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Karin Makos is not herself anymore. Powerful, psychopathic, with abilities that can rend the very fabric of the universe apart, and a new revenge-driven personality occupying her mind, she is constantly riding the line between patience and violence. But she has a universe to save, and a limited time in which to do it. With allies and enemies blurring together in the wings, she will fight her way through to the finish. And damn anyone who tries to stop her.

When one reckless night leads Farris Barnett to the dead body of a classmate, she's as willing as everyone else to write it off as a suicide. That is, until cryptic messages start coming in from someone who knows the truth, and they want Farris on the case. Putting her hacker skills to work, she begins to unravel the life of a victim who might just have been the guiltiest of them all.

Beautifully Broken: My Journey to a Mended Heart is a shocking memoir of Rhonda Marie Stalb's rocky road to peace and joy. It is a journey of adversity and healing. This poignant story shows vividly how God is very aware of our hurts. We see how God is with us every step of the way through the pain, trials and losses. In her story, Rhonda makes it very evident that our pain can lead us to people who can be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to help us along the road to healing.

After her perilous escape from the Janusians, Victoria Anetti is trying to live the normal life she always wanted. She's no longer the last supersoldier in the galaxy. She's a permanent crew member aboard her uncle's ship, the Robber Barron. She's even beginning to mend her relationship with her parents. But she can't ignore what she learned during her capture: thanks to a sample of her blood, the Janusians can take away Mahjin abilities. It's a threat to the Mahjin and the Colonies, but a thread of hope for Victoria.

Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she's been spending years redeeming the lives she's taken. By her count, she's even, and it's time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore.... Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she's pulled right back in.

On a hike along the shores of Lake Superior, 13-year-old Anna Hendrix sees a huge creature rise from the waters and - to her horror - sink a tour boat. Soon afterward, Jeff Griggs, also 13, encounters a similar but smaller creature in the woods around his parents' vacation house. Unable to resist investigating, both Anna and Jeff venture into the nearby forests. They meet each other at a huge waterfall, where they discover a hidden cave. Inside it, to their surprise, they find a cave painting of a creature that resembles the ones they have seen.

Uh-oh! Squish’s friend Pod just hasn’t been himself lately. One minute he’s happy-dancing; the next he’s sobbing in his soup. What’s going on? (Hint: “mitosis” is the process that splits single-celled organisms. That’s right, splits.) It is truly Pod vs. Pod - and may the best Pod, umm, win?

It's soccer season! But the Waterfleas (Hey, it could be worse - Okay, maybe it couldn't.) are getting pummelled game after game. Squish knows winning isn't everything, but it's something right? Can Squish turn the losing streak around when he becomes team captain? Will Pod figure out how to harness the power of lightning? And how can amoebas play soccer when they don't have any feet? Find out in the electrifyingly funny Squish, Book 4: Captain Disaster - saving the world, one cell at a time!

Meet Jaxx, a happy-go-lucky New York City dog, whose life is suddenly turned topsy-turvy when he gets lost during a blizzard. Wrenched away from his human family, alone, shivering, and struggling to survive, he is rescued and taken in by strangers at the Metropolitan Opera.

In the weeks leading up to Gilbreth, New York's annual AutumnFest, 12-year-old woodcraft legacy Minna Treat is struggling with looming deadlines, an uncle trying to hide very bad news, and a secret personal quest. When she discovers mysterious bottle messages under one of the village's 300-year-old bridges, she can't help but wonder who's leaving them, what they mean, and, most importantly...could the messages be for her?

Karmen Moncrille's name has been known throughout the world since the age of 16 when her first book shot to the top of the best-seller's list. Now everything she writes is an instant hit, and her legions of devoted fans eagerly await her next release. The mysterious Karmen always blamed debilitating panic attacks as the reason she avoided publicity and has become a recluse. Which is exactly what she wants the world to think.

Pup has boundless energy and endless optimism; Dragon is cool and thoughtful but always up for adventure … together, they are best friends who are always there for one another. This time, Pup and Dragon are trying to catch the rare unicorn hiding in the zoo! Can THEY find her?

My name is Roxy Davenport - the epitome of a suburban housewife. For over 25 years, I have based my entire life off the ancient, mental code of ethics passed down from previous generations I secretly nicknamed The Suburbia Handbook. For over 20 years, I adhered to the strict rules...until now. After a series of traumatic events, my life spirals out of control, destroying each and every archaic, foundational rule. Except Rule Number 11: One must defend their family, no matter what. This rule trumps everything else, even if the defense comes in the form of bodily harm to another.

Lydia doesn't understand what her recurrent nightmares, a homeless man, and her baby sister have in common until she walks into a New Orleans voodoo shop and meets Maman Margo.

Ten years after the apocalypse destroyed the world that she knew, a survivor returns to her home town, hoping to piece together the bits of her past that have troubled her so much ever since.

Beep! Beep! Squish can't get enough of his awesome new video game Mitosis! (Mitosis is what happens when cells divide. Who says video games can't be educational?) In fact, he may even be obsessed! He plays at home...at school...even in his sleep! Are video games taking over Squish's life?! And can Squish's favorite comic book hero, Super Amoeba, stop the Creeping Black Mold that's taking over Small Pond?

Still reeling from her devastating loss, Farris is barely holding it together when she's approached by a covert government agency. The IDC is recruiting the best hackers in the country to form a team capable of tracking down and thwarting cyber terrorists. When they make her an offer she can't refuse - a shot at catching the people responsible for the death of her father - she's all in. But success will mean forging new alliances, betraying the people she loves, and trusting an old enemy. If she succeeds, she might finally get the closure she needs.

The only thing inevitable in love is despair. I knew from the start that he would wreck me. Nothing could have prepared me for the day he walked into my life. Or the day he walked out of it. I self-destructed. All that remained was a shell of the girl I once was. Shattered. And I don't know if I'll ever recover.

Sheyna Namear has been left to fend for herself on the streets of the corrupt city of Symbor. When her natural abilities catch the eye of a magic wielder, Sheyna is taken into the woman's tower as an apprentice. But something is not quite right. Sheyna constantly feels like she is being watched, her roommate hates her, and a mysterious shadow hides in the darkness outside her window.

A noodle shop girl's hijinks with her sassy dragon friend.