“Who built this house? Whose money? Whose blood?”Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house. **Trynne Delaney’s debut novel explores the insidious legacies of violence and oppression—**and how Black, queer love and resistance can disrupt them.With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised ...

the half-drowned is a vision of a future at the end of the world where what survives is the shapeshifting love of family both given and chosen. Drawing on the Afro-diasporic ancestral knowledge of water and the urgency of desire, Delaney builds a glittering, speculative world where community holds through grief, where we must choose to fend for ourselves while also caring for others. the half-drowned is a genre-bending novella that crafts a polyphony of voices to speak to...

“[A] thoughtful reflection on how bigotry of the past informs the hauntings of the present.”—STARRED review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (CCBC)Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house.With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised by a move to the country. Her great aunt Aggie’s crumb...

This program is read by Tony Award–winning actor Laura Benanti.A dark and stylish novel of psychological suspense about a young theater critic drawn into a dangerous game that blurs the lines between reality and performanceVivian Parry likes the dark. A former actress, she now works as the junior theater critic at a major Manhattan magazine. Her nights are spent beyond the lights, in a reserved seat, giving herself over to the shows she lov...

Waverley is a small cat with a big miaow and he lives with Mr and MrsTurner and their son Jonathan at number 10, Marten's Drive.Waverley likes the house at number 10, Marten's Drive because it haslots of good places to sleep and a back garden that seems to go onforever. Beyond the wooden fence at the bottom of the garden there isa children's playground, green fields, and then the woods. All daylong Waverley snoozes in the sunny spots around the ho...

A funny, poignant, heartwarming story of first love, first job, friends, family and the inevitability of change in the first summer out of school. School is over, not just for the year, but forever. Tiff and Kayla are free, which is what they've always wanted, but now summer is nearly at and end and that means life decisions. Tiff is hoping her job at the local paper will lead to something more... But 'The Shark' soon puts her straight on what it takes to become a hard-nosed reporter like ...

"An ingenious variant on vampire stories ... this chilling story reads with all the power and demented logic of a thoroughly bad dream" The IndependentA freak storm transports Ben to a parallel world inhabited by vampires. He manages to escape to the woods where others like him (called ferals by the vampires) hide. As he begins to give up hope of ever getting home, Ben makes friends with Rachel, a vampire more human than some of the ferals who treat him wi...

You can never leaveHeartache High's Primer for Students, as written by Stephanie Johnson, Heartache High Permanent Student.Ever been in love with someone who didn't even know you existed?Or someone who broke up with you?Congratulations; you've just enrolled at Heartache High.Oh, but didn't anyone tell you?Once you've enrolled, you can never leave.(Includes the first chapters of the soon to be released novel, Heartache High: The Wakening.)

Alex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she's a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn't as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her parents.Undeterred, Alex begins to create a new identity for herself: ditching one school, enrolling in another, and throwing out most of her clothes. But the other Alex-the boy Alex-has a lot to say about that. Heartbreaking and droll in...

At twelve, Brandy knows the truth about Santa Claus, but the secret of his identity is safe with her because she doesn't want to ruin Christmas for her little brother Alex. Plus, to be completely honest, she doesn't want to miss out on getting her own fair share of "Santa gifts" on Christmas day, either.So when Alex wakes her up late on Christmas Eve insisting he's seen Santa in the living room, Brandy knows he's wrong. The only people home with them are Daddy and Papa. But Alex wa...

Eerie because goosebumps are for chickens.Zak wakes up with no memory of who he is. The parents he can't remember are acting strange. Why won't they let him out of the house? And what's going on in the graveyard next door?