched

Mari Mancusi · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover

Save the Dragon. Destroy the World. Trinity Foxx is used to her grandfather's crazy stories, so she doesn't believe the latest treasure he brought home to their failing West Texas museum is a real dragon's egg. Not until Connor Jacks, a dragon hunter from the future, tells Trinity that...
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Hattie Ever After

Kirby Larson · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Library Binding

After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dream, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to be a reporter, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand...
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Elegy

Amanda Hocking · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

In a frightful world of dark magic and savage beauty, two sisters are about to discover that love is the most powerful weapon of all. Don't miss Elegy, the mesmerizing final chapter of the Watersong series!An ancient curse robbed Gemma Fisher of everything that matters most -- her friends,...
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