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The Disappeared

by Whelan, Gloria

Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured by the military government in 1970s Argentina.

The Starry Rift

Tales of New Tomorrows

by Strahan, Jonathan

Truly successful science fiction does two things: it gives credible glimpses into the future while entertaining the reader. With this in mind, anthologist Jona...

A Curse Dark as Gold

by Bunce, Elizabeth C.

Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what ...

Smiles to Go

by Spinelli, Jerry

Will Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the ...

Trouble

by Schmidt, Gary D.

Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog. But fate add...

Sunrise over Fallujah

by Myers, Walter Dean

In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking Africa...

Chanda's Wars

by Stratton, Allan

She promised her mama she'd keep them safe. It's been six months since Mama died, and Chanda is struggling to raise her little brother and sister. Determined t...

The Fold

by Na, an & An, Na

Korean American high school student Joyce Kim feels like a nonentity compared to her beautiful older sister, and when her aunt offers to pay for plastic surger...

Airman

by Colfer, Eoin

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for ...

Yellow Flag

by Lipsyte, Robert

In any race, there are drivers and, at the front of the pack, there are racers. In the final laps, it's the racer who moves his car through the sweet spot, pic...