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A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton’s stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn in his side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary and radio immortals.

Bryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was made into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson...

In the early morning hours of Day Zero, an urgent phone call comes in to Theo Atkinson, head of the QXR Mercenary Group. In mere hours, the country will be at war with the undead, giving Theo and his men precious little time to secure the island of Hilton Head, before they are overrun by zombies. This prequel to the ongoing Dead America - Lowcountry series is fast-paced, action-packed, and full of zombie warfare.

Just as Long as We're Together is Judy Blume's classic novel about changing friendships. From the bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Stephanie and Rachel have been best friends for years, in spite of their differences. Alison is new in town, and immediately becomes an...

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

From the author of the international bestseller, IF I STAY, now a major film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there’s an undeniable...

'First love at its finest' JASMINE GUILLORY 'Five stars for Audre & Bash are Just Friends' MEG CABOT MEET AUDRE. Junior class president. Debate team captain. Unofficial student therapist. Desperately in need of a good time. MEET BASH. Mysterious new senior. Everybody's crush. Tall, floppy, great...

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Rest of the Story comes a moving novel about the power of finding and speaking your truth. When she’s modeling, Annabel Greene is the picture of perfection—the girl who has everything. But her real life is far from perfect...

Tyler's story from the sensational DID I MENTION I LOVE YOU series. "And all that's left is me. The Tyler who doesn't know who he really is." At seventeen, Tyler Bruce is hot - a hot mess. His girlfriend is a knockout, his reputation untouchable, parties are nothing without him. Even his car is...

In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast. Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s okay with that. After all, she has a great family, a goofy group...

Slow down, reflect, and connect with yourself and the world around youIn today's busy and "congested" world, it is easy to get lost in our heads, questioning life, its meaning, our purpose, and even God. But sometimes, we fail to realize that all we need to do is stop, be in the moment, and find...

Alice Bell has one goal: to play for the elite junior hockey team the Chicago Falcons. But when she's passed over at tryouts for being a girl, she'll do anything to make her dream a reality . . . even disguising herself as her twin brother. With her amazing skills on the ice, Alice is sure she'll fit in easily. That is, until she starts falling for one of her teammates . . . 

From the New York Times bestselling author of If I See You Again Tomorrow comes a stunningly romantic, speculative novel about a teen looking for his missing dad, who keeps getting pulled into others’ memories and crossing paths with a handsome stranger who also doesn’t belong there. Caspen...

In this queer literary romance, childhood friendship blossoms into heartfelt one-sided yearning which then evolves into something more. “The heartache and longing of witnessing a beloved character pine hopelessly over her best friend has never brought me this much unadulterated joy...

In this YA standalone perfect for fans of Tobly McSmith and Meredith Russo, the first out trans girl at an all-girls school must choose between keeping her head down or blazing a trail. Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits—not on...

EDGAR AWARD FINALIST A timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer of a mother disappears. “A witty, off-beat, and strangely charming look at just how far an eldest child will go to keep their younger siblings together.”—School...

In a world where everyone knows the date they will die, Regan's job is to be the perfect girlfriend to rich boys with days to live. Her two rules: Don't fall in love. Don't have hope. So far, she's been able to follow them, but will the last client between her and a full-time "Juliet" contract...

The world ended. Greg's real life finally began. For twenty-eight years, Greg survived the corporate trenches. Premium dark roast at 7 AM. Then, Rachel from HR policing the microwave. Brad stealing credit in projects. Then civilization collapsed. The dead rose. Society crumbled. Greg has never been happier.

Sometimes We Find Light in The Most Unlikely Places It's the late 1970's, in the small coastal town of Spray Point. At fifteen years old, Lily is an outsider and Spray Point Secondary College confirms that. School is an everyday hell, but something worse is about to happen. Lily suffers a...

Dane and Tim are in love. Dane’s parents and Tim’s older brother do their best to keep them apart, but the teenaged lovers are determined they’ll find a way to be together. Just when life gets better for the pair, Dane’s old nemesis, Boothe, appears in town with an insane warning about a ghost. The warning turns out not to be so crazy when Jacob, a dead high school football player, haunts Dane.