Books published by publisher Harcourt Paperbacks 2008

When Lincoln and Tony take up the martial art of kempo, they never imagine that it will lead them to Japan as exchange students. They have little idea of what lies ahead when they fly from San Francisco to Tokyo, but when it comes time to return home, Lincoln has learned that his Japanese family, and people everywhere, are not unlike his family back in California. “The author’s keen understanding of his characters produces a story that is both touching and enlightening.”-Publishers Weekly

In this modern-day retelling of “Sleeping Beauty,” Alice seemed destined to lead a princess’s life-except for the frightening curse that “dreaded” Aunt Violette bestowed at her christening: that she will die at the age of eighteen. And on the night of her birthday, this malediction becomes a frightening possibility when Alice is brutally raped by the loathsome Angus. “Geras has achieved a tremendous narrative hook even though she is telling a familiar story, and she has deftly added just the right modern twists and details to allure older readers back to the story that enchanted them as children.”-VOYA

Eighteen-year-old Bella is leading a carefree, bohemian lifestyle the summer before college, living and singing with a local band in London and abroad in Paris. But over the course of a few weeks, Bella finds herself in danger more than once, and she can’t help but suspect the two mysterious women who remind her of her stepmother, Marjorie. “For romantics and fans of fairy tales, here is a witty modern day Snow White story.”-Journal of Reading