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Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. Elijah's the firs child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that-not to mention for being the best at chunking rocks and catching fish. unfortunately, all that most people see is a "fra-gile" boy who's scared of snakes and tends to talk too much. But everything changes when a fromer slave steals money from Elijah's friend,...

Nancy and her friends establish headquarters in a seaside yacht club to investigate strange happenings in a book store and the disappearance of a marble statue.

Rapunzel, who has lived in a tower her whole life, goes to a village with a thief named Flynn and her chameleon Pascal. When she received art lessons, she paints Flynn first which causes Pascal to run away.

Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother and half brother, though she's certain the only place she'll ever belong is with her father on a ship of war as part of the crew. She doesn't care that living in a house is safer and the proper place for a twelve-year-old girl; it's boring. But then two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need to enact an evil plan, and it will take all...

Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is in danger.

While on the run from the Queen's Dragons, Dessa rescues a kidnapped prince. But when his father insists on thanking her and her companions, the attention could mean danger.

Jack Russell calls for backup when he tries to track down a sausage thief.

"Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love--and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja's otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back... by stealing Gisele's life for herself. The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while...

To Finn Voy, magic is two things: a knife to hold under the chin of anyone who crosses her and a disguise she shrugs into as easily as others pull on cloaks. As a talented faceshifter, Finn hasn't seen her own face in years, and that's exactly how she likes it. But when she's caught by a powerful mobster, she's forced into an impossible mission: steal a legendary treasure from Castallan's royal palace or be stripped of her magic forever. After the...

Tired of gangster movies and a steady diet of candy wrappers, three theater mice decide to rob a cheese shop.