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Working with salvagers in a fog-covered world that has forced civilization to move to the highest mountain peaks, thirteen-year-old Chess hides a deadly secret about his ability to survive while his crew leader forges an evil plan.

Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task.

In pictures without words, the reader follows the journey of one brown paper bag from a tree in the forest through the years it is used by three generations of one family until eventually the old bag becomes the container in which a new tree is planted.

Little Maya has a special blanket that Grandma stitched with her own two hands. As Maya grows, her blanket becomes worn and frayed, so with Grandma's help, Maya makes it into a dress. Over time the dress is made into a skirt, a shawl, a scarf, a hair ribbon, and finally, a bookmark. Each item has special, magical, meaning for Maya; it animates her adventures, protects her, or helps her in some way. But when Maya loses her bookmark, she preserves her...