After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.

What would you do if you lost everything -- your job, your home, and the love of your life -- all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts. A bottle of pills in his hand and nothing left to live for, he plans to end his misery. Instead, he decides to take a walk. But not any ordinary walk. Taking with him only the barest of essentials, Al leaves behind all that he's known and...

Marcus Atkinson is definitely not a tennis genius. But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his wrists. Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sports. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to ... with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humor and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about tennis.

Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever, and while things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.

12 Year Old Zombie is Going To the 8th Grade! Zombie finally made it through 7th grade... And he even made it through one really crazy summer! But will Zombie be able to survive through the first weeks of being an 8th grader in Mob Scare School? Jump into this Zany Minecraft Adventure and find out!

6th-grader Chase Cooper shares his experiences starting at a different school where he only knows his cousin Zoe, and he is recruited into a group of school-aged ninjas.

In Big Shot, book 16 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides, that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But, after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the...

"This time Zombie is up against some of the meanest and scariest mob bullies at school. Will he be able to stop the mob bullies from terrorizing him and his friends, and make it back in one piece? Jump into this Minecraft adventure and find out!."--Page [4] cover.

At the school 6th-grader Chase Cooper attends, everyone is talking like a pirate. Soon there are rumors of a pirate invasion and now the entire school is in danger. Only Chase can save it.