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A spellbinding adventure and a captivating tale of first love. Alex and Jenny are sixteen. He lives in Milan; she, in Melbourne. For the past four years, they have glimpsed each other at random moments, while they are both unconscious — a telepathic communication that occurs without warning. During one of these episodes, they manage to arrange a meeting. But on the day, though they are standing in the same place at the same time, each of them cannot see the other. This leads them to a startl...

When you’re a kid, there are lots of things you’re not supposed to do. But what if you didn’t really do any of those things, what if you just imagined them? Then it wouldn’t matter if your supposings were silly, impossible, or even a little naughty—because they’re all just in your head. Alastair Reid’s book is a monument to the liberating power of unfettered thought. Here he reunites with a frequent collaborator, the famed illustrator and designer Bob Gill, to muse on the possibilities: Supposi...

In THE YOUNG HEALER tradition meets contemporary when what starts out as just another day becomes anything but that for young Feather Anderson. Her beloved grandfather, a traditional Lakota healer, pulls her out of class one snowy morning and takes her on an old-fashioned vision quest in the heart of New York City in hopes of finding the perfect Lakota medicine. It becomes the most magical day ever for eleven-year-old Feather Anderson, the day she saves her little brother’s life. Feather follows...

A boy's casual wish leads him into a dark and mysterious world in this thrilling adventure from the creator of Alex Rider. For Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, every day is like Christmas. Until he makes the mistake of wishing he was someone else. The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and - worst of all - the murderous Finn. But he's there for a reason, as Tad...

While rummaging through a resale shop, wisecracking tomboy Gena snatches up an enticing pair of mirrored cat-eye sunglasses. The other members of the Fortune Tellers Club don't exactly share Gena's enthusiasm for her new shades. They like them even less when they discover they are windows to the future, through which Gena can see things like answers to her science test.

Having retrieved all the pieces of her gazing ball and learned that she has two powers--kani and aura sight, Zenda goes on a retreat led by her friend Persuaja to learn the value of her talents and the responsibilities that accompany them.

Zenda enters the Aurora Academy and learns that she will have to help six people with her aura sight and kani gift (the ability to communicate with plants) before the term ends.

Sebastian Oakes is a very ordinary boy. So ordinary in fact, that he feels destined to live a completely ordinary, uneventful life. But all that changes when mysterious postcards begin arriving. Where do they come from? And what have they got to do with the greatest space pirate of the seven galaxies? Sebastian and his sister Maddy are about to find out in the most extraordinary adventure imaginable.

Critically injured and lying in a coma, Zara Wilson is caught between the world of her hospital room and the world of her subconscious, which includes painful memories, distant voices, and a search for her elusive brother, Jem. Zara has to unlock these dark secrets of her past if she is to face the future. Includes graphic novel-style illustrations. Suggested level: secondary.

Hunter Garrity is used to watching his back. The kids at school sense something different about him. And they're right.Hunter has powers that have nothing to do with how hard he can throw a punch.Maybe that's what Clare Kasten is picking up. She's shy, quiet, and intense, but she's sought him out. There's no telling what she wants from him.But Hunter knows enough to sense a secret when it's close. And getting close to Clare is a danger he's ready to face...

  From a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator comes an inspiring picture book about the power of words. Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words . . . In this illustrated picture book from Peter H. Reynolds, a little boy discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, complicated words, words that stand out. But one da...

Livia's experience of love has been disappointing to say the least. But all that is about to change. After years of illness, she's off to spend the summer with her brother in America. She's making up for lost time, and she's writing it all down in her private blog. America is everything she ever dreamed of - and then she meets Adam. Can Livia put the past behind her and risk falling in love again?