"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--

18-year-old Dani has been trained by her mother to steal things. But they have never stayed in one location long enough for Dani to have connections, real friends, and a real life. In the town of Heaven, everything changes for Dani. Suddenly she must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known, or the one she's always wanted.

Sixteen-year-old Nor, who comes from a long line of witches, prefers to hide her ability to communicate with nature and lives in constant fear of the return of her abusive mother.

"A little girl spends a fun day with Mom going to the park, the art fair, the farmers market, and ending the day by making a yummy soup"--

"Anna Lapera expertly voices a young girl's middle school trials, but with a voice so unique and heartfelt you will be cringing one moment and cheering the next. She weaves a distinctive story filled with humor, family heartache, and secrets while a young girl releases the fear of her voice and grasps its power." - Newbery Medalist Donna Barba Higuera For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes...

"Twelve-year-old Darika "Rika" Lovelace is in trouble.the kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother's boring estate in Trinidad for the summer. This time, tough, the island feels ... different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening, like being stalked by an iguana!

"This spellbinding original story opens in a cantina crowded with desert animals, cowboys, and cowgirls all excited to see the glamorous Luna Ranchera mother-daughter singing duo. Long ago, Luna was down on her luck, starving and struggling to feed her pups, reduced to thieving from nearby ranchers. One day, escaping another heist, Luna has to hide in the worst possible place: on top of a beehive! She howls in pain so loudly, it carries all across...

Merida is transported to the past where she and her teenage mother Elinor band together to bridge the rift between Clans MacCameron and DunBroch.

Lulu Sinagtala can't wait for a fun Christmas break. She's excited to hang out with her sister, Kitty, and best friend, Bart; to reenact her favorite legends from Tagalog folklore (like the amazing tale of Bernardo Carpio); and, of course, to eat as much yummy street-side inihaw as possible! But when a vicious wakwak attacks her neighborhood and kidnaps Mom, Lulu discovers the creatures and deities of Tagalog myth are real and that two additional...

"But for Mindy, things at home are beginning to feel like a bit of a nightmare. Her mom just started dating someone, which has Mindy feeling like the odd one out. For as long as she can remember, it’s been just the two of them and she doesn’t want that to change. (So what if her mom’s boyfriend has a cute pet cat, and all of Mindy’s friends seem to think he’s pretty cool?)