The world’s smartest eighth-grader is at it again. It was supposed to be a fun school trip, a chance to meet other science students at the National Junior STEM Summit in Iowa. But then a cow mysteriously dies on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, and before you know it, Haley Quinn is neck deep in another adventure. A dangerous contagion set loose in a […]
School’s out for the summer, but 11-year-old Kendall plans on camping out on the playground until he finds a permanent place to hide from his crazy-mean adopted parents. He meets Lorelei, a girl his age, and together they find out not all treasure can be bought. When his adopted parents show up at the playground and Kendall disappears, Lorelei has to decide whether to break […]
Eleven-year-old Jeremy Wilderson teams up with his rival crime fighter to stop the stealing spree that’s wreaking havoc on Scottsville Middle School in this action-packed MAX novel. Jeremy Wilderson is not a thief. In fact, he is his middle school’s one and only retrieval specialist. Confiscated cell phones, stolen lunch money—he’ll discretely retrieve it before the last bell rings. Business is good, and if it […]
Ten-year-old twins Ethan and Emmy’s parents have never told their kids what they do for a living. Then just before Halloween, Ethan, Emmy, and their best friend Jax discover a HUGE secret: could their parents actually be… witch hunters? Meanwhile at school, a new team of glamorous lunch ladies arrives on the scene, serving meals that taste way too good to come from a school […]
Alex is almost fifteen, and convinced she’s ready to train for jockeyhood. Only one man stands in her way: North Oak’s gruff old trainer, Joe Hendricks. Joe doesn’t think Alex can handle the demands of being a real rider—she’s reckless, doesn’t follow instructions, and not exactly humble. Dejado Augustun, on the other hand, is already licensed to ride, does as he’s asked, and does it […]
Can Alex & Brooke help Morning Glory overcome her racing slump? When a terrible accident shakes the Showmans, Alex finds herself questioning her place in the family. Feeling like a second class citizen, she turns once again to find her solace in horse racing. With a new filly to manage with Brooke, and Venus Galaxies’s first foal on the way, the girls must rely on […]
A new year has come to North Oak, and with it a new life for Alexandra Anderson. For the first time in her life, she feels wanted and needed. She has a warm bed, food to eat, and she no longer has to run from the law. But she misses Ashley. Terribly. Will Alex be able to open her heart to others when she’s still […]
Dre has waited twelve summers to become a man, but during his ceremony the chief banishes his uncle, heavily pregnant mother, and even Dre himself. Thrust into the desert, he struggles to protect himself and his mother from his drug-addicted uncle—and certain death in the barren land. With only a golden eagle to guide him, Dre struggles to find a source of food and water […]
Captain Gus Schnozzlebeard would rather hear crocodiles sharpenin’ their teeth on sandpaper than listen to his pirate crew sing. To save his sanity, he resolves to acquire musicians for his ship, the Scallywag III. When he hears tell of the Singing Clam of Minnie Skewel Island, he decides that’s exactly what he needs, and they set sail to go find it. Sometimes, though, getting what […]
Alexandra Anderson is on the run from the law. When the thirteen-year-old orphan can run no further, she collapses at the gates of the prestigious racing and breeding farm, North Oak. Horse racing strikes a deep chord in her. She hears a higher calling in the jingle jangle of bit and stirrup and in the thunder of hooves on the turn for home. It tells […]