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Volcano Dreams explains in simple language how the explosion of a supervolcano thousands of years ago created the Yellowstone National Park we know today.

Sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet''s life is in tatters. Her mother has disappeared, and is presumed dead. The next thing she knows, her father has dragged Maggie away from their elegant Newport home, off on some mad excursion to Yellowstone in Montana. Torn from the only life she''s ever known, away from her friends, from society, and verging on no prospects, Maggie is furious and devastated by her father''s betrayal. But when she arrives, she finds herself drawn to the frustratingly stubborn, handsome Tom Rowland, the son of a park geologist, and to the wild romantic beauty of Yellowstone itself. And as Tom and the promise of freedom capture Maggie''s heart, Maggie is forced to choose between who she is and who she wants to be.

Fans of The Great Gatsby, Libba Bray''s The Diviners, and Bright Young Things will be captivated by Janet Fox''s Roaring Twenties tale.Two girls. One gangster. A deadly secret.When Josephine''s father ships her off to live with her rich cousins on the glittering island of Manhattan, he says it''s to find a husband. But Jo knows better--there''s trouble brewing, and in 1925, all that glitters is not gold. Caught up in a swirl of her cousin''s bobbed-hair set--and the men that court them--Jo soon realizes that this world of jazz and gangsters and their molls hides a nest of lies. But when she befriends the girlfriend of one of the most powerful and dangerous gangesters in town, Jo begins to uncover secrets--secrets that threaten an empire and could destroy everyone she loves. Jo is faced with a choice: hang on to her soul, or lose herself in the decade of decadence.

Witches and warlocks have been part of the fantasy field since its beginning. After all, you need someone to actually use magic if you''re going to have it in your story. And magic-users can appear in any setting, from ancient Rome to the modern world, from imaginary kingdoms to the old Salem colony. Here are 25 tales spanning time and space, with only one things in common (aside from great storytelling): witches and warlocks! Included are:

WITCHES, by Janet FoxTHE TRAP, by Henry S. Whitehead and H.P. LovecraftELOMA''S SECOND CAREER, by Lorie CalkinsSALEM''S CHILDREN, by Mary LeaderTHE INN OF THE TWO WITCHES: A FIND, by Joseph ConradTHE WITCH OF FAITH LANE, by Skadi meic BeorhYOU SHALL HAVE THIS DELICACY, by Mark McLaughlinTHE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS, by Eliza Lynn LintonTHE HORNED WOMEN, by Lady WildeTHE VOICE IN THE NIGHT, by William J. WintleAD GEHENNAM TECUM, by Robert ReginaldLOIS THE WITCH, by Elizabeth GaskellTHE SIX SKILLS OF MADAME LUMIERE, by Marissa LingenTHE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS, by Nathaniel HawthorneSMALL MAGIC, by Janet FoxOLD DEB AND OTHER OLD COLONY WITCHES, by William Root BlissTHE LEGEND OF THE PIPE, by LauncelotTHE JUSTICE-BEARER, by Cynthia WardDEMONS ARE A GHOUL''S BEST FRIEND, by M.E. BrinesTHE SORCERER EVORAGDOU, by Darrell SchweitzerSCREAMING IN SILENCE, by C.J. Henderson & Bruce GehweilerTHE UNBELIEVER, by Janet FoxTHE ROBBERY, by Cynthia WardKEEPING UP APPEARANCES, by Lawrence Watt-EvansBRIGHT STREETS OF AIR, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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Welcome to another wide-ranging collection of dark fantasy and horror stories. From familiar classics to rare pulp stories, from the Victorian era to contemporary tales, there''s something here for every taste. Included are:

GARAGE SALE, by Janet FoxSOULS OF THE DAMNED, by John D. SwainJOHNNY ON THE SPOT, by Frank Belknap LongTHE HAUNTED CHAIR, by Richard MarshTHE UPPER BERTH, by F. Marion CrawfordA BIT OF THE DARK WORLD, by Fritz LeiberTHURNLEY ABBEY, by Perceval LandonTHE ARMLESS MAN, by W. G. LittLIVE EVIL, by Emil PetajaTHE ANABE GIRLS, by A. R. MorlanTHE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF, by William J. WintleA LITTLE LIGHT READING, by Robert ReginaldSECOND NIGHT OUT, by Frank Belknap LongLIQUID SKIN, by Gareth OwensTHERE IS A REAPER…, by Charles V. De VetTHE NEW GODS OF THE LOST CHILDREN, by Jason AndrewTHE WATCHING EYES, by Robert Moore WilliamsTHE HAUNT, by Manly BanisterON THE ARRIVAL OF THE MACHINE AND ITS MODE OF OPERATION, by Roger WilliamsonSERAPION, by Francis Stevens

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“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” —Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secret in this tender middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s best if we keep it to ourselves,” and so they have. But hiding your past is one thing. Hiding where you live—and that your Daddy has gone missing—is harder. At first Lulu isn’t worried. Daddy has gone away once before and he came back. But as the days add up, with no sign of Daddy, Lulu struggles to take care of the responsibilities they used to manage as a family. Lulu knows that all it takes is one slip-up for their secret to come spilling out, for Lulu and Serena to be separated, and for the good things that have been happening in school to be lost. But family is all around us, and Lulu must learn to trust her new friends and community to save those she loves and to finally find her true home.

