Books in The Leaf Chronicles series

What happens when you take a West Highland Terrier and place her on a farm in northern British Columbia? Adventure and heroic deeds! Children will delight in the tales of Maddy the Westie, a loveable character based on a real-life dog. "Maddy the Dragon Slayer" is the first of ten stories in this exciting new series, The Maddy Chronicles. She's a little dog with a great big personality! In this story, Maddy, in typical Westie fashion, dons her superhero cape and saves the day as an ominous figure moves closer to her people's home....

One goal: Hunt the demon that killed my family. Make that two goals: Survive.Six months ago, Director Greene recruited me to the CGE to train to hunt demons.Four months ago, I agreed to finish my first Phase in less than half the time.Two months ago, I got bit by a vampire, almost died, and found out I have demon DNA.Now... Demons aren't the only thing I have to fight.Because I'm changing, and that changes everything.Warning: This book contains kick-ass (literally) demon-hunters in training, scary demons (the bad kinds), and sarcastic (and sometimes snarky) attitudes. Again, no humans were eaten during the writing of this book. But there may have been a few injuries.Other titles by Lanie Jordan:THE BREED CHRONICLES (YA Urban Fantasy/Paranormal):Breed of Innocence, Book #01 Breed of Envy, Book #02 Book #03 coming Fall 2013The Breed Boxed Set (Includes Books #01 & #02)SINGLE TITLES:Twin Tied (YA Paranormal)Shadow and Light (YA Fantasy/Paranormal)

An empire in peril. A dangerous task to ensure its survival. Sophia, a young servant-mare, witnesses the horrific downfall her homeland Aethon, conquered by the powerful winged pegasus race. Within a few short years, her sheltered life is shattered when she is taken from her family to the capital city of the Pegasus Empire. There, though urged to conceal her identity, she unwittingly wins the heart of the newly crowned emperor. Amidst political intrigue and societal barriers, secret plots against the emperor leaves the empire teetering on the brink of collapse. At the same time, a prophecy warning of an enemy seeking the horses' demise lurks into fruition. Sophia will soon face a decision that could save both her loved ones and her kind. But it will cost her own life.

A spellbinding magical adventure. Master storyteller Helen Dunmore writes the story of Sapphire and her brother Conor, and their discovery of INGO, a powerful and exciting world under the sea. You'll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor church. She fell in love with a human, but she was a Mer creature and so she couldn't come to live with him up in the dry air. She swam up the stream to hear him sing, then one day he swam down it and was never seen again. He became one of the Mer people! Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of that old myth; she's convinced he's still alive. The following summer her brother Conor keeps disappearing for hours on end. She goes to the cove to find him, but instead meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Merman. He takes her to Ingo and introduces her to a world she never knew existed. She must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea and all things Mer. After her first visit she is entranced -- merely the sound of running water makes her yearn to be in Ingo once more. Ingo blood runs strongly in Sapphy and Conor fears she will leave the Air world for good. He pleads with her to ignore her craving for the sea and stay safely in their cottage up on the cliff. But not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water! "I wish I was away in Ingo Far across the briny sea!"

Would you have survived? In the Middle Ages, life was short and dangerous. Knights wore the finest armor, followed a strict code of chivalry, and swore an oath to the King. See what it took to become one of these nobles, from page to esquire to the final ceremony of anointing. Follow their training, examine their weapons and a full set of armor, and learn about the lavish jousts and other tournaments that were a regular part of a knight's life. The book contains: The Esquire's Handbook, a miniature guide to knight school and life, complete with lifesaving info; a tournament presented in split pages and foldout flaps; and another foldout that provides an insider's view of a castle under siege.

When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works...at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door. But one girl, Honey, undermines all her efforts. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids and everything seems set to go down the drain, it's Calypso's parents and sense of humor that save her from utter humiliation. A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud-funny look at fitting in while still standing out...

It is a time of profound change for Ellie Linton. Enemies are everywhere. Some come crawling over the hills others drive in and knock on the front door. Sometimes her friends are there and sometimes they are not. Ellie fights every inch of the way. But when courage and imagination are not enough, when she is trapped and helpless, Ellie must face the end of life as she knows it…standing alone, sustained only by her own strength.

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.