**Fans of Jodi Picoult and Fredrik Backman will fall for this tenderhearted debut mystery following a young girl on a quest to save her family.** *I know my brother is dead. But sometimes Mama gets confused.* There's plenty about the grownup world that six-year-old Aoife doesn't understand. Like

A brand new collection of chilling stories by master of horror Kim Newman, in which Jack the Ripper still stalks the streets, Frankenstein's monster rises from the Arctic ice, and the terrifying legacy of Dr Jeyll and Mr Hyde haunts fog-shrouded London. This volume also includes a brand-new, exclusi

A feud between two New York Mafia families, a fiery couple surrounded by lies and intrigue. For years after the death of her family, Ally went into hiding. She left everything behind and thought she’d never see her true love again. When John, a renowned rock guitarist, finds her afte

**Illustrated by the bestselling author and illustrator of _Great Women Who Changed the World,_ Kate Pankhurst, _Captain Cat and the Great Pirate Race_ is a laugh-out-loud piratical adventure from Sue Mongredien, perfect for newly confident reads or to enjoy together. ** Patch is a ship's cat who l

The third book in the Children of the Red King series, CHARLIE BONE AND THE INVISIBLE BOY offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read. This semester at Bloor's Academy brings a few changes. There is a new art teacher, Mr. Boldova, and a new student named Belle, who lives with

"On par with Nicholas Sparks' love stories." –Jennifer's Corner Blog "Ava's story is witty and charming." –Barbara Freethy #1 *New York Times* bestselling author on *Nora Roberts Land* "The constant love, and the tasteful sexual interludes, bring a sensual, dynamic tension to this appealing story.

**The welcome return of Leonid McGill, Walter Mosley's NYC-based private eye, his East Coast foil to his immortal L.A.-based detective Easy Rawlins. As the *Boston Globe* raved, "A poignantly real character, [McGill is] not only the newest of the great fictional detectives, but also an incisive and

Beckan, an immortal teenage fairy, and Tier, a young activist, are on opposite sides of a war, but strike up an unlikely friendship anyway.

**An exciting new illustrated chapter book series for dog-loving readers!** When a pack of senior dogs find themselves transported back in time--and turned into puppies!--they must make their way back home, helping real-life historical dogs along the way. In this first adventure, meet Baxter, Tre

The second book in the Children of the Red King series, TIME TWISTER offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read. January 1916: Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the

Classic magic and mystery from one of Britain's best-loved authors of fantasy adventure. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Eva Ibbotson, Cornelia Funke's Inkheart and Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth. An Academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy. The second instalment

### Review “[_We Others_] is all the things a person wants a Steven Millhauser book to be: lapidary, disturbing, mandarin, brilliant, perverse, and funny. As befits a book whose very title is given in the collective first person, it contains a teeming multitude of strange voices. There's not a dog

Rosemary and Detective Dave are tying the knot at the Resort by the Sea! But when Rosemary vanishes (along with her wedding dress) after the rehearsal, her sisters know this isn't a case of cold feet. Was she snatched by someone with a grudge? Or could the mysterious couple staying in one of the c

Stuff doesn't know anyone when he first moves to 116th Street. But all of that changes when he meets Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Gloria. Stuff and the gang grow close that eventful year, and nothing is ever like it again. That's the year modern science gets them all in jail; Stuff falls in love and is

There is no better introduction to R.K. Narayan than this remarkable collection of stories celebrating work that spans five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, a love-stricken husband who is told by astrologers he must sleep with a prostitute to save his