“A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” —Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disappearance a secret in this tender middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s best if we keep it to ourselves,” and so they have. But hiding your past is one thing. Hiding where you live—and that your Daddy has gone missing—is harder. At first Lulu isn’t worried. Daddy has gone away once before and he came back. But as the days add up, with no sign of Daddy, Lulu struggles to take care of the responsibilities they used to manage as a family. Lulu knows that all it takes is one slip-up for their secret to come spilling out, for Lulu and Serena to be separated, and for the good things that have been happening in school to be lost. But family is all around us, and Lulu must learn to trust her new friends and community to save those she loves and to finally find her true home.

An Edgar Award Nominee Longlisted for the Reading the West Book Award A girl tackles a vacation filled with mystery, treasure, and learning to be her true self in this middle grade “frothy summer adventure…which bristles with gentle thrills and chills” (Publishers Weekly) that’s a modern-day Holes set on a dusty dude ranch in Montana.Becca Soloway’s perfect summer goes up in smoke when her mom flees a looming divorce by dragging Becca to a Montana resort. To make matters worse, her mom’s hasty booking lands them not at a spa, but an aging dude ranch called Far Away. Becca is miserable until she meets the wrangler’s son, Jon, who shows her what might be the first clue to a century-old mystery: the lost treasure of a Robin Hood–like outlaw known as Pearlhandle Pete. As they slowly uncover the true history of Pete, venture into the mountains, search haunted ghost towns, and are threatened by a treasure-hunter-social-media-star, Becca discovers that treasure is in the eye of the beholder and the important things in life are always worth fighting for.

An Edgar Award Nominee Longlisted for the Reading the West Book Award A girl tackles a vacation filled with mystery, treasure, and learning to be her true self in this middle grade “frothy summer adventure…which bristles with gentle thrills and chills” (Publishers Weekly) that’s a modern-day Holes set on a dusty dude ranch in Montana.Becca Soloway’s perfect summer goes up in smoke when her mom flees a looming divorce by dragging Becca to a Montana resort. To make matters worse, her mom’s hasty booking lands them not at a spa, but an aging dude ranch called Far Away. Becca is miserable until she meets the wrangler’s son, Jon, who shows her what might be the first clue to a century-old mystery: the lost treasure of a Robin Hood–like outlaw known as Pearlhandle Pete. As they slowly uncover the true history of Pete, venture into the mountains, search haunted ghost towns, and are threatened by a treasure-hunter-social-media-star, Becca discovers that treasure is in the eye of the beholder and the important things in life are always worth fighting for.

Set against the glitter and danger of Jazz Age New York City, Sirens is a young adult historical novel blending mystery, romance, organized crime, Prohibition, flappers, family secrets, and female friendship into a story about two young women learning to take control of their lives.New York City, 1925. Flappers dance, speakeasies flourish, gangsters rule the streets—and two young women are about to discover just how dangerous the Jazz Age can be.Seventeen-year-old Josephine "e;Jo"e; Winter wants more from life than the future other people have planned for her. She dreams of becoming a writer. But when her bootlegger father sends her to stay with wealthy relatives in Manhattan, Jo finds herself swept into the glittering world of flappers, nightclubs, money, and Prohibition-era crime.Behind the glamour lies a mystery Jo cannot ignore.Her beloved older brother Teddy disappeared nearly a year ago, leaving behind secrets—and a journal that powerful people desperately want to find. Jo is convinced Teddy may still be alive. But as she follows the clues he left behind, she discovers connections to notorious gangster Danny Connor, the 1920 Wall Street bombing, and a past far darker than she imagined. The manuscript explicitly establishes that Connor's men are searching for something Teddy left behind and that Jo believes Teddy disappeared for a reason.Then there's Louise "e;Lou"e; O'Keefe, Danny Connor's glamorous girlfriend. Lou knows firsthand how intoxicating—and dangerous—Danny can be. She initially sees Jo as a rival, but the two young women become caught in the same web of loyalty, jealousy, romance, crime, and betrayal.As Jo searches for the truth about Teddy, she must question everything she once believed about heroes and villains, right and wrong, and the people she loves. And both Jo and Lou must decide whether security lies in attaching themselves to powerful men—or in finding the courage to choose their own futures.

