Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja, who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah wonders if her ability is more curse than gift. […]

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters. Her earliest memories are marked by these numbers. But it takes her father’s premature death for Maddie and her family to realize that these mysterious […]

Quinn Marcelo wouldn’t necessarily win the award for Most Popular Person at her school, but unbeknownst to her peers, Quinn entertains them at every football, basketball, and baseball game―as Peaches the Parrot, her high school’s God-like mascot. When someone sabotages the legendary Peaches costume at the Homecoming Game, Quinn’s left unmasked and humiliated. After all, […]

Lights. Camera. Lies. Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would move on. However, the case is […]

When Nico Walker’s older sister mysteriously disappears, her parents, family, and friends are devastated. But Nico can never admit what she feels: relief at finally being free of Sarah’s daily cruelties. Then the best and worst thing happens: four years later, after dozens of false leads, Sarah is found. But this girl is much changed […]

WARNING: This story features death, loss of mother and spouse, rude hand gestures, and a nudist French couple. Reader discretion is advised.   There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, his sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, […]

Twelve-year-old Lana isn’t looking for trouble when she ventures into the swampy marsh behind her family’s home in Galveston Bay. She’s just sweaty and bored and lonely, sick of sitting around doing nothing. Her family never goes anywhere. Her mom and her sisters want nothing to do with her, and none of them will talk […]

As the title says, Valentina Salazar is NOT a monster hunter. Her father broke away from his monster hunter family to become a monster protector. Val and her father, mother, and three older siblings traveled around the country searching for magical beings to save. When Val’s father is killed during a rescue mission, her mother […]

Selah is a dragon. Or at least, she feels like one. And she finally figured out how to spread her wings and soar. Armed with her sensory tools, her notebooks and poems, and her newfound knowledge about her autism, Selah is heading to writing camp for the summer. She’s excited to work on her writing, […]

Teddy Roosevelt grew up with a great love of nature. When he became the 26th president of the United States, he was called the “conservationist president”. He was a force of nature.   I was hoping Brad Meltzer would write about another president.   I was shocked by how much this man accomplished in his […]