Books published by publisher Purple Turtle Books

If one touch can infect. . . then a kiss is deadly. All Ruby Behl wants for her seventeenth birthday is a good career path match, and to kiss her best friend and long time crush, Wesley Fairchild. Unfortunately, the simplicity of teenage wishes evaporated a decade ago when the Tercera virus nearly wiped out the human race. Transmitted through touch, the slightest contact is prohibited in the safe haven community of Port Gibson. An innocent game of Spin the Bottle, a rite of passage for Port Gibson’s teens, provides the opportunity Ruby’s been waiting for, but when Wesley winds up Marked, Ruby realizes her first kiss may also be her last. Ruby races the viral clock to uncover long buried secrets about her dead parents, and her once cloudy future becomes clear. She’s the key to finding the cure, but is she willing to pay the price?

Mr. Brownsfield has never seen a ghost before and he surely hasn't used magic. Especially not the kind real magicians use.After a series of strange events, Mr. Brownsfield discovers his house is built on the entrance to a mile long street known as Wizard Way. A secret society that is inhabited by magicians. These are not your typical slight of hand illusionists though.The magicians are trying to locate the second entrance to their society, but they aren't the only ones. Mysterious ghosts are searching for the door. The magicians are determined to find it first. The best person to help them do that is Mr. Brownsfield, but finding the door in the vast hinterlands surrounding Wizard Way is not as easy or as safe as it sounds.

It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.

Eight year old Ronny Morel discovers that he has a Snapper Cat. A talking magical cat that appears whenever he snaps his fingers. But that's not all. One summer day, the two of them find a secret zoo full of exotic magical animals under the regular zoo where his dad works.Animals from the Zoo of Exotic Magical Creatures are disappearing. But who's stealing them and why? Ronny is going to need some help from his Snapper Cat and a couple of new friends to solve the mystery in time. Join them on their extraordinary adventure!

It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.

A magic mirror in which good and evil are hideously distorted breaks, and its tiny pieces fly all over the world. One piece lodges in the eye of a little boy named Kay, transforming his vision. Another pierces his heart, turning it cold as ice. Kay’s playmate Gerda is shocked by the change in her friend, and becomes heartbroken when he disappears. A perilous journey to find Kay takes Gerda to a land locked in ice and snow, where she must outwit the powerful Snow Queen to rescue her beloved friend. The haunting illustrations capture all the mystery and magic of Andersen’s longest, most imaginative tale.

Bonnie loves to sing while her father plays a fiddle. In better times, the family was happy in its modest home. But hard times took away Bonnie's father's job, then their house, and then even her father's fiddle. Hearing the unkind remarks of a neighbor, Bonnie's father leaves to search for work at the nearby port and to relieve the economic burden on his wife, who has started to take in laundry. A distraught Bonnie determines to take her dog, Caesar, and go find her daddy! In her search, Bonnie discovers the pivotal part she can play in rescuing her family and restoring their lives.

Ah choo! Poor Lion’s caught the flu. He has a sore throat and a fever and he aches all over. So Lion stays in bed, resting quietly, until . . . Knock! Knock! The Mouse Brothers tiptoe in with a special get-well cake. Rabbit and Cat soon follow, bringing carrots and ice cream, and Elephant barges in bearing bananas. Before long, a clamorous parade of well-wishers crowds into Lion’s house. Chaos ensues, and the many acts of kindness make Lion wonder if he’s getting well or getting worse! Wonderfully detailed pictures enhance a delightful story that gently reminds young readers to be considerate of others’ feelings.