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Buzz, Vanessa, Carter, and Jane are no closer to being rescued than they were when they first found themselves stranded on a deserted island.

A newlywed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore.

Butch Karp has never shied away from a difficult case, and when Croatian terrorists hijack a plane and kill an NYPD bomb squad cop in a bomb blast, he's eager to prosecute the high-profile killers.

Manhattan assistant district attorney Roger "Butch" Karp has been around New York long enough to realize that the judicial system can be dirty and cynical. But he still believes in justice.

Finding a rare zucchini-colored crayon leads twelve-year-old River Monroe and his friends on an adventure with their eccentric neighbor to save Earth from invading interstellar storm troopers.

Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their work and maybe even dull. But take another look.

In Death of a Gossip, gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters is strangled, and Constable Hamish Macbeth faces no shortage of suspects.

Wren's world has changed. The thing that she fought for, escaping the dome has come to fruition, but it's not the paradise she thought it would be.

Coke and Pepsi McDonald don't want to get locked in their burning school, thrown into a pit at the top of a sand dune, or drowned in a vat of liquefied Spam.

Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked to be geniuses. They never asked to get lowered into a basket of boiling french fries, frozen in ice cream, or kidnapped on a roller coaster either.

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak.

In ancient Rome it was whispered that the great philosopher Plotinus could project his soul into another human being in a ritual that hinged on a kiss.

A haunting historical novella, Lowcountry Spirit tells the story of three slave girls with mystical powers living on an eerie island off the coast of Georgia.

A reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. Regime change had come on a global scale, creating the greatest power vacuum in history.

This heartwarming book is a collection of inspiring dog stories--dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day.