Includes illustrations by the author in every chapter.Fourteen-year-old Layla was supposed to get her braces off in two days. Instead, the world ended.All Layla wants is to make comics with her best friend, avoid another fight with her mom, and see her older brother, Preston, come home from his grueling wilderness therapy camp. But when a mysterious virus sweeps across the country—turning people into violent, undead monsters—her mundane worries are replaced by a singular, desperate mission: get to Preston before the camp becomes his grave.As the power grid fails and society collapses, Layla and her anxious, untrusting mother are forced into a perilous roadtrip to Oregon. But the road is crawling with more than just the infected. From eerie Wild West tourist traps to desolate salt flats, Layla must navigate a landscape where human desperation and the ghosts of familial resentment are just as destructive as the virus itself.Told through the eyes of a girl witnessing the end of her childhood and the end of civilization alike, IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD is an illustrated young adult book that explores the messy endurance of motherly love and how far a family will go to find their way back to each other—and be forgiven. When the world breaks down, loyalty is the only currency left. But will it be enough to keep them together?

Sixteen-year-old Issy loves the sea, preferring it to dry land. Determined to become a marine biologist, she's driven by the desire to fulfill her ambition to work in an aquatic environment.Seventeen-year-old Dan is under pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor. Dan harbours secret ambitions to work as an actor: he dreams of escaping his quarrelling family to flee to the bright lights of the theatre.When the two teenagers are thrown together on an unexpected holiday on the beautiful island of Crete, neither are impressed. Then an unexpected day trip out takes a dangerous turn, and the two get stranded on a seemingly deserted island.Exploring the island, they find a hidden building called The Star Institute. What they discover on the island will push the limits of their beliefs and understanding of the world... but will it bring them closer together?Julia Sutton's THE STAR CONSPIRACY is a compelling story of family drama, secrets and adventure.

After a year of fighting villains as the superhero Bolt, Kevin Jason must now deal with integrating his newly-rescued twin brother into the Young Neos, as well as think about his future career as a superhero. Things become more complicated, however, when Kevin's brother is kidnapped by a mysterious new team of supervillains whose motives are unknown but whose actions could spell the end of his brother's life if Kevin doesn't save him.

Despite being a member of the Young Neos for two months, White Lightning, Bolt's twin brother, still doesn't feel accepted by the rest of his teammates, who view him with a mixture of distrust and wariness thanks to his supervillain past. When White attempts to win their trust, he ends up getting kidnapped. Now he must break out of the facility that his kidnappers have put him in before they use him to further their own dangerous agenda.

But White's kidnapping is merely one part of a greater plan plotted out by the supervillains' true leader long ago, one that neither White nor Bolt may be able to stop.

"It’s been one disaster after another, and Jonas almost dying is a reminder of how close we are to everything falling apart. A few days ago, I was a normal girl living a normal life, and now angels and demons are real. Oh, and not only that, but the demons are after us because they want to destroy humanity. No biggie."For eighteen-year-old Sadie, the visions have always been her closest-guarded secret. But when a mysterious book arrives from her biological parents, it triggers something dark and dangerous. Suddenly, demons are hunting her through the streets of Boston, and her whole world begins to unravel.Enter Soren, a mysterious angel from a realm called Skyborne, who believes Sadie is the key to putting a stop to the most evil of demons, the Base. Along with his team, the Gilded, he brings Sadie along to help her understand her true nature. As she is pulled deeper into a hidden world that exists above our own, Sadie's growing feelings for Soren only complicate an impossible situation.With an ancient artifact that could destroy everything she loves, Sadie must discover abilities she never knew she had. Caught between her loyalty to her best friend, Jonas, and her growing feelings for Soren, she'll find that destiny demands the ultimate sacrifice.In this thrilling young adult urban fantasy, the line between light and darkness blurs, and the hardest choice isn't between good and evil, but between her heart and humanity's fate.What you'll find in Wings of Shade and Starlight – The Stratos:Angels and DemonsChosen OneGood Versus EvilFound FamilyEventual RomanceSlow BurnThis is book 1 of 5 in an ongoing series.Spice Level: ?

If you live long enough... love (and danger) will find you.

Seventeen-year-old Emily regularly changes her town and her name, with hopes to begin a new life. But it's impossible to fly under the radar in tiny Telluride, Colorado. When fellow newcomer Link enters her life, her plan to start over with a clean slate unravels. Charity soon realizes that you can never truly leave your past behind, while Link discovers that mortals are not the only beings to walk this earth.

Two time winner of the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer's Choice Award for BEST YA SERIES.

She's lived 200 lifetimes. And never turned 17.Kali Brewster isn’t like other teenage girls. She can’t be because her qi, her immortal soul, is 3623 years old. It’s what makes her a wanshiqi, part of an immortal race who can reincarnate into any form. But Kali’s different, even among her kind.She’s serving her sentence for what happened in Pompeii. As punishment, she and her family are forced to reincarnate into human bodies, shackling their existence to one life form.Reaching her 17th human birthday will end her sentence and return her family to their full wanshiqi existence. Once that happens, all her ties to them will be broken. She will come of age. Nothing will ever be like it was again.Her one goal for the past 200 lifetimes? To die before her 17th human birthday. She has yet to fail. The trick is making her family think her death is an accident. Because none of them are pleased to be a part of her punishment and all of them want it to be over. But it’s not up to them. It’s up to her.She doesn’t want everything to change. She doesn’t want to lose who she is. She doesn’t want to let go of her family. She’s about to learn that this is the lifetime where every decision counts. And living might be the only way to protect what really matters to her.This book has all of the family drama and historical moments of The Originals with none of the blood drinking.If you like a complicated heroine, buried secrets, mythical & immortal beings, plus a unique twist on historical events in a coming of age story set in San Diego, then join Kali on her exciting journey!“In the exciting series-opening fantasy novel Remember Pompeii, a powerful teenager resists coming of age through multiple reincarnations for reasons that she keeps secret from those she loves.”—Foreword Clarion Reviews 2024 IPPY Silver Medal Award Winner for MG/YA Ebooks2024 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Gold Medal Winner in YA Fiction2024 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Finalist in YA Coming of Age2024 Digital Book Today Literary Awards 2nd Place in Teen Fiction2024 Maincrest Media Book Award Winner in YA Fiction