Secrets at St Jude's: Sunshine Girl is a contemporary young adult / teen fiction novel written by Scottish author Carmen Reid, published in 2011. It is the fifth installment in the popular Secrets at St Jude's series, which follows the raucous, dramatic, and heartwarming lives of a close-knit group of girls attending a traditional boarding school in Scotland.
The Doldrums is a middle-grade children's adventure novel written and lavishly illustrated by Nicholas Gannon, published in 2015. Blending whimsical humor, a touch of mystery, and rich, old-fashioned full-color artwork, the story follows an imaginative boy stuck inside a hyper-protective home who enlists an eccentric group of friends to mount a rescue mission for his missing explorer grandparents.
The Hunt for Dark Infinity is a middle-grade science fiction and fantasy adventure novel by American author James Dashner, published in 2009. It is the second book in The 13th Reality series, following The Journal of Curious Letters. The story plunges Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom deeper into the dangerous and complex web of the parallel dimensions as he races to stop a catastrophic cosmic threat.
The Blade of Shattered Hope is a middle-grade science fiction and fantasy adventure novel by American author James Dashner, published in 2010. It is the third book in The 13th Reality series, following The Hunt for Dark Infinity. The story ramps up the stakes as dimensional boundaries collapse, forcing Tick and his friends into a desperate race across realities to stop total annihilation.
The Void of Mist and Thunder is a middle-grade science fiction and fantasy adventure novel by American author James Dashner, published in July 2012. It is the fourth and final installment in The 13th Reality series, bringing the multi-dimensional saga to a thrilling, high-stakes conclusion.
The Journal of Curious Letters is a middle-grade science fiction and fantasy adventure novel by American author James Dashner, published in 2008. It is the first book in The 13th Reality series. The story follows an ordinary, accident-prone teenager who stumbles into a web of parallel dimensions, sinister enemies, and mind-bending physics-based magic.
Villette is a classic 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë (under the pen name Currer Bell). Widely regarded as her masterpiece and her most psychological work, it is loosely based on Brontë's own experiences living and teaching in Brussels.
No Use Crying is a young adult coming-of-age novel written by British author Zannah Kearns, published in 2011. The story follows a teenager named Niki as she is thrust into an unfamiliar world in London, forcing her to navigate family secrets, urban survival, and a major shift in her sense of identity.
The Man in the Iron Mask is a classic historical fiction novel written by the French author Alexandre Dumas (originally published as the final section of his broader 1847 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne). Set in 1660s France during the reign of the young King Louis XIV, the story is based on the famous, enduring French historical mystery of a mysterious prisoner whose face was concealed by a ve…
The Portrait of a Lady is a psychological masterpiece written by American-British author Henry James, originally serialized between 1880 and 1881 before being published as a novel. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, it explores the themes of personal freedom, American innocence versus European experience, betrayal, and the heavy consequences of making choices…