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"Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves confused and disembodied, blinking under the fluorescent lights of their high school music room. They are greeted by the man they know as their music teacher, who restores the ghostly teens to their corporeal forms with a flick of his fingers and explains: nearly a year ago they went missing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, and have long been presumed...

"Finn has always loved Autumn. She is a constant in his life, except it's in the role of friend, not girlfriend. Finn wants her to see him as more, wants to prove HE should be the man by her side. Even if that means heartache for the people they are each dating. It would be worth the pain to be with right person. Finn knows he and Autumn are fated to be together. But sometimes fate can be cruel to those in love"--Provided by publisher.

Hollis Beckwith isn't trying to get a girl--she's just trying to get by. For a fat, broke girl with anxiety, the start of senior year brings enough to worry about. And besides, she already has a boyfriend: Chris. Their relationship isn't particularly exciting, but it's comfortable and familiar, and Hollis wants it to survive beyond senior year. To prove she's a girlfriend worth keeping, Hollis decides to learn Chris's favorite tabletop roleplaying...

Get your geek on with Steve Urkel, the ultimate nerd and annoying neighbor of Carl and Harriette Winslow and their multigenerational Chicago clan. Urkel's irrepressible spirit, not-so-smooth moves, and undying love for Laura Winslow cause the family constant aggravation and occasional delight.

"Teenager Boo has pink hair and a very vivid imagination that she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer...

"Stonebridge High's resident bad boy, Wesley "Big Mac" Mackenzie, is failing senior year--thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn't interested at all . . . until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself. Wes knows he shouldn't like Tristan; after all, he's a ballet dancer, and Wes...

¿Conoces al coco o al viejito del costal? ¿Te asustan los monstruos? ¿Alguna vez te has inventado un monstruo bien terrible para que te defienda y asuste a tus enemigos? En este libro encontrarás más de un monstruo y vivirás las aventuras de unos niños que se atrevieron a crear un monstruo muy monstruoso para que los defendiera. También aprenderás el truco para escapar del miedo: solo vencerás al mal con el bien, piensa en algo hermoso,...

Assú, el caimán negro del Amazonas es uno de los animales más temibles. Es el gran depredador, y todos los animales le tienen miedo. Siente el caimán que es el más poderoso y que nadie puede contra él, pero se da cuenta que existe un mayor depredador, el hombre. Allí comprende que puede ser vulnerable y comprende que es necesario conocer la vulnerabilidad para sobrevivir y aprender.

"Experience senior year of high school through the eyes of five real-life Indiana teenagers: the prom queen, the heartthrob, the jock, the rebel and the geek. This revealing year-in-the-life feature delivers the real heartbreak, hilarity, and -OMG - drama of senior year first-hand from five very different viewpoints"--Container.

"A MATCHUP FOR THE AGES! And the lightweight world champion is...Yu! With one weight division conquered, K sets his protégé's sights on the next target: junior welterweight. This inevitably pits Yu against Yuto Takeda, a tenacious boxer who earned his belt through nothing but hard work--the antithesis to Yu's natural talent. Will Yuto prove to be the first force powerful enough to derail Yu's unstoppable path of destruction...?"-- Back cover.