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WARNING: This story contains excessive talk of murder, ruthless leaders, injustice, society ranks, war, and terrorism. Reader discretion is advised.   On her tenth birthday, Meticulous Jones, known to her friends as Metty, receives her fate, as all children do, in the form of a magical tattoo on her hand. She hopes that her ink […]

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Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative, Ruthie Reynard, a famous aviator, they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing-walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind […]

Middle School

Owen Godfrey is spending his summer in Paris studying science fiction writer Jules Verne, the brilliant mind behind Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. When Owen and his new friends find what appears to be a dusty copy of Verne’s collected works in an old bookshop, they’re intrigued by the hidden codes […]

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Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times, and the future is no longer certain. While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by a painted crow. But when […]

Middle School

What if you lived in a world without books? After a devastating Blight killed off all the trees, paper is worth more than just about anything. Juni’s parents died when she was young, so now it’s just her and Grandpa Edgar. When she’s not in school, Juni and her friends Doler and Quaze turn to […]

Middle School

WARNING: Spoilers Ahead   Bernadette Crowley feels like she’s finally getting a handle on her diabetes diagnosis. At least, she can finally manage to not summon a demon every time she checks her blood sugar. But without her Grandma Orla, who disappeared into the demon dimension while protecting their family’s coven, even big wins don’t […]

Middle School

WARNING: Spoilers Ahead! Read the first book before continuing!   Lavinia “Vin” Lucas has finally found a home. At Last Hope School, she’s made friends (including a magical fire sprite!) who love her for who she is, and gifted headmistress Ava Hope is guiding her in her newfound abilities as a Chameleon. But after the […]

Middle School

Defeating an evil sorceress was supposed to be the hard part. But now that Faye has succeeded in saving Celurdur from the Shadow Queen, she has an entirely different set of challenges to face. To become the first Witch of the West, she must win the favor of the country’s three wizards—North, South, and East. Their trials […]

Middle School

WARNING: This story includes descriptions of decomposing bodies, maggots, and death. Reader discretion is advised.   No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez squeamish. Seriously, whether it’s guts, bugs, or anything else that you might find at the Central Texas Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF), to her and her dad, the university’s body farm is just home. […]

Middle School

Charlie Greer is nothing special. At least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Research and Investigations, tracking down all things supernatural, […]

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