Lois Metzger

Change Places with Me

Fifteen-year-old Mike desperately attempts to take control as his parents separate and his life falls apart.

A Trick of the Light

A volume of new works by some of today's most popular authors is a collection of vampire, werewolf and other spine-tingling tales that includes contributions by such writers as Peter Lerangis, Neal Shusterman and Ellen Wittlinger. Original.

Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into

Bites

Lola Rein Kaufman

After deciding to donate the dress her mother had made for her to a museum, Lola Rein Kaufman, survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, decides that it is finally time to speak publicly about her experiences.

A True Story of the Holocaust

The Hidden Girl

A volume of new works by some of today's most popular authors is a collection of ghosts, skeletons, and other spine-tingling tales that includes contributions by such writers as R.L. Stine, Richard Peck, and David Levithan.

Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams

Bones

Anne Frank's diary is combined with memories from people who knew her to create this biography.

The Life of Anne Frank

Yours, Anne

Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferers—young men—A Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger is a book for fans of the complex characters and emotional truths in Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why. Mike Welles had everything under control. But that was before. Now things are rough at home, and they're getting confusing at school. He's losing his sense of direction, and he feels like he's a mess. Then there's a voice in his head. A friend, who's trying to help him get control again. More than that—the voice can guide him to become faster and stronger than he was before, to rid his life of everything that's holding him back. To figure out who he is again. If only Mike will listen.

When sixteen-year-old Ellen Gray finds herself attracted to the lawyer in charge of the malpractice case related to her four-year-old brother's cerebral palsy, she becomes involved in the trial and gains a new perspective on her own life and options for her future.

Ellen's Case

Spine-chilling, original ghost stories by some of today's best writers, including R.L. Stine, Richard Peck, Margaret Mahy, Todd Strasser, and more. These bone-chilling stories by some of today's top writers may keep you awake at night! Just remember: o Skeletons don't always "rest in peace." o Ghosts hate being ignored. o Even cell phones can't be trusted. If you mess with bones, you can get rattled!

Bones: Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams

Wish week / by Gail Carson Levine -- That's the way the fortune cookie crumbles / by Louise Hawes -- Our pig, Satin / by Andrea Davis Pinkney -- Five djinn in a bottle / by Liz Rosenberg -- Black sheep of the family / by Patricia McCormick -- The fashion contest / by Catherine Stine -- The reason I will love John McFarlane Jr. until the day I die / by Rachel Vail -- Be careful what you wish for / by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple -- Beggar's ride / by A. LaFaye -- Star light, star bright / by Deborah Wiles.

Ten Stories about Wishes

Be Careful what You Wish for

During eighth grade, Carrie moves in with her grandmother, becomes friends with an withdrawn classmate, and comes to terms with her mother's death.

Missing Girls

"Here, from today's best writers, are ten original stories about all kinds of secrets."--Back cover.

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