Silver
After Jack Sparrow and his crew get aboard the Fleur de la Mort, they find that it will be much more difficult to leave this ship.
Escape From the Carnivale : a Never Land Adventure
From the bestselling authors of "Peter and the Star catchers" comes the firstbook in a new adventure series featuring Peter's friends and enemies in NeverLand.
Puss 'n Cahoots : a Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Publisher Weekly Review: The charming 14th Mrs. Murphy mystery (after 2006's Sour Puss) finds ex-postmistress and sometime-detective Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen accompanying her veterinarian husband, Fair, to an equestrian extravaganza in Kentucky. The mishaps begin when Harry's good friend Joan loses a beloved pin?or is the treasured piece of jewelry stolen? Then Jorge, a groom […]
Burning Bright
Library Journal Review: Late 17th-century London comes alive in this latest offering from Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring). After a tragic death in the family, the Kellaways are persuaded by a traveling circus owner to move to the bustling city, where they discover that they live next door to the famous William Blake: printer, […]
Skulduggery Pleasant
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Stephanie Edgley's uncle, a bestselling novelist, dies and leaves her his fortune. But the money doesn't interest her nearly as much as the odd, overdressed figure who appears at the funeral. He turns out to be the eponymous hero, the skeleton of a man, back from the dead to avenge […]
At Some Disputed Barricade
Publisher Weekly Review: Fans of the first three books in this WWI series from Perry, best known for her Victorian police procedurals, will eagerly pick up this fourth volume to learn more of the ongoing saga of the three Reavley siblings: Joseph, a chaplain working with soldiers on the front line in France; Matthew, a […]
Uglies
In Tally's world, a 16th birthday brings an operation, transforming one from a repellent Ugly to an attractive Pretty. Turning Pretty is all Tally has ever wanted. Her friend Shay would rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally must make a terrible choice. Original.
The Spellman Files
Publisher Weekly Review: Cracking the case can get complicated and outrageously wacky when a family of detectives is involved, but Lutz has a blast doing it in her delicious debut. Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, a San Francisco PI who began working for Spellman Investigations at age 12, could easily pass as Buffy or Veronica Mars's wiser […]
The Terror
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Though Simmons is best known for his convoluted sf novels Hyperion, Ilium, and Olympos, his new work shows that he's also capable of writing a direct and compelling narrative. For the most part, it's a straightforward sea story following the difficulties of the dwindling remains of Sir John Franklin's failed […]
Babylon's Ark : the Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
Publisher Weekly Review: Anthony, a South African conservationist and recipient of the U.N.'s Earth Day award, details how, through a series of complex maneuvers, he entered Iraq after the American invasion and led the fight to save what was left of the Baghdad Zoo. Most of the animals were killed by war and looting; the […]