Erin McGuire

On a magical island on the edge of the sea is the city of Asteri, whose walls, made of trees from the nearby forest called the Barrow, are imbued with the magic of the trees. In Asteri is the boy called Oscar, a shop boy for a powerful magician who rarely gets out of his room. However, when a mysterious illness plagues the island, it falls to Oscar to discover the source of, and the cure to, the illness.

When you're an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant--and from their first moments in the world together, they've never left each other's side. Everyone around them realized early on what the two sisters already knew: they had better outcomes when they were together. When...

The inspiring true story of Nelle Harper Lee, the girl who grew up to write To Kill a Mockingbird. Growing up in Monroeville, Alabama she wore overalls, went to the courtroom to watch her daddy try cases, and with her best friend Tru read books and wrote stories of their own. When she moved to New York City she wrote a novel that made her one of the most beloved writers in the twentieth century.

When Polina Panova's "prince" moves out of their Venice, California, house, two ducks that live on the canals but believe themselves to be French try to help Polina, a designer of magical dresses of thread, silk, velvet, grass, and pieces of night sky, by giving her something to make her stop being sad.

Evil Aunt Lily stole the Bliss family's magical Cookery Booke, and now Rosemary Bliss swears to beat Aunt Lily in an international baking contest to win the prize book back. The only problem is Lily has the book, which has magical recipes, and her magical ingredients give her an edge in any contest. The only way to win against a magic recipe is to find one of their own, and so Rose, her grandfather, a talking cat and mouse, and her brothers, find...

When second-grader Suzannah arrives to volunteer at the animal shelter she finds that the newest arrival is Merlin, a mischievous ferret with a talent for hiding and stealing shiny things, so the Shelter Pet Squad needs to find a home that is a perfect match for a ferret.