"In Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester, New York City is experiencing the hottest summer on record. Eleven-year-old Arcade Livingston can't keep his cool after receiving this suspicious warning atop the Empire State Building: "Things will heat up in all areas to test your mettle." In no time flat, Arcade is tested like never before to use the Triple T token's powerful ways to outsmart a bully, find a place for his best friend to live, and spy on some...

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke's sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker's new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie's imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can't be-can it? A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won't rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister's death. Unfortunately,...

Jolene's mother is a tanning-salon manager who believes she can channel her karaoke habit into a professional singing career. Jolene's dad, a failed bass player, has gone back to the family demolition business. But Jolene and her big brother, Matt, are true musicians, writing songs together that make everything Jo hates about their lives matter less. When Matt leaves, Jo loses her only friend, her support system and the one person who made her feel...

Marcus, un nino solitario, sin madre y alejado de su padre, es enviado a una exclusiva escuela como pupilo. Alli conoce a Daniel Smythe-Smith, quien enseguida lo adopta como amigo y lo invita a formar parte de su bulliciosa familia, de la que forma parte Honoria, su hermana menor, una nina muy molesta que no se separa nunca de ellos. Anos mas tarde, cuando Daniel debe huir a causa de un duelo, Marcus se compromete a cuidar de Honoria y, especificamente,...

"Nadia and Nadir can't wait to have a sleepover in their backyard. But missing treats and critter footprints have them thinking of monsters. Eventually, they set up a plan to track down the creature and figure out what nightly visitor is in their backyard. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO."--

Bushra and her brother miss their mother, including the way she made their favorite dish, kubbat halab, which had no equal--so Bushra, her brother, and their father set out to learn how to make this special treat. Includes information on and a recipe for this Iraqi specialty.

Twin sisters Claire and Poppy are accidental social media stars thanks to Mom going viral when they were babies. Now teens, they're expected to contribute by building their own brand. Attending a NY fashion week they find themselves fending off internet trolls and would-be kidnappers. Poppy embraces their life; Claire hates it. When Claire reads Mom's old journals, the handwritten entries definitely don't sound like Mom's perfect blog persona. Worse,...

When Pippa and Jack's mother died of cancer their world seemed to fall apart: Pippa stopped talking altogether, and Jack started picking fights, and neither of them knows how to cope with the painful and awkward sympathy from their friends and classmates--but when they learn that their father's business is failing and he is growing desperate for money they realize that there is a possibility that they will lose another parent, this time to jail.

"Miranda Turner never knew her sister, international supermodel Lindy Turner, was also the super-powered crime fighter The Cat. At least not until Lindy appeared in Miranda's bedroom as a ghost, looking for help finding her own murderer. Miranda takes over her sister's secret identity, and if Lindy's spirit can keep her on track, this new Cat might survive long enough to solve the mystery and make the moniker her own.