Nine-year-old Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art, her favorite class, has been cut. On top of that, her best friend Tessa seems to be spending more and more time with another girl. For help, Saige turns to her grandma Mimi, a well-known artist and horsewoman, who inspires her to take action. Can Saige find the courage to overcome her fears, save the art program and her friendship with Tessa?

"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...

One moment, Selena Cole is at the playground with her children; the next, she has vanished without a trace. The body of Dominic Newell, a well-respected lawyer, is found on a remote mountain road, blood oozing from the stab wound in his neck. In the sleepy borderland between England and Wales, sheep outnumber people and serious crimes are rare. Detective Constable Leah Mackay and her brother, Detective Sergeant Finn Hale, begin their respective investigations,...

"The distance between a boy and his crush shrinks every time she forgets her glasses! Komura starts his school year with a new seat neighbor in homeroom--the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he's nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who's always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal for Komura to get to know Mie better, will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!" --...

"All the time they've been battling the Easter Corporation, Amu and her friends have never known which side mysterious bad boy Ikuto has been on. Now Ikuto is in trouble and has only one place to hide: Amu's house! Will Amu finally learn Ikuto's secret?" -- from publisher's web site.

"Ikuto has disappeared, and it's up to Amu and her fellow Guardians to save him. But what about Tadase's mysterious past with Ikuto? And what does that mean for Amu and Tadase's relationship? Plus, Rima learns the truth about Nagihiko's double life!"--P. [4] of cover.

Bullied at school and lonely at home, Lena keeps hoping she'll have a true friend someday. One afternoon, her dreams come true, in the shape of a cuddly white lion cub! As Lena tries to keep playful Snowball out of trouble, the clumsy poachers who kidnapped the valuable cub, and the cruel trophy collector who paid for him, are desperate to get him back. As Lena races to rescue poor Snowball, her new friend Jake will do anything to help.

"The distance between a boy and his crush shrinks every time she forgets her glasses! The devastating effect Mie has on Komura intensifies, as does her inexplicable tendency to forget her glasses! But sometimes even a second pair of eyes isn't enough to keep Mie out of trouble! While Komura is more than happy to come to her rescue, will the added chaos of Valentine's Day be too much for his heart to handle?!" -- Page [4] cover.

A definitive account of the rescue mission to free hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls after their kidnapping by Boko Haram describes how a global social media campaign initiated with the Twitter hashtag #BringBackOurGirls prompted a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014, millions of Twitter users, including some of the worlds most famous people, unwittingly helped turn a group of 276 schoolgirls abducted by a little-known Islamist...

"The popular girls learn valuable lessons about fitting in and friendship in this adaptation of the '90s classic, Clueless" -- Dust jacket flap.