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Working covertly in 1915 in a Kentish coast castle owned by a suspected British government mole, Kit is partnered with his spy mother, Isabel, who assists him under the cover of her position as a Shakespearean actress.

"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been...

While his mother cleans house, rambunctious baby Ben sets sail in a wooden box and has many adventures.

Tom and his toy monkey, Pippo, go out for a walk and fall into a mud puddle.

In Leaving Yesterday, CBA best-selling author Kathryn Cushman delivers a cutting-edge tale of a mother's unfailing love. Hope flickers in Alicia Stewart's heart as her wayward son struggles to leave his drug-ridden past. But when past deeds come back to haunt him and the family, Alicia faces a wrenching dilemma. Stay silent, and keep her son-or risk everything in a quest for the truth. "[Leaving Yesterday] is a profoundly moving portrait of a mother's...

Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.

"Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear: not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past."--Amazon.com....

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

A story with two endings tells how a hard-working widow loses the son she cherishes.

Some come back whole. Some come back broken. Some just never come back... As an executive for one of the most successful military defense contractors in the country, Ruth Nolan should have been thrilled when her troubled son, Robbie, chose to join the marines. But she wasn���t. She was terrified. So, when he returns home to San Diego after his second tour in Iraq, apparently unscathed, it feels like a chance to start over and make things...