Summer ends too fast when you're dreading junior highTwelve-year-old Madison Finn is allergic to change. Her two best friends are away at camp and Madison is not sure she's going to survive the summer, let alone the beginning of junior high. Good thing she has a new laptop, which she uses to write and store all of her thoughts on friendship, her parents' divorce, and her fear of being called a loser for not liking sushi!At first, change seems like the worst t...

Meet a spunky preteen who uses her online journal to cope with her feelings—from junior high friendship drama to her parents' divorce to her first crush.Twelve-year-old Madison Finn has found the perfect outlet for her worries about school and friendships and her mom and dad's divorce: She's started an online journal on her beloved orange laptop. For a girl who claims she's allergic to change, this digital diary is the perfect way to sort out her feelings . . ....

Madison's dad is getting remarried, but it's Maddie who has cold feet!Madison's dad has dropped some big news: He and Stephanie are getting married. In Texas. In two weeks! Maddie's head is spinning as the plans and the guest list for the big day keep growing. She's not sure how she feels about being in the wedding, much less about having a stepmother. There's a lot to stress about, like finding the perfect dress and reading a poem at the ceremony. And the...

Madison must balance a confusing class election with thoughts of her first crushMadison Finn couldn't be happier when she's picked to work on Far Hills Junior High's election website. She can't wait to focus on the website instead of her parents' divorce and her first-ever crush. When her best friend Aimee decides to give their nemesis, Poison Ivy, some competition for class president, Madison knows the election will get heated. But Madison never thought that a cybe...

It's graduation day, and Maddie and her friends are movin' on up—finally!There are only a few weeks left of seventh grade, and no one can concentrate. Maddie and her friends still have to get through one more science project, and Maddie has been teamed up with her nemesis, Poison Ivy. Then there's the end-of-the-year musical and locker clean-out.Through it all, Maddie finds herself daydreaming more than usual. Her relationship with Hart has been great—but w...

How does a butcher's son become the closest servant of a king?England, 1496.The Battle of Bosworth is over. King Richard III is dead, Henry Tudor wears the crown and England is about to be changed forever. If a man has brains and ambition, then he can rise to the very top.Fortunately for Thomas Wolsey, he has plenty of both.Not content with an obscure Oxford life, Thomas strikes out to better his position. Moving from master to master, Thoma...

Before dictators and emperors, Rome was ruled by kings.On the verge of losing his right to inherit the throne, Lucius Tarquin embarks on a murderous plan to depose his uncle the king and take the throne for himself.But a man who rules by fear must also live in fear, and a prophecy that foretold the end of his dynasty's right to rule troubles Lucius greatly. He must know where the danger to him and his family lies and stop them before they can act against him....

London, 1864When Felix Cowdrey accepts a new position as doctor in a private lunatic asylum in Essex, he has hopes of making his name as an alienist. At first, everything seems to be going his way. He’s making excellent progress with one of his patients and he’s sure he’s found the job he was born to do.But a sudden death and the return of a young lady to the madhouse’s best bedroom sets Felix on a new path that will expose a shocking family secret and uncover a de...

Maddie is going away for the summer—will her friendships back home stay intact?It's summertime in Far Hills and everyone has different plans. Aimee is staying home for her big dance performance; Lindsay is going to London with her dad; Fiona is going back to her hometown in California to visit family and friends; and Madison is going to an environmental camp in Florida. Two weeks away from one another feels like an eternity to the four BFFs. So they come up with th...

The Tudor Court: Books I-III contains revealing and intimate portraits of three men at the very heart of Queen Elizabeth's court.The Queen's FavouriteRobert Dudley is remembered for being the black-hearted villain who beguiled Elizabeth Tudor and almost convinced her to marry him.But there was so much more to this notorious courtier. Follow Robert throughout his life, from his beginnings as a young boy in thrall to his father's ambitions, t...

When Far Hills Junior High puts on a play, can Madison survive the drama?The seventh grade gets stage fever when Far Hills Junior High decides to perform the musical The Wiz. Since Madison doesn't sing or dance, stage manager seems like the perfect role for her—until she begins to feel left out from all the cast action. Worst of all, her two best friends are partnering up with their nemesis, Ivy, both in and out of rehearsal. The play is bringing out the w...

Forget ghosts—this Halloween, seventh grade is frightening enoughFor Madison and her friends, the Halloween season is full of activity. There are ghost stories in English class, a big costume dance, and a scary-story contest on Madison's favorite website. No wonder everyone has Halloween fever! But Madison still needs to find a costume to wear that doesn't seem too babyish. And what if she looks stupid dancing in front of everyone? No matter what, this Halloween wil...