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Nancy Springer

When a strange and wild boy walks into her life, Tess is forced to confront a past she had long ago forgottenFourteen-year-old Tess can't remember the first ten years of her life—and if they were anything like her life now, she'd prefer that they stay forgotten. Since her mother's death, she and her disabled stepfather have lived without a phone, electricity, or even much food on the table. At school, her classmates think she's weird, but she's bigger and stronger t...

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Nancy Springer

Winner of the Edgar Award: When Tuff's brother is killed, he loses the best friend he ever had—but he may be about to find the father he never knewTuff was there when Dillon died. Riding behind his older brother on the back of his dirt bike, Tuff saw it all—except who shot him. Now Tuff has no one. When his mother, too drunk to know which way is up, hears the news that her son has died, her response is, "Well, one less to worry about." Tuff has never been close to h...

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From an Edgar Award winner, this abduction story is "a compulsive page turner that will have readers cheering on the decidedly unglamorous heroine" ( Kirkus Reviews).Dorrie White should be content with her life. She has a steady job, a loving husband. ButDorrie also has a secret—one that has caught up with her. When she was a teenager in high school, Dorrie got pregnant and put her baby up for adoption. When she discovers her daughter, Juliet, lives...

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Nancy Springer

4 girls and only 1 pony!When their mother remarries, twin sisters Toni and Staci get . . . twin stepsisters! Toni and Staci have almost nothing in common with their new siblings—Paisley is loud and spoiled, and Stirling is pretty and perfect—but all of the girls love horses. When Paisley brings home a pony of her own, with a sugar-colored mane and sweet dark eyes, the rest of the sisters are consumed with jealousy. How can 4 horse-crazy girls get along when there's ...

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When Jessie's brother dies, something takes hold of her in this chilling supernatural story of guilt, possession, and obsessionJessie wakes up knowing exactly what she needs to do. Gazing at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, she begins cutting off her beautiful locks, leaving herself with a short, boyish cut—just like her brother's.Jason died in a car crash, and since the funeral, Jessie hasn't been the same. Now, wearing her brother's clothes, her hair ...

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Sea King Trilogy

In the magnificent conclusion to Nancy Springer's Sea King Trilogy, a mad prince confronts peril and dark magic on a desperate quest to find a lost god in a dying worldThey were three, united to hold together a world that was coming apart: Rad Korridun, the sea king, who died three times but lived still; Dannoc, the mad prince of the Red Hart tribe, bonded mind and heart to Kor; and Tassida, the beautiful mystery, a rebellious daughter of the death goddess, who love...

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Nancy Springer

The gruesome murder of a popular high school student turns two small-town neighbors against each otherAaron Gingrich is a well-liked high school senior who always seems to have a smile on his face. He and Jeremy Davis have been inseparable since elementary school. But one day Jeremy senses that something is wrong at Aaron's house—and then Aaron is found brutally murdered.Reeling from the loss of his friend, Jeremy has no one to turn to. His small town is sudd...

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Nancy Springer

Dusie is having a bad day of mythological proportionsDusie wakes up one morning to a hissing sound. As she catches her reflection in the mirror, she finds that her hair has turned into snakes. That's right— snakes. But her mom seems totally unfazed. That's because underneath the turban, Dusie's mom has a crown of vipers. She is an immortal gorgon—a kind of goddess—and had hoped Dusie wouldn't inherit the family curse since her father was a mortal, but it lo...

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Nancy Springer

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An Enola Holmes Mystery

Enola Holmes is hiding from the worlds most famous detective-her own brother, Sherlock Holmes. But when she discovers a hidden cache of bold, brilliant charcoal drawings, she cant help but venture out to find who drew them: young Lady Cecily, who has disappeared from her bedroom without a trace. Braving midnight streets where murderers roam, Enola must unravel the clues-a leaning ladder, a shifty-eyed sales clerk, political pamphlets-but in order to save Lady Cecily from a powerful villa...

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Paul Di Filippo Presents

At King Arthur's court, one old overlooked serving woman held the ultimate powers of life and death--but even she could not turn Fate aside from its course!The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases the best in modern speculative fiction, personally selected by one of the most acclaimed authors and critics in the science fiction and fantasy fields.

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Nancy Springer

Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence: The stories and poems in this fantasy collection explore the enchanted realms of the imagination—and our universal need for love and acceptanceThe title character of Nebula Award finalist "The Boy Who Plaited Manes" is a nameless mute at a royal stable who teaches his abusive noble master an unforgettable lesson. Gage undergoes a transformation in the "Bard" as he strums a silver harp and dreams of horses and a lost lo...

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Nancy Springer

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An Enola Holmes Mystery

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MILLIE BOBBY BROWN, HENRY CAVILL, AND HELENA BONHAM CARTER • Get to know Enola Holmes—Sherlock Holmes’s younger sister—in this coming-of-age mystery series that carries an impactful message of resilience and overcoming loss.ONE OF BOOK RIOT’S BEST MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)Meet Enola Holmes, teenaged girl turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes! When Enola dis...