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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the blessings and curses of power.

A novel about a courageous young woman in World War II Germany who becomes involved with the resistance while helping smuggle Jewish children to safety.

When a hard-working Japanese high school girl falls for a bad boy, she discovers that he and his friends lead lives that are nothing like what she imagined.

"When a clutch of duck eggs in a theater courtyard hatch during a performance, the community rallies to protect the ducklings"--

While twelve-year-old Wyatt rides out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's cobbled together train, a mysterious girl arrives with storries of a potential cure for the zombie parasite.

Race car Lightning McQueen and his faithful trailer, Mack, are back on the road--and headed to another big race.

"Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most: a chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong. Samahtitamahenele--Sam--is...

"... twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life?both metaphorical and literal."--Provided by publisher.

"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years ......