"Camellia Anderson misses her life of wealth and privilege. She misses the balls, she misses the suitors-- and she's bored with hearing about politics despite the undeniable wave of unrest raging across the South. Then an opportunity to attend finishing school in New Orleans brings Thad Watkins - staunch Southern supporter and dashing soldier - into her world, and they begin a whirlwind courtship. Jonah Thronton is disappointed when he sees Camellia...

Young Jefferson Morgan didn't talk much, but word got around that he was looking for something -- or someone. They had killed his friend, and Jefferson Morgan knew exactly who they were. A murderous crew, Bud Briscoe and his gang galloped through the Southwest as if they owned it. And now they were pushing on further west. They didn't stop anywhere for very long -- just long enough to brawl, to laugh at their own cruel antics, to sing their raucous...

Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

"Twelve-year-old Lily discovers a stone pendant and is transported to a realm where people's dreams come to life"--

In Life Not Typical, Jennifer shares her heart-wrenching journey of tragedy, loss, and learning to live with the challenges caused by Sensory Processing Disorder. Jennifer shares her story with refreshing honesty, reliving raw emotions as her life plans began to unravel. In her darkest moments, when Jennifer began to feel as though she couldn't go on, she found the tender hand of God gently holding and guiding her. And in that place of safety, she...

High school senior Melanie is looking forward to a girls-only road trip to check out colleges when her overprotective police chief father insists that he must escort her instead.

"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...

"A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith. In a media driven landscape that crafts narratives for our celebrities, Smith recounts her story in an intimate conversation with readers. Along the way, she explores her path to accepting her power as a woman, and her discovery that a strong sense of self is every woman's right and saving grace. An...

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.