The Stern Chase (#9 Brotherband)

John Flanagan

Pirates have stolen the Skandians' best ship and it's up to Hal and the Heron brotherband to find them in the unputdownable ninth adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.Outnumbered but determined, the Herons are ready for action. The scene is set for an epic battle at sea . . . For years now...

West Girls

Laura Elizabeth Woollett

'I chose the jagged rocks, the broken bones, the spattered brains. I chose beauty. I'd choose it again.' Luna Lewis is white. But her friends aren't, nor are her brothers, nor her one-time Princess of Indonesia-finalist stepmother. After transforming from pudgy preteen to 'exotic' beauty, Luna reinvent...