In 1904, sixteen-year-old Maggie Bennet is preparing for a glittering debut in Gilded Age Newport when her mother mysteriously disappears.Most people believe her missing mother is dead, but Maggie does not. When her architect father takes a new position in Yellowstone National Park, Maggie is curious: her mother's trail may lead to Yellowstone. But by departing the east coast Maggie's forced to leave Newport society, her friends, and her potential betrothed behind.Yellowstone is unlike anything Maggie has ever known. Geysers erupt from the earth, wild animals roam beyond the trails, and the rules that governed her privileged life suddenly seem very far away. And then she meets Tom Rowland, a local boy whose honesty and independence challenge Maggie's assumptions about class, love, and the future she thought she wanted.As Maggie searches for clues to her mother's fate, she begins to uncover family secrets, and a strength within herself she never knew she possessed. Finding her mother may mean giving up the safe, predictable life she has always known.And falling in love may mean choosing a life entirely her own.Faithful is a sweeping young adult historical novel blending romance, mystery, adventure, and coming of age against the spectacular landscape of Yellowstone National Park at the turn of the twentieth century.

Ancient myths, fairy tales, and folklore are reimagined through stories of girls and women transformed by magic, danger, desire, and their own emerging power.In Unbound: Mythic Stories of Women Transformed, award-winning author Janet Fox reimagines ancient myths, fairy tales, folklore, and archetypes through the lives of girls and women confronting desire, danger, identity, sexuality, motherhood, power—and transformation.Across eight stories spanning past, present, and an unsettling near future, the fantastic collides with the familiar. A young athlete calls upon the power of Diana when a boyfriend refuses to take no for an answer. A teenage girl discovers something impossible hidden in her own blood. A desperate Scottish girl longs to become a selkie and escape the life chosen for her. Ancient magic takes shape in a witch's watch. And a woman facing a world transformed by a mysterious infection discovers the monster—or goddess—awakening inside her.Some transformations are magical. Some are physical. Some are choices. All ask the same question:Who might a woman become when she claims the power to transform herself?Blending mythology, fantasy, magical realism, fairy tales, folklore, and contemporary women's stories, Unbound explores the darker and more powerful possibilities hidden inside familiar tales—and gives girls and women the freedom to write their own endings.This collection includes previously unpublished stories connected to The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle and The Artifact Hunters.

Award-winning, star-reviewed middle grade historical fantasy, originally published by Viking. A spooky, spellbinding adventure for fans of Narnia, filled with magic, mystery, and danger in a Scottish castle during World War II.When World War II forces twelve-year-old Kat Bateson and her younger brother and sister out of London during the Blitz, they are evacuated to Scotland and deposited at Rookskill Castle—a so-called school that is anything but safe.Things really do go bump in the night. Doors are "e;locked for safety."e; The peculiar headmistress is not what she seems.And then the children begin to disappear.Practical, logical Kat knows something is terribly wrong at Rookskill Castle. As she searches for answers, she must protect her siblings and the other children while unraveling the secrets of the castle, its mysterious headmistress, and the strange charms she carries with her.But an ancient evil is hiding within Rookskill's walls, while beyond the castle gates a very real war threatens Kat's father and everything she has left behind.The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle blends dark magic, mystery, adventure, and real World War II history into a richly atmospheric middle grade fantasy for readers ages 9–12. Perfect for classrooms, book clubs, and readers who love magical mysteries, eerie castles, courageous heroes, and stories that are just right for reading into the wee hours.Just…keep the lights on.

She was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct.Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It exists inside every living thing. It holds the genetic code that controls much of our development and behavior. And it's shaped like a double helix-a structure that holds the key to understanding how it works.But who first figured out the structure of DNA? Who unlocked this crucial key? That's where Rosalind Franklin came in.Even as a child, Franklin was passionate about science, and that passion drove her to become a chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Over the course of her career, she studied elements, viruses, and DNA, capturing the first clear image of DNA's helical structure. But as one of the few women working in science during the 1940s, Franklin faced barriers every step of the way. She believed in finding all the facts and refusing to take shortcuts, while others tried to leapfrog ahead of her with sloppy guesswork. When she disagreed with or stood up to men she worked with, she was labeled difficult, angry, and combative. Her male colleagues dismissed her-and eventually stole her work, winning a Nobel Prize for a discovery they didn't make.This is the story of Rosalind Franklin's courageous and complex life, her game-changing contributions to science, and the double helix at the center of it all.

She was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct.Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It exists inside every living thing. It holds the genetic code that controls much of our development and behavior. And it's shaped like a double helix-a structure that holds the key to understanding how it works.But who first figured out the structure of DNA? Who unlocked this crucial key? That's where Rosalind Franklin came in.Even as a child, Franklin was passionate about science, and that passion drove her to become a chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Over the course of her career, she studied elements, viruses, and DNA, capturing the first clear image of DNA's helical structure. But as one of the few women working in science during the 1940s, Franklin faced barriers every step of the way. She believed in finding all the facts and refusing to take shortcuts, while others tried to leapfrog ahead of her with sloppy guesswork. When she disagreed with or stood up to men she worked with, she was labeled difficult, angry, and combative. Her male colleagues dismissed her-and eventually stole her work, winning a Nobel Prize for a discovery they didn't make.This is the story of Rosalind Franklin's courageous and complex life, her game-changing contributions to science, and the double helix at the center of it all.