Ben and Jennet, an orphaned brother and sister, are taken in by an old woman in the quaint fishing village of Whitby, where they soon learn of the town’s ancient lore and become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil.
Supernatural
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.
The Fox And The Wolf: Ukrainan Folk Tale
The fox and the wolf play tricks on one another, with neither one ultimately triumphing, until fox manages the best trick of all and fools the wolf into putting his tail into icy water and losing it.
The Blood Stone
In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, stopping in India to raise the ransom by selling his father’s beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan.
The Fetch
After exploring a sea chest full of runes and a journal belonging to his deceased grandfather, fifteen-year-old Sky summons the old man’s ghost, who teaches him how to travel through time and space.
Drowned Wednesday
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur’s. Third in the Keys to the Kingdom series.
Checkers
Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father’s unethical business dealings.
Postcards from No Man’s Land
Alternates between two stories — contemporary, 17-year-old Jacob visits Amsterdam at the request of his grandmother — and historical, 19-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British attempts to liberate Holland from occupation.