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Beverly Hills Book Awards 2014 - Winner * Reader's Favorite Book contest 2014 - Silver Medal * IPPY Book Awards 2014 - Bronze Medal * Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2014 - Honorable Mention * Indie Excellence Book Awards 2014 - Finalist * London Book Festival 2013 - Honorable Mention * Andy is the nerd everyone makes fun of. He's really skinny, wears glasses and talks to himself, but he falls in love with the prettiest girl in the class. One day Grandpa dies and turns into a ghost. Then, Andy disc...

Danielle Snyder's summer of babysitting turns into one of overwhelming guilt and sadness when Humphrey, her five-year-old charge is killed suddenly. Danielle gets caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an undocumented alien, a politically charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn the sweet little boy she grew to love, Danielle tries to avoid the world around her, until a n...

Fifteen-year-old Phillip feels isolated and confused as he tries to cope with his father's teminal illness and his family's recent move from their farm to a home in the suburbs.

When her dog Lulu dies, a girl grieves but then continues with her life.

When Amanda's grandmother dies and the extended family tries to recreate her famous Thanksgiving meal, friends and neighbors pitch in to help carry on Bubbe's traditions.

  Meet Sam. He hasn't got forever, but he's going to make every minute count... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2008 "A hugely impressive achievement ... elegant, intelligent, moving." - Guardian "... Wonderful. Moving and funny and, yes, sad" - Eva Ibbotson My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts....

When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.

Mean Girls meets Gone Girl - a gripping, dark, psychological thriller for YA readers, perfect for fans of We Were Liars. There were two things everyone knew about Miranda Vaile. The first was that she had no parents they were dead. And the second was that they were dead because Miranda had killed them. Olive hasn't always been a loner she used to be the school queen-bee. But that was before her breakdown. Now she can only watch as new girl Miranda latches on to her ex-best fr...