A maligned defender with unique animal-communication talents and a sea-hating angler who wants to avoid an arranged marriage team up on a quest in a haunted region of nomads to protect their clans from a mysterious threat.

"Deep within the dangerous Thickety, Kara and her brother, Taff, must figure out who and what to trust in order to escape and stop the evil Sordyr"-- Provided by publisher.

"An eleven-year-old girl discovers a family of panthers that were thought to be extinct. But when others find out they are alive, too, she must risk everything to save the species"-- Provided by publisher.

When Isla hears a stranded baby dolphin call for help, she encounters a boy her age also trying to help, but Isla struggles to understand what the dolphin is saying and feels out of her depths.

"La La Fine relates to animals better than she does to other people. Abandoned by a mother who never wanted a family, raised by a locksmith-turned-thief father, La La looks to pets when it feels like the rest of the world conspires against her. La La's world stops being whole when her mother, who never wanted a child, abandons her twice. First, when La La falls through thin ice on a skating trip, and again when the accusations of "unfit mother" feel...

"Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight, so they can protect the defenseless if needed....

While staying in fabulous Nakhon City with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon, Plum discovers that a dark storm is brewing beneath the city's glittering surface and must harness all her growing powers to survive it.

When monsters emerge to attack the empire, it is up to twelve-year-old Kiesandra and her beloved winged horse N'Rah to prove to herself and the imperial army that she has what it takes to lead them to victory and survival.

After veterinarian Helena Colden dies of breast cancer, she is unable to move on and narrates the emotional deterioration and struggle of her attorney husband David as he becomes involved in a court case to save the life of a chimpanzee.

Isla's newest adventure takes her on an airplane to the big city where she speaks to a pigeon in need of assistance.