"Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend Nisha, but one day Nisha and her family are gone, and Kacie struggles to understand the changes happening to her street and neighborhood, and what they mean for her life."--

"Violeta Rubio only has one goal in mind for her first-ever trip to Puerto Rico: help Abuelita reopen her beloved restaurant. The only problem is that Violeta's whole family thinks they can do it without her. Now Violeta doesn't have anyone to hang out with or anything to do. But when best friend duo Diego and Lorena need help capturing the rumored chupacabra, Violeta sees her chance to change all that. What she isn't expecting is to run straight...

"An epic journey across the South Side of Chicago for Darius, his little sister Cissy, and his best friend Booger as they set out to find an armored truck that has lost a payload of cash"--Provided by publisher.

As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son, Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time. Can Twilight find some way to endear himself to the inscrutable Donovan?

"Younger sister Maureen has found the perfect replacement for when her sister Wendy is off hanging with her friends or having yucky smoochie time with her boyfriend Mason... another stuffed animal, of course. But as Maureen isn't always too careful with her things, or her sister's things, will this stuffed sister plan become spoiled before it even begins? Plus: more sibling rivalry, more pranks, more bonding time with the sisters who depending on...

Lincoln Loud enjoys living the double life--mild mannered middle school student by day, and would-be fledgling super-secret agent by night, following in the footsteps of his comicbook idol, Secret Agent David Steele. Missing homework? Wicked shadow company M.A.L.I.C.E. must be behind it! A change in the lunch menu? This is a job for a super spy! But when Lincoln and his best friend Clyde McBride aren't spying on M.A.L.I.C.E. at school, they are trying...

"Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He's now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! The race to rescue Lu takes Sakamoto and Shin deep into an underground...

A graphic memoir about the author's experiences as a young person when her family was awarded a new house built for them by Habitat for Humanity, including their struggles with poverty and work to build and maintain the home.--Publisher.

"Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother's love that has gone too far ... Unable to process the horrifying events of the past few months, Seiichi's anger, fear and frustration boil over. But even as he is haunted by the memory of his mother's hands around his throat, he finds his voice again thanks to his...

"Beset by mental images of his mother, Seiichi flees from Fukiishi's embrace and returns home. Safety and reconciliation aren't the only things that await him there, however. The Osabes have become one big happy family again ... but at what cost? Shuzo Oshimi's masterfully nuanced tale of familial horror continues to tighten its grip on the minds of its characters and readers alike."--Page 4 of cover