Books with title Serendipity

When Toby breathes on Mama Inez's bird-shaped invitations, giving them the power to fly, plans for the Serendipity Market begin. Soon, eleven honored guests travel from afar and make their way to the storytellers' tent to share their stories. Each tale proves what Mama Inez knows—that magic is everywhere. Sometimes it shows itself subtly—a ray of sun glinting on a gold coin, or a girl picking a rose without getting pricked by the thorn—and sometimes it makes itself known with trumpets and fireworks. But when real magic is combined with the magic of storytelling, it can change the world. This is a breathtaking debut novel written with elegance and grace.

A restored mansion on remote Aotea Island off Auckland, New Zealand has burned down. Twenty people are missing but only one, 14-year-old Sam Kahu, has been found. Detective Sue Williams soon discovers Sam is unusual. He tells her he's psychic. Then, by saving her life, he proves it. But he also tells her he has his own UFO... A gritty and compelling story about an apparent orphan with a troubled past who meets a young lesbian police-woman in crisis. The two abandoned souls draw strength from each other to explore the mystery of why Renwick House burned down, but only Sam knows how deep and incredible that mystery goes. For Sam is not the only psychic teen who lived at Renwick House. There was also the beautiful but troubled Iranian Baha', Tahira; the hunted black Louisianian, Ashley; the calm white Zimbabwean, Scotty; the pretty Vietnamese, Cam; and the enigmatic Russian, Dr Gennady Prosperov. But it was only when Dr Prosperov's experiments transported Tabika from the safety of her own world that the extent of his conspiracy became clear.

Serendipity has changed schools five times in last five years and is fed-up of trying to make new friends and explain who she is. She looks around the classroom on the first day of a new year and can't believe it is actually the second year she has spent in the same school. Is it possible this time it will be different… She could never have imagined just how different this school year would be!A fossilised claw from a Tyrannosaurus Rex is found in a dusty old science cupboard, and the claw is a magical link to an ancient era. A dare gone wrong finds Serendipity and three classmates transported back in time, but their adventure really begins when they travel back and realise they're not alone! Their new friendship is tested to the limits as they dodge interfering teachers, museum security guards, neurotic parents and of course, the school bullies. This rag-tag group of friends must work together in order to keep their secret safe and pull off a mission of incredible danger!