Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian...

Percy Jackson's hope for a normal senior year is shattered as the gods present him with three quests, beginning with the retrieval of Zeus's goblet, in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation for college.

In rural Minnesota in 1932, Hannah, a young orthodox Jewish girl, deals with being the new girl in class.

"This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir -- furious enough to hire assassins. Monkey decides to try and save Samir from...

When she suspects that her father has a girlfriend, Melody and her best friend are determined to figure out who it is and why it is a secret.

"Join a herd of dinosaurs waiting for eggs to hatch in this action-packed next-step-concept book about comparisons"--Page [4] of cover.

"Mary Poppins, who never explains anything, comes back on the end of a kite string, stays for a while with the Banks family on Cherry Tree Lane, and then disappears on a merry-go-round horse named Caramel." Wis.bul.

After learning that she is capable of dangerous magic, Sophie Mercer goes to England with her father, friend Jenna, and Cal hoping to have her powers removed, but soon she learns that she is being hunted by the Eye--and haunted by Elodie.

Escapades of Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl in the world, who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--in a villa at the edge of a Swedish village.

A punctuation mark feels bad that he doesn't fit in with the others until a friend reveals the possibilities that exist when differences are accepted.