"When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn't have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son--a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son."--Amazon.com.

An American classic becomes a modern adventure In this retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today. Chased by his vengeful and psychotic father, Pap, Huck escapes down the concrete gash that is the Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an illegal immigrant who has been falsely accused of murder. Riding the dangerous waters of a rainstorm, the two fugitives meet a strange...

"When Adèle and Simon take a tour of China in 1905, Simon misplaces his belongings, one by one . . . but they all show up later, revealing their hiding places in Adèle's souvenir photographs of the trip"--

Encourages the reader to practice telling time as Bear packs a suitcase, meets a friend, and travels to the mountain lake where they both have cabins.

"Sparks fly when sixteen-year-old Lucy Patterson and seventeen-year-old Owen Buckley meet on an elevator rendered useless by a New York City blackout. Soon after, the two teenagers leave the city, but as they travel farther away from each other geographically