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A True BondWhen almost 13-year-old Alex forms a true bond with a newborn colt, she secretly promises to make him her own. But like all horses born on her family's Rosen Ranch, this colt is slated to be sold.Alex thinks if she can prove herself a capable horse trainer, there might be a chance to keep the colt. But when her attempt to work with a spirited filly ends in disaster, her secret hope is shattered.Now Alex must rebuild trust with her parents-and regain confidence in herself-before her dream horse gallops away forever.

On his first day back to school in 7th grade, Xander Carson discovers a large black dragon blocking his locker. Soon he's seeing wyverns, wyrms, and other lizard creatures, but no one else seems to notice them at all.Was he going crazy?His life was tough enough already. His older brother - his best friend - had been killed in a car accident during the summer.And now dragons.Through an unlikely business deal with a nerd named Zayn, Xander discovers that there may be a reason he's seeing dragons - and these discerning creatures may be just what he needs to solve his paralyzing grief. But doing the wrong thing could make them disappear, exactly when he's growing to need them.

A girl, a dare, and a mysterious creatureCecilia Blue LaRue is the only girl in her class, the only girl in her family of boys, and mad at her only friend. But then Honey Brooks moves into the neighborhood, and a rare blue lynx is spotted in the woods.Celie sees adventure. Honey sees colors.With a dare on the line, Celie and Honey focus on clues to finding the wildcat. The trouble is, finding the lynx among the hues and shadows of the forest is just as tricky as figuring out friendship-and knowing which secrets to tell, and which secrets to keep.A vivid tale of friendship, told through the lens of 1970s film photography

"To Pea, Love Mom" ...reads the necklace twelve-year-old Pea finds stuck high in the willow tree Mom had planted long ago on their ranch. Pea doesn't know how it got there. If Mom were alive, she would ask her. But when Pea takes the necklace, the tree reveals a secret tunnel to Willowmere-the magical world built by her mom's stories. Pea crawls through the tunnel and realizes that Willowmere is crumbling. Frightening dangers lurk behind each tree, and magic is deteriorating into chaos. All she learns seems to contradict everything she knows. But could Mom still be alive in Willowmere? If Pea can learn to trust her new friends, and harness the power of stories, she might just save the world.But she'll have to save herself first.

All orphan Avery wants is a dog of her own... ...but her strict stand-in-mom Aunt Laurel absolutely forbids it with ridiculous excuse (dogs drool) after ridiculous excuse (dogs shed). Everything changes the summer before sixth grade. Avery and Aunt Laurel travel to Beaver Island, Lake Michigan-a place Avery's only heard about in her aunt's old nursery rhyme. The poem warns of mysterious Scorned Sliders who travel from a different dimension to wreak havoc on the island's dogs.But that's just a silly story. Right?When Avery finds a scruffy terrier hurt and abandoned at the island's lighthouse, she jumps to his rescue. But the animal patrol officer he's fleeing from has a chilling resemblance to the interdimensional villain from Aunt Laurel's poem.As Avery uncovers secrets about her past and a sinister plot against dogkind, she must decide where her loyalties lie. Should she break Aunt Laurel's rules and save the canine species? Or is she doomed to a life as a dogless orphan?

Saloma Hammond is not your typical 12 year old. Sal counts her steps between classes, wears a school uniform that isn't required, and prefers to stay locked inside her tightly controlled OCD world. But when the lure of the perfect snowflake entices her to join the Weather Club, her anti-social shell begins to crack. At the same time, dozens of phones have gone missing, and her classmates are getting suspicious.If Sal can unlock her pattern-driven mind to identify the workings of the real thief and then set an irresistible trap at the Science Fair, she may just learn how powerful friendship can be.

What do touchdowns and tea parties have in common? Absolutely nothing. Eleven-year-old football superfan, Hannah Taylor, has watched her friends leave the homeschool group one by one. It was okay, at first, because she always had Beth, her best best friend. They were a team for science experiments, for co-op classes, and on the football field. But just as they''re starting sixth grade, Beth''s parents put her in private school. Now Hannah is the only middle schooler left in the homeschool group. She''d better come up with a new play fast. The only kids even remotely close to her age don''t like football, and they don''t play sports. They play princess. And they want Hannah to join their team.

Thunderation and Toad's Toes! How does one nearly thirteen-year-old Montana cowgirl get herself in so much trouble?Maddie McDowell can't take it anymore. Running away from boarding school seems like her only choice after feeling betrayed by her family and left out and left alone by everyone else. When the Monte Decker Rodeo Show pulls out of town on the morning train, Maddie intends to be on it, leaving all her hurt behind.All, however, does not go as planned.Mistaken for the rodeo's newest star, who appears to be missing, Maddie must prove she's got the talent, skills, and guts to make it. But it's not that simple. There's the rodeo queen who hates her on sight, the handsome cowboy who seems strangely familiar, a mysterious man in a bowler hat, and a sack full of stolen cash. Is someone trying to hurt her, or the missing cowgirl she's impersonating? Yep. Maddie is in deeper than a yearling calf in a sinkhole.With all this trouble, Maddie must decide if the rodeo life is what she truly wants, or if there's something else missing, something even bigger pulling her along-not counting that dog, of course. This rollicking Pinkerton-style middle grade mystery set in a 1919 rodeo show keeps the pages turning and the heartstrings pulling.