In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

Almost twelve years old, Cassie is good at finding her neighbors' pet peacocks but not so good at figuring out the changes in her parents, her older sister, and her best friend Jonas.

Twelve-year-old Alex plans to spend her summer building a treehouse with her best friend Will, but her summer seems ruined when Will experiences his first crush.

"La tierra es vieja, pero nosotros no, y no debemos olvidarlo." Una fábula entrañable que ilumina la importancia de reconocer que todos los seres vivos tienen un propósito en nuestro mundo maravillosamente complejo y son dignos de nuestro cuidado y estimacion -- The earth is old, but we are not, and we must not forget that. An endearing fable that illuminates the importance of recognizing that all living things serve a purpose in our wonderfully...

After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.

"12-year-old servant Patience Fell defends her town against a fairy invasion no one else seems to see."--Publisher's description.

"Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earths End until Papa Niall grows seriously ill. Now Henna is determined to find a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing powers, even though the search means journeying all the way to St. Basils Conservatory, a botanical boarding school rumored to house seeds of every plant ever grown. At St. Basil���s, Henna is surrounded...

Once her parents are off to bed, Poesy excitedly awaits the monsters that creep into her room. With the knowledge she?s gained from her trusty Monster Book and a few of her favorite toys, Poesy easily fends off a werewolf, a vampire, and much more. But not even Poesy's bubblegum perfume can defeat her sleep-deprived parents!

"Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn't have any friends -- and she's just fine with that. She's so good at being invisible in school, it's almost as if she has a superpower, like her idol, Astrid Dane. At home, Jenae has plenty of company, like her no-nonsense mama; her older brother, Malcolm, who is home from college after a basketball injury; and her beloved grandpa, Gee. Then a new student shows up at school -- a boy named Aubrey with fiery red hair and...