"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--

Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.

John, Six, and Seven desperately try to find the rest of the Lorien Nine before it's too late.

Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But their celebration comes to an abrupt end when the Skandians' most sacred artifact, the Andomal, is stolen -- and the Herons are to blame. To find redemption they must track down the thief Zavac and recover the Andomal. But that means traversing stormy seas, surviving...

Young Ella, or Cinderella, as her parents fondly call her, has always dreamed of winning the Midsummer Festival's pupped contest. But then she meets Val, who has the very same dream. Will Ella be the best puppeteer -- or her best friend? Young Belle is happy at home with her father the inventor. But at school she feels like an outsider. Then she discovers a run-down bookshop in the village. Can she get her classmates to see how wonderful books are...