Kie and N'Rah embark on a crucial mission to secure an alliance with the Sky King and obtain winged horses for the empire's soldiers before their world is destroyed, but gaining the Sky King's trust is harder than they imagined.

The most popular--and hated--girl in school is murdered and the suspects are aplenty, but when Dawn becomes the number one, she must uncover the truth before another person dies.

"Everyone is a turtle in Turtletown. So when Tootie meets Teeny, she thinks that Teeny must be a turtle, too. Tootie and Teeny do everything together-until one day, Teeny starts sprouting feathers. Is Teeny a turtle at all, or is she something else?" --back cover.

A cryptic message forces eighteen-year-old American Edda to investigate what secrets followed her across the ocean, even as she tries to make sense of her time as a telephone operator on the French front lines of World War I.

"Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. You don't learn about it in school, you don't hear 'ace' on television. So, it's kinda hard to be ace in a society so steeped in sex that no one knows you exist. Too many young people grow up believing that their lack of sexual desire means they are broken, so writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both in the ace community, are here to shed light on society's misconceptions of asexuality...

"The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore-a necromancer and former smuggler-to his right hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the sainted court and help the people of Dellaire. Butnot everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kyrithean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore's old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian's changed. No longer...

Shark princesses Kitana and Mack are back, just in time to attend the ocean's first Surfin' Sharks competition! Surfing is Mack's favorite sport, and he's been working really hard on his routine. But after a high-flying performance, he becomes discouraged once he sees a more talented shark and decides to quit for good. But after some helpful encouragement from Kitana and a young shark who admires his skills, Mack learns that surfing isn't all about...

"From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of...

"As hardworking families and ambitious dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by the gun found themselves facing justice-and vengeance . . . It was supposed tobe a simple robbery. A fortune in gold for the taking. What Hack Long and his outlaws hadn't figured on was the Texas Rangers pouncing on them like a pack of rabid wolves. Desperate to escape, Long...

A selection from 1961- 2004 of the "best" of The Fantastic Four, the superhero group composed of Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, the Human Torch, and the Invisible Girl, four ordinary humans who gained extraordinary powers when they are exposed to cosmic rays in space.