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When Claire starts to experience success she'd never dreamed possible, she worries that a magical event is the cause.
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Howson is a take-charge kind of girl, maybe even something of a control freak. She means well--she just wants everything to run smoothly, especially on her relay team. But when someone tries to sabotage the boys' relay team Daisy suspects her own team may be involved. Can she sort it all out and fix everything up again before the city championship meet?
After a snowballing prank causes a car accident, Dylan deals with the guilt of lying about his involvement.
Dylan is the suspect in a string of robberies in a cottage community.
Kate loves running, bird watching, and her grandparents' farm. She is a typical whiny, selfish 15-year-old who doesn't get along with her mother. Spending the summer with her grandparents is supposed to help her to push herself out of the center of the universe and recognize that others have problems more pressing than her own. When she arrives, she discovers that her beloved farm is for sale because her grandfather is not well and her grandmother cannot care for it alone. Then she is thrust into a family mystery as the ghost of her great-aunt begins to visit her dreams and inspire her to solve a 70-year-old puzzle. The teen's life begins to intertwine with the ghost as clues are revealed that may help save the family home. A couple of handsome yet mysterious farmhands complicate Kate's life as she struggles with the dilemma of whom she can trust. Mystery lovers will enjoy the blend of modern conflicts, historical fiction, and ghostly visits.
Being in a band is Stelles salvation. It is her escape from the chaotic clutter at home and her mothers depression. Even though she is able to lose herself for a few hours, pounding away on the drums in the basement of her dads new house, as soon as she leaves, its as if the world is going crazy all around her: one bandmates parents refuse to acknowledge their son is gay; her bands only potential lead singer dresses like a vampire; and even her best friend, Lu, with the perfect family, has been on edge lately. But its the strange, confused conversations that Stelle has with her grandmother in the nursing home that hold the key to unlocking the unhappiness at the heart of her family.
Maddy doesn't find it easy adjusting to grade nine. The friendships and loyalties she took for granted in middle school are being challenged, and there's so much more competition on her track team now. When Maddy stumbles across a friend being bullied behind the school after a track practice, she suspects something nasty is going on. So when Coach announces one of the team members has been robbed, she realizes the two incidents must be connected. Everyone on the track and field team is under suspicion. How can the team function with so much uneasiness among its members? Maddy realizes the only way to bring the team together again is to make some changes.
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, Dylan tries to find the source of a series of mysterious fires.
Aline hides under the hay when her father takes her to school in their horse-drawn sled. She’s embarrassed that her mother raises chickens in their yard, and doesn’t want her school friends to find out that their family has taken in boarders for the extra money. When she learns that her sworn enemy, Jeanine, can buy chewing gum, Aline is furious at the unfairness. She knows that Jeanine’s family is even poorer than her own. When Aline’s mother can’t spare any money for a charity drive at school, Aline decides to steal a coin from her purse. She quickly feels terrible. But how can she confess? Aline comes to realize that life is more complicated than she thought. A ten-cent coin can cost you more in unhappiness than you ever imagined, a sworn enemy can become a friend, and the hard times make the bright and shining moments glow even brighter.
Bridgewood is having one of the hottest summers on record. Despite the strict ban, fires have been popping up all over town and it's starting to look like arson. Dylan O'Connor gets pulled into the middle of it all when his friend Eliot becomes a suspect. At first, Dylan is certain Eliot isn't responsible, but when he finds out his friend has been hiding a big secret, he's not so sure. Dylan has to get to the bottom of these mysterious fires—and fast—before someone gets hurt.