"A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens is a timeless novella that encapsulates the holiday spirit through Ebenezer Scrooge's transformative journey. Set on a haunting Christmas Eve, the story follows Scrooge, an old man known for his miserly and cold-hearted ways, as he is visited by spectral apparitions: his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Encountering...

Anne Brumley feels that God wants her to stay at Charleston's St. Michael's Church, despite the urgings of her sister and cousin to leave, and it looks like she has found what she was waiting for when the church gets a new pastor.

Four teenagers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.

In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.

Augustus Cain faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune, and an uncertain future marred by the loss of his most prized possession: the horse that has been his working companion for years. He is also a man haunted by a terrible skill—the ability to track people who don't want to be found. Rosetta is a runaway slave fueled by the passion and determination only a mother can feel. She bears the scars—inside and out—of...

Fourth-grader Ida May and her new best friend, Stacey Merriweather, discover a mermaid nightlight that they believe can grant wishes.

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not alone.

The Hazard family of Pennsylvania and the Main family of South Carolina experience five years of sacrifice, corruption, courage, brutality, friendship and passion during the Civil War.

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA novel follows a teen with a mysterious condition that transports her to the past when she smells certain scents linked to specific memories. Seventeen-year-old Aimee Roh has Sensory Time Warp Syndrome, a rare condition that causes her to time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory. Her dad is convinced she'll simply...

From her restaurant on Boston's Salem Street, and from her own kitchen, Rose Dante has served countless meals and built a tightly knit community of customers, family, and friends. Her daughter Toni tried to create her own life, outside that circle -- only to return with her own daughter when her marriage failed. Now that her daughter, Vanessa, is nearly grown, Toni must face the bitterness of the past in order to taste the sweetness of the future...