In the wake of her grandmother’s death, Ella grapples with her grief. Her grandmother’s dog, Hank, comes to stay. But having Hank in their house is too painful for Ella because he’s a constant reminder of what she’s lost. As Ella enters him in a contest to spread the word of Hank needing a new home, she slowly comes to realize that there are other ways to handle her grief other than hiding from it. But will she have the courage to fully embrace the memories—even if it’s painful?

When you’re the daughter of researchers on a jungle island, life should be an adventure. But not for Aelia, who’s stuck at home babysitting her little brother Luc and his rabbit Basil. Then Aelia finds a letter from her parents’ sponsors requesting a rare herb in order to resume their funding, and she takes it upon herself to find the plant and prove herself to her parents. But there’s one problem: she still has to babysit her brother, and if she takes him with her, he’s bound to cause trouble or at least slow her down. As she guides Luc and Basil on their search through the jungle, facing crossroads, bothersome parrots, and Luc’s runaway rabbit, Aelia has to learn to be a true leader to find the elusive herb. Will she go at it alone to prove herself to her parents, or will she listen to her little brother, who may know the only way to find the plant after all?

Rosa and her family have had the tradition of releasing butterflies every September for as long as she can remember. Her grandpa had started the tradition before she was born, and it just stuck. One year after her Grandpa’s death, she wonders if her parents even remember. Rosa decides to take it upon herself to continue the family tradition and drives the butterflies to the beach house. Except she forgot to check the gas gauge, so now she and the butterflies are stranded on the side of the highway and must face her fear and call her parents. At least now they can release the butterflies together… right?

All Marley wants is a perfect Thanksgiving with her fiancé’s parents. After months of planning a trip out to his hometown in Vermont for the holiday, things are finally falling in place. Meeting his family is scary enough, but her vision for a perfect holiday is soon thwarted by his little sister, Alice. For whatever reason, Alice can’t stand Marley. Marley tries desperately to bond with Alice, but nothing seems to work. Will she connect with her future sister-in-law, or will this holiday be anything but perfect?

Does growing up have to mean growing apart? Ever since Jordyn’s older sister, Eryn, faded out of her life after dating and marriage, Jordyn has struggled to accept changes in relationships. Now, after returning home for the holidays from her first mini-term studying abroad at the University of Tennessee, she senses a similar distance growing between her and her twin sister, Madelyn. To reconnect at their sister dinner, Jordyn plans to recreate her favorite meals from Florence, Italy, to share with Madi. But a welcome-home surprise gone wrong involving Madi’s new boyfriend forces Jordyn to confront her past with Eryn and decide how to move forward in the present. Can twin sisters stay close while their lives pull them in different directions?

What would you do if the world was pointing in one direction… and your heart the opposite way?
Ghreta Lane is a painter, artist, and dreamer at heart. Yet in this world, dreams are often crushed. We grow out of fairytales and childhood tutus and paint-splattered overalls. But when Ghreta’s younger foster sister, Trinity, shows her that maybe you never are too old for imagination and dancing in the rain, she’ll have to face the question: Is the beauty of life, the very whimsy of it, worth fighting for, even in a world full of grays?

Last year, Hurley Bragan’s best friend left him saddled with debt and trapped in servitude to a greedy merchant. Only Hurley’s magical rose-tinted glasses, which make reminders of pain invisible, helped him bear the betrayal. With one last day left to pay off the debt, Hurley and his talking seagull find another job in the harbor. But seemingly invisible objects block Hurley’s steps. And the very ship his friend sailed away on arrives in port. Faced with either failure or confronting his buried pain, Hurley is forced to ask the question: How can we heal from things that hurt?

Blake’s not a superhero anymore. Not after she failed to renew her powers last year, what with fighting a supervillain and all. But after waiting twelve painful months, the night when the portals open is finally here. All she has to do is pass through and return with her magic. She and her superpowered cousin, Tess, are almost to the portal when their nemesis shows up. Does Blake have time to get her powers and save Tess? Or can she save her cousin without magic?

Tanya has one rule: No flying in storms. She and her giant flying squirrel, Beale, serve as guardians-in-training for her Caravan, a group of merchants who wander the skies they call home. But now the yearly storm season is churning up the horizon, and Tanya is eager to get the Caravan through a dangerous patch of sky known as the Estuary. Her efforts are cut short when a wounded messenger crashes into their ship, gasping out that the lighthouse meant to guide them has gone dark. Without it, the Caravan won’t be able to safely navigate. With Yorik, her mentor, wounded, the only ones left to fly ahead to light it are Tanya and Beale. This wouldn’t be a problem, except a storm–the very thing she fears– is blowing in between them and the lighthouse. And Tanya has one rule.

As the London Blitz ravages the city, Margot Ripley’s world revolves around protecting her young daughter. But when they barely make it to safety after a bomb destroys the neighboring flat, Margot is faced with the hardest decision she’s ever had to make: keep her daughter close in a city under siege or send her away to safety.In the chaos of war, can a mother’s love find the courage to let go?

To provide for her crippled father, Eirene works in the cavalry stables of the ancient Greek island of Kerkyra. But one night when an enemy unit kills the watchman on the mountain’s beacon and invades the city outskirts, everything changes. Because the watchman is dead and the beacon unlit, the rest of the villagers slumber, unaware of the conflict—and Eirene is the only one who sees from her hiding place on the roof that the enemy navy is sailing on the horizon, coming to invade the unsuspecting island. In order to save her home, Eirene must ride up the mountain to light the beacon. If she fails to ignite the warning flame and alert her people, they will be destroyed with no chance to defend themselves. There’s just one problem. The only horse she can take is Aethon, the stallion that crippled her father. And he is terrified of fire.