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Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.

"Who can Lena trust to help her find out the truth? Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it?s particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent to live with her stern aunt, a devoted member of the ruling Communist Party. Visits with her beloved Uncle Erich, a best-selling author, are her only respite....

Harvey Hill's first day at Strangeville Middle School doesn't go quite as expected when he discovers it's full of various creatures and odd happenings, including a particularly nefarious supply closet.

Two years after the disappearance of her older sister, sixteen-year-old Ellie goes on a quest, with help from her attractive and adventurous new friend, to find her.

"When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up i nArea 51, a top-secret military base with a bajillion rules. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because gues what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But somthing even stranger is happeing in Area 51: aliens are going missing. Where could they be? How come everyone thinks sky and...

Informed by a psychic classmate that her ghost-hunter father has been abducted, a girl who does not believe in ghosts and her new friend journey to the town of Hush Falls, where legend claims that disappearances are tied to a mysterious man in a tattered coat.

Nancy's disappearance leaves the story in the hands of alternating narrators--Nancy's good friends George and Bess (although it's not always easy to tell their voices apart). When Nancy is late for a lunch date, her friends chalk it up to her usual forgetfulness. When she misses a date with boyfriend Ned, concern mounts. As several days pass, George, Ned, and Bess try to follow the slim offering of clues that might lead to her discovery. There are...

Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since Jack saved two small children from drowning during the Great Flood of 1940. Now, with his father away fighting in World War II and his mother about to have a new baby, Danny relies on Jack's friendship and guidance more than ever. So when Jack goes missing without a trace from their small Appalachian town, Danny is determined to find him. He wonders if Jack's abusive father could be behind his...

Twelve-year-old Maddie suffers from anxiety, loves music, math, and everything in its place. But when her older brother Strum disappears from his college campus, her family starts slipping away from her.

"Sophie's parents run a secret shop where dreams are bought and sold. When Sophie dreams, her dreams become real, so she is forbidden to have any. Sinister events are set in motion when she is accidentally seen by one of her parents' customers, and it's up to Sophie to save her family"--.