Young widow and mother of two Sarah Laden becomes the foster mother to Jordan, a neighborhood boy who has survived a terrible tragedy, but when the delicate balance that holds her family together begins to crumble, the Ladens will all face truths about themselves and one another.

Based on the slave rhythms originated in Nigeria as hand-clapping games, a repetitive, rhythmic song introduces a boy named Juba who follows a yellow cat on a magical, middle-of-the-night adventure that leaves them both happy and ready for slumber.

Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War era, a powerful coming-of-age story about an unforgettable friendship between two teenage boys on the brink of manhood and their hopes for escape from a dead-end town will have strong crossover appeal for young adult and adult audiences.

30-year-old tutor Anna and 17-year-old cancer survivor T.J. are en route to join T.J.'s family in the Maldives when their seaplane crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Now Anna and T.J. just want to survive and they must work together to obtain water, food, fire, and shelter. Their basic needs might be met but as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers...

Raised on a farm by his older sister and never having known his parents, an eleven-year-old boy tends his late grandmother’s chickens, sells their fresh eggs and befriends a new customer who has a dark secret.

Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.

When a student from Marsh Academy is shot and killed and Detective Inspector Singh is assigned the case, Garvie Smith, scoundrel, genius and sometimes detective, begins his own investigation into the murder.

In 1981 Los Angeles, 17-year-old Bret and his friends at the exclusive Buckley prep school welcome new student Robert Mallory into their fold until Mallory’s unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers throughout the city, takes a horrific turn.

When Ramadan Ramsey, the son of a ninth generation New Orleans African American and a Syrian refugee, turns 17, he sets off to find the father he has never known—an adventure-filled journey filled that takes him from NOLA to Egypt, Istanbul and finally Syria.

Retells the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle, and includes other short stories set in India.