by Michael Scott
An ancient book is lost and the modern world could be torn at the seams. Twins Sophie and Josh Newman are swept up in a quest to protect the secret of eternal life when they meet Nicholas Flamel, the 700-year-old discoverer of the magic formula.
June 12th, 2009
by John Burnham Schwartz
Based on the life of Empress Michiko of Japan, this is the story of Haruko, the first commoner to marry into the mysterious, hermetic postwar Japanese monarchy. She hopes that her marriage will change Japan for the better, but her independence is stifled by the oppressive life at court.
February 27th, 2009
by Lisa See
Peony, the daughter of a wealthy family, dies before she can enter an arranged marriage. Her ghost narrates this complex tale of women’s lives in 17th century China.
February 27th, 2009
by Scott Westerfield
Tally can’t wait to turn 16 and get the operation that will make her perfectly beautiful – but when her friend Shay runs away to avoid the operation, Tally is given a choice: find the rebels who helped Shay escape, or never turn Pretty at all.
January 12th, 2009
At 9 years old, Liesel Meminger is taken from her mother to live with a foster family in Molching, Germany, during Hitler’s rise to power. A most unusual narrator, Death, recounts tales about Liesel’s life and the lives of the people she comes to love in her neighborhood.
January 7th, 2009
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