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"What happens when your worst fear comes true? Her only daughter has just gone away to college, and Maggie O'Farrell knows she's turning into one of those helicopter parents she used to mock. Worrying constantly, texting more than she should, even occasionally dropping by the cam...

Maggie McFarrell is still reeling from her police officer husband's suspicious death when she sends her only child, Emma, off to college in the city, leaving a very empty nest and a palpable sense of dread. After 18 years of knowing where her daughter was every minute of every da...

When bright six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local New Orleans elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time.

"100 easy-to-read one-page biographies: Find out how these athletes changed the game forever! Illustrated portraits: Each biography includes an illustration to help bring history to life! A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more: Boost your learning and test your know...

No one wants to be the mother whose child disappears. It's the stuff of nightmares. But more than a year after Carrie Morgan turned her back to pay a parking meter and became that mother, it's clear that her son Ben is never coming back. Until he does . . . for just twenty-four h...

"When Hannah packs up her past and moves to the cottage next-door to her sister, she hopes the luxe neighborhood and close family ties will be the perfect escape for her son and the shadows that trail them. But when a young girl goes missing days after they unload their final box...

Lance Clayton once dreamed of a career as a rich and famous writer. He has only managed to be a single dad, and high-school poetry teacher. Kyle is his only son who is a jackass that won't give him the time of day. Lance is dating Claire, the school's adorable art teacher. She do...

Kidnapped by an intruder, Claire, a sufferer of acute panic disorder, finds herself imprisoned in a hotel with her abductor as her only companion, a trauma that forces her to reevaluate her life and threatens to shatter her sense of sanity.

"Tales of rewards and challenges experienced while studying amphibians and reptiles in nature. Written by fifty herpetologists from around the world, the stories reveal the passion these field herpetologists have for adventure, exploration, and discovery and the love they have fo...

Kidnapped by an intruder, Claire, a sufferer of acute panic disorder, finds herself imprisoned in a hotel with her abductor as her only companion, a trauma that forces her to reevaluate her life and threatens to shatter her sense of sanity.

"When Hannah packs up her past and moves to the cottage next-door to her sister, she hopes the luxe neighborhood and close family ties will be the perfect escape for her son and the shadows that trail them. But when a young girl goes missing days after they unload their final box...

A missing son returns, only to vanish again within 24 hours. Can a secret from his mother's past unlock the mystery of his disappearance? When Carrie Morgan's young son is snatched from the backseat of her car, she prays for one more day with him. Months later, she comes home to ...

" A grieving mother confronts her past in Simmons's strange, wrenching ghost story."-Publishers Weekly A missing child returns, only to vanish again the next day. Can a secret from his mother's past unlock the mystery of his disappearance? No one wants to be the mother whose ...

Liar ['lī-ər] ( n ): 1. A person who tells lies. 2. A writer. "Lying is essential to good storytelling. Daily, we writers sit at our computers-or legal tablets or Underwoods-and write down a bunch of untruths, piling one on top of the other, page after paltering page. We com...