It's been two years since a mysterious cloud rolled through their home and swept Ewan's dad away with it. Certain that his father wouldn't have left willingly, the normally timid Ewan decides to take destiny into his own hands. Along with his little sister, Flora, and his new friend, Mr. So-and-So, Ewan departs on a journey that will test his belief in himself and unravel secrets of his father's disappearance.

Though Anders and his friends have delayed a war between the Ice Wolves and the Scorch Dragons, their mission isn't over. With adults on both sides looking for them, they've sought refuge in Cloudhaven, a forbidden stronghold created by the first dragonsmiths. The ancient text covering Cloudhaven's walls could be the key to saving their home--if only the young elementals could decipher it. To make matters worse, Holbard is in ruins and its citizens...

One year after saving the sea, Barclay Thorne sets off for a new kind of adventure--the Symposium, a series of courses that all apprentices of the Lore Keeper Guild need to pass before they can take their licensing exam. And although Barclay is excited to explore the wonders of the Desert and reunite with old friends, he's less excited about the Tourney, the Symposium's traditional, good-natured prank war among the four apprentice tracks. As an Elsie,...

After the fateful battle between the Ice Wolves and the Scorch Dragons, Anders and his twin sister, Rayna, have been reunited. But there's no time for celebrating. In the mountain stronghold of Drekhelm, Anders and his wolf friend Lisabet are seen as threats, and only the leader of the dragons can keep them safe. When the temperature starts to drop all over Vallen, they learn the wolves have stolen a weather-altering artifact called the Snowstone,...

My own Yara, if you are reading this, the something terrible has happened, and you are on your own. To return to the city of Zehaira, you must read out the words on the back of this letter... good luck, my brave girl. When twelve-year-old Yara's mother passes away, she leaves behind a letter and a strange set of instructions. Yara must travel from the home she has always known to a place that is not on any map--Zehaira, a world of sorcerers, alchemists,...

"No one else can know about this place. Not yet." Centuries ago, Earth's plants turned deadly, and humanity took to space to cultivate new homes. Myra Hodger is in her first year at an elite school on the Moon, and she's crumbling under the pressure. She doesn't fit in and, worse, the tattoos that signal her Number Whisperer magic aren't developing. In her heart, she knows she doesn't have a Creer, and soon everyone else will, too. Wandering the...

Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished. Eleven-year-old Daisy knows it's up to her to find Ma--but she's being hunted by someone determined to stop her from discovering the truth. The chase will lead her through a hidden doorway into another world: a place that's bursting with magic and enchantment. This is the Greenwild. Full of astonishing natural wonders, this land of green...

This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful town, and a wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty good storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero. His name is Gumluck, and he is a bumbling noodlehead.

Trapped in a trunk, five puppets--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree that they are part of a larger story, bound to one another by chance and bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the...

Originally published 115 years ago, this lesser-known but equally enchanting sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is sure to continue the delights wrought by the first of L. Frank Baum's classic children's series. We rejoin the Tinman, the Scarecrow, Glinda the Good Witch, and more in this fantastical book. In The Marvelous Land of Oz, we are welcomed back to the Land of Oz after Dorothy Gale has been whisked back to Kansas. We are introduced to...