In 2354 A.D., Farway McCarthy is the son of a time-traveler who makes his living stealing valuables from the past. When Far and his crew are aboard the sinking Titanic, Far meets a girl named Eliot who takes Far and his team on a heart-stopping adventure to fix the past before time runs out.

Aza Holmes and her best friend, Daisy, try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of friend Davis' billionaire father to win a $100,000 reward. At the same time, Aza is dealing with her growing crush on Davis and the anxiety and intrusive thoughts that affect her mental health.

In this award-winning fantasy novel, Karou is a 17-year-old art student who is often called upon to do the work requested of her by the inhuman chimaera who raised her. When black handprints start appearing on doorways around the world, Karou is drawn into an epic battle between angels and devils that leads her to realize her identity and to better understand how she became who she is.

In the darkness of the underground world of Caverna, craftspeople create food and drinks that are capable of eliminating memories and causing those who ingest them to believe in deception. The people of Caverna, however, have blank faces with no expressions - these must be learned from the famous Facesmiths. Neverfall, an anomaly in this world, has a face so terrifying that she must wear a mask. Since she is still capable of showing genuine expressions without the Facesmiths, Neverfall is a t...

Faith Sunderly longs to pursue her interests in science and natural history like her father, but 19th-century British society expects her to be a proper young lady. When Faith discovers that her father's death was no accident, she looks for clues in his possessions and finds a strange tree. The tree bears fruit when she whispers a lie to it and the fruit, in turn, provides hidden truths through which she may find the key to her father's murder.

Michael and his gamer friends spend most of their time in VirtNet where they can feel, think and live in virtual reality. When Kaine, a rogue gamer, starts holding players hostage and killing them, Michael and his friends are recruited by the government to use their hacking skills to stop Kaine.

This anthology introduces students to great works of literature, while helping them to learn to read and to write analytically. Accompanied by online access to video interviews of dozens of living authors featured in the book, this text provides a focus on writing, featuring sections on poetry, fiction and drama, including 2 Shakespearean plays.

This anthology of classic and contemporary essays includes a variety of authors, disciplines, issues and themes. Each chapter highlights a particular rhetorical strategy, such as narration, analogy and persuasion, and ends with questions for discussion plus suggestions for writing and further reading.

Panem is a nation surrounded by 12 districts. Each year, the 12 districts are forced to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the Hunger Games. In this fight to the death, there will only be two survivors. When Prem Everdeen is selected to be one of the participants, Katniss takes her sister's place. Katniss knows that it may be her death sentence. As she becomes a contender in the Hunger Games, Katniss must start to make choices that weigh survival again...

Rescued by the District 13 rebels, Katniss is convinced to become the "mockingjay," a symbol of rebellion against the Capitol. She demands that immunity is granted to all the victors of the Hunger Games and the right to kill President Snow. The rebels begin an assault on the Capitol. The rebellion's success is dependent on Katniss' acceptance to be a pawn, her responsibility for other people's lives and to change the future of Panem. Mockingjay is the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy.

In the future, warring armies have agreed that a human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of 13. Between the ages of 13 and 18, however, a parent may choose to retroactively dispose of an unwanted or troublesome child through the process of "unwinding." During unwinding, technically the child's life does not end and organs are harvested for various recipients. This book follows the story of three teens who decide to escape before they can be un...

Yeva has been raised to be part of the city's highest class of aristocrats, yet she has never lost her love of hunting in the forest with a bow in her hands. When her father loses his fortune, Yeva and her family move to the outskirts of town. Yeva's father subsequently disappears in the woods while he is tracking his prey, the Beast, so Yeva sets out to hunt a creature she has only heard about in fairy tales.

In this sequel to The Hunger Games, Katniss has won the Hunger Games, ensuring her family a life of safety and plenty. Returning home to her family, Katniss discovers that things are not the same as before. Her long-time friend, Gale, keeps Katniss at a distance. Fellow competitor, Peeta, has turned his back on Katniss. There are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol, which Katniss and Peeta may have inadvertently created. The 75th Hunger Games brings back 24 victors from previous game...

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian world, society is divided into five factions that correspond to personality traits. Each 16-year-old must choose the faction that aligns with the one personality trait each teenager typically possesses. Beatrice is a threat to the established order, however, because she possesses multiple personality traits that cause her to question her identity and the factions that govern her world.

Jenna Fox has just awoken from a coma. Over a year ago, she was involved in a terrible accident. A year of her life has vanished - she celebrated a birthday, a second woman was elected president, and the last polar bear died. Jenna slept through everything. As Jenna attempts to learn who she is, she uncovers questions that no one wants to answer. This science fiction text will encourage students to question the use of technology to play "God" and who should be allowed to make those decision...

This play is based on the true story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Helen has been blind, deaf and mute since infancy. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated, violent and in danger of being sent to an institution. Annie Sullivan is sent from the Perkins Institute to tutor Helen. Annie sees potential in Helen but needs to reach her. Through persistence and love, Annie is able to teach Helen to communicate.

As 16-year-old Travis Coates is dying from leukemia, he agrees to be part of a scientific experiment in which his head is cryogenically preserved until some point in the future when science has advanced enough to allow a transplant on a donor body. Travis has a second chance at life five years later when he must come to terms with his new body and how his world has changed in the interim.

The novel is a post-nuclear story of genetic mutation and tells of the lengths that the intolerant will go to keep themselves pure. Angus Morton has unusually large horses that David Storm's father calls blasphemies against nature. He does not realize that his son David, niece Rosalind and their friends have secret aberrations. As the youngsters grow older, it becomes harder to hide their differences from the village elders. They will need to make a choice: wait for discovery or flee to the B...