Books in The Curlew Chronicles series

In the world of the Talent Chronicles, kids with supernatural abilities, Talents, are taken away to government-run research facilities from which they do not return. In this sequel to Hush Money, Joss finds herself mired deep in “he likes me, he likes me not” territory as Dylan wonders how he could possibly impress a girl who can toss dumpsters around with her brain. While they’ve been dancing awkwardly around their feelings for each other, the government’s undercover agent has been turning in more Talents than ever, creating the perfect climate of fear for Marco to draw scared Talents to his cause. Marco’s plotting revenge against Dylan, the best friend who betrayed him, and Joss, the girl they fought over. He’s the one behind the crime wave that’s threatening Fairview’s businesses, including Joss’s family’s store, and drawing even more government attention in their direction. As Joss and Dylan explore their feelings for each other and begin to discover how much they have in common, they have a decision to make. Is it worth risking each other and their freedom to play the heroes and stand up for what’s right? Higher stakes, bigger action, new superpowers, more romance and surprises await in this second volume of the Talent Chronicles series. Recommended for teens and older due to strong language and violent content.

Twelve-year-old Maggie Watson wants nothing more than to retain her title as best young pianist in Dover Creek, Minnesota. But her nemesis Lilly Whyte challenges her every move. Seeking her piano teacher Melody Chandler's help in reaching her goal of defeating Lilly at the Fall Talent Show, Maggie is soon swept up in an extraordinary adventure. Aided by the Zimbelstern Accelerator, her teacher's special metronome, Maggie has the opportunity to meet Beethoven at one of the pivotal points in his life and learn one of his most famous compositions. What Maggie doesn't yet realize is that she has been chosen by a secret society to protect the integrity of all of music history from Ersten von Zimbelstern, the evil time-traveling villain who invented the magical metronome. Can Maggie keep the metronome away from Ersten? More importantly, can she save music history from an unrelenting narcissist who wants only to make a name for himself?

Exiled from Sora with her memory removed, Princess Valencia has been imprisoned in the Canadian Rockies Mountains for ten years. With the death of her Keeper, she flees the compound, with an intergalactic bounty hunter close on her heels. Aided by Thane, from the warrior race called Mlinzi (Guardian), Valencia learns she is the Matka-Zem, a deity with the ability to heal the dying world of Sora. Sworn to protect The Matka-Zem, Thane was the princess’s guard before her exile. Injured during their escape from the compound, he woke to find him bonded to the Matka-Zem and only his death could free her. Ready to sacrifice his life for the princess, he must safely deliver Valencia to the Torpek golden city of Kota Emas, before he could confront his fate.

Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life. Although what's normal about your parents having been murdered; trying to run a farm and go to school; and bringing up a young boy who's hiding terrible secrets about his past? Packed full of action and high-drama, John Marsden delivers another fast-paced adventure that will thrill old fans and new readers alike.

The second book of the Twig Saga, part of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series. Twig has always longed to explore the skies of the Edge. Now, as a crew-member of the Stormchaser, he is finally living that dream. The ship's quest is to collect stormphrax -- a valuable substance created inside the heart of a Great Storm, at the very instant it unleashes its most intense power. But can their ship survive such a destructive force?

Sam Archer was looking forward to his last day with the Tucson Police Department prior to retiring. Tucson was suffering under a deluge from summer storms and accompanying traffic crashes. Among the storms he finds a young girl walking naked down a major highway. The girl doesn’t want to communicate with Sam, so he takes her to the Tucson hospital where his wife, Joanne, is employed in the mental health department. Joanne discovers that the girl isn’t human just as the girl’s mother shows up at the hospital with the sheriff of the local Indian reservation. Joanne releases the girl to her mother, but is intrigued and attempts to follow up on the reservation. She learns that the only way she can meet with the girl or her mother is to become a tribal shaman. Joanne accepts the challenge and is suddenly faced with a program of training and tests that costs her job and places her life in serious danger. When she surprises everyone and becomes a shaman, she comes face-to-face with the Elder community and finds that things may not be what the seem.

The third book of the Twig Saga, part of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series. Far out in open sky, a storm is brewing. In its path is Sanctaphrax -- a city built on a floating rock and tethered to the land by a massive chain. Only Twig -- a young sky pirate captain who has dared to sail over the Edge -- has learned of the approaching danger. But his perilous voyage destroys his sky ship, hurling his crew into and beyond the Deepwoods, and robbing Twig of his memories.

Phaet Theta has lived her whole life in a colony on the Moon. She’s barely spoken since her father died in an accident nine years ago. She cultivates the plants in Greenhouse 22, lets her best friend talk for her, and stays off the government’s radar.Then her mother is arrested.The only way to save her younger siblings from the degrading Shelter is by enlisting in the Militia, the faceless army that polices the Lunar bases and protects them from attacks by desperate Earth-dwellers. Training is brutal, but it’s where Phaet forms an uneasy but meaningful alliance with the preternaturally accomplished Wes, a fellow outsider.Rank high, save her siblings, free her mom: that’s the plan. Until Phaet’s logically ordered world begins to crumble...Suspenseful, intelligent, and hauntingly prescient, Dove Arising stands on the shoulders of our greatest tales of the future to tell a story that is all too relevant today