Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

"Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie is sure that Nick isn't interested, but Nick is more confused than ever. Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective. He discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family... and himself."--provided by publisher.

"When Ely's beloved dog, Tommy, is hit by a car, he goes to his grandpa's house for the summer to get his mind off things. While exploring a nearby cave one day he discovers a full-grown but friendly Tyrannosaurus Rex. As the news of the dinosaur grows around town, so does the friendship between Ely and his Jurassic pet. But Randy, the mean kid down the street, decides he's going to make life miserable for Ely and his dinosaur-to devastating effect."--Amazon.com....

"Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered -- a secret that,...

A young boy's fascination with pigeons soon erupts into a full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through a fancy restaurant, and into the sky.

Discover the origin of the characters from the Dog Man series as they join forces to see if goodness and bravery can prevail as they try to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city.

When she and Nancy get into a big fight right before her first sleepover, Karen disinvites Nancy and has new girl Pamela come instead, but when she turns out to be a wet blanket, Karen wonders what to do next.

An exploration of teenage culture and perspective, illustrated through their actions during a 1970s sexually transmitted plague in Seattle.

Based on a true story, and recounted in graphic novel format, this book tells the story of Rachel Cohen, who has a passion for photography. During World War II, in Paris, through the lens of her camera she observes the fall of her country, and life under German occupation, bearing witness to her own journey, and to the countless heroes whose courage and generosity saved the lives of many, including her own.

"Once they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City--Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbalien--now lead simple lives in an idyllic, timeless farming village from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring...