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Gwendolyn Gimmal desperately wants an invitation to the mysterious Gimmal Gala where her family's coveted ring is bestowed upon new inductees. It's not that she particularly likes bling, but she knows it will unlock excitingsecrets and reveal what she believes will be her true life's path.After finding her way into the hidden gala, Gwen learns that The Gimmal Ring is not only a piece of jewellery, but also a secret society of people. Things go...

Libby is a lonely cactus plant who has trouble believing in herself. However, when lovely, confident Violet moves in next to her on the windowsill, Libby learns that the things that make her different also make her special.

The repeating Tuesdays are only the beginning...When Japanese high school student Yukari Namikoya finds herself suddenly and inexplicably on another planet, she must quickly come to terms with the fact that she may never see Tokyo again. With a sun that never sets, the desert world of Crimson Winter is on the brink of extinction and day-to-day survival can be difficult, especially for someone used to the modern-day conveniences of Earth.Follow...

Young bookseller Cathy Finn is having a bad day. First, there's the assassin's bullet. Then comes the realisation that she's been living in a work of fiction. Worse, she wasn't even the main character.Cathy's quiet, bit-part life may be over, but her troubles are only beginning. Her last day on Earth is also her first as a citizen of New Tybet. For over four hundred years, its people have been rescuing those destined to die in other narratives...

Imagine a teenager possessing a psychic ability and struggling to cope with this freakish power, all the while trying to lead a normal life. Now, imagine being uprooted and forced to live in a small tourist town where nothing much ever happens. It's bores-ville from the get-go. Welcome to Fairy Falls. Expect the unexpected…The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It's up to an old calico cat named Whiskey-a shelter cat who ...

Nora Simeon hates demons.But as an investigator for the secretive Commission, the organization that regulates financial sorcery in New York City, she deals with the creatures a lot more than she'd like. Her latest case has her on the track of a rogue demon, escaped from magical bondage as an analyst for a leading investment bank.On the demon's trail, Nora crosses paths with a beautiful young man named Eyre. He's too pretty and complaisant to b...

From Al-Mi'raj to Zlatarog, The Bestiary Alphabet features a different mythical creature for every letter of the alphabet, lovingly drawn and illustrated by the talented Felix Eddy.Like the medieval bestiaries of old, the Bestiary Alphabet collects mythological creatures from all over the globe. Some are household names, others are delightful obscurities, but all will move and inspire you to dream of a world that you have never seen. Felix Edd...

Beverlee, la chatte de Birmanie, a soif d'aventure et utilise son imagination débridée pour y parvenir. Au cours d'une belle journée qui, jusque là, ne se distinguait pas des autres, elle s'élance dans la forêt puis dans les champs qui entourent sa maison. L'ordinaire deviendra bientôt extraordinaire aux yeux de cette petite chatte brune à l'esprit créatif. Suivez l'aventure de la curieuse Beverlee parmi les arbres, par-delà les collines... et...

In the summer of 1914, Jane Fairchild, a young English musician, is kidnapped by magic and sent to Spellhaven, an island city ruled by magicians. Here, peace and prosperity are maintained with the assistance of Unseen Spirits bound to the service of the Lords Magician. The Spirits must be kept in good humour by the performance of all kinds of shows, dance, drama and music and Jane is one of many people kidnapped from the outside world and forc...

Zarda, Fate-Seer of her people, the Drax, has chosen to join the wingless and their broken-winged dams on their long and dangerous journey into exile. But Kalis, the Prime she has abandoned, dispatches flyers to hunt her down and offers a reward to anyone who will give her up.When their path takes them into the Crimson Forest, horror and death stalk the exiles beneath the vines. As the pain and hardship of banishment begin to take their toll, ...

If you need to know men's secrets Or if there's something you need to find If you want to see the dinosaurs Or the insides of your mind. If you want to watch the earth begin, Or see what the apocalypse will leave behind, You need to thank Alice Anderson, For Alice is the mother of time." That was how the rhyme went. Every time traveler knew it. Everyone that is, except of course, for Alice herself, since she hadn't invented time travel yet. Si...

If you need to know men's secrets Or if there's something you need to find If you want to see the dinosaurs Or the insides of your mind. If you want to watch the earth begin, Or see what the apocalypse will leave behind, You need to thank Alice Anderson, For Alice is the mother of time." That was how the rhyme went. Every time traveler knew it. Everyone that is, except of course, for Alice herself, since she hadn't invented time travel yet. Si...

The only witness left to testify against an unsolved crime in Fairy Falls isn't a person…City born and bred, Hart Stewart possesses the gift of psychometry-the psychic ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them. Since his mother's death, seventeen-year-old Hart has endured homelessness, and has learned ways to keep his illiteracy under wraps. He eventually learns of a great-aunt living...

Beverlee Beaz, the brown Burmese, longs for adventure and has the powerful imagination to make it happen. On a lovely, but otherwise ordinary day, she seeks excitement among the forests and fields surrounding her home. The ordinary suddenly becomes extraordinary in the eyes of this wildly creative little brown cat.Follow Beverlee on her adventure through the forest, over the hills… and into the world of her imagination!

There is nothing better than a good Hockey Book. This goes doubly for Nate Friedman's new Canadian Classic 'The Last Hockey Fight'. The story's hero, Billy 'The Bruiser' Fenton, has had a legendary career as every hockey fan's favourite player. Billy is a Hockey League enforcer for his hometown team, The Windsor Punch. Gaining momentum for his team, defending his fellow players, and entertaining the fans every game is his job and he takes that...

Mixter Twizzle is an odd, red, round-shaped, mischievous creature. He lives in a hovel, beneath a rustic barn, underneath the chicken coop at Riverdale Farm. He's a snoozing sneezer and a snoring barker--a peculiar sort that both annoys and pleases. At first, Mixter Twizzle is thrilled by his egg-gorging fests, delighting in his own wickedness, but he soon realizes he is lonely. He longs for companionship, but the hens will have nothing to do ...

When a plague kills half the Drax population, and leaves the hatchlings of the survivors with a terrible deformity - no wings - suspicion and prejudice follow. Continuously harassed by raids from their traditional enemies, the Koth, the Drax are looking for someone, or something, to blame. Zarda, an apprentice Fate-seer, is new to her role and unsure of her own abilities, but the death of her teacher sees her summoned by the Drax Prime, Kalis,...

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Following the events of Stormdancer, the Watcher receives a vision in a dream of a city in turmoil. The dream haunts him, as does the voice that insistently repeats, 'Help me, ' night after night. Leaving the safety of the tower of scientists behind, the Watcher and his friends embark on the final leg of their journey to locate the source of the message and come face to face with their most difficult obstacle yet: doubt.Though they trust the W...

Everything happens for a reason... Four people. Four very different lives. Four tales interwoven. Meet Kenzie en Shareed, the High Clan Chief's daughter who is sent south to fulfill a treaty by marriage only to marry the wrong man, Kadrean Authier, the Crown Prince who must come to terms with his new bride, even if he doesn't much like the idea, Garron D'Arbonne, a noble Lord who has been commanded to marry a cool and aloof princess he doesn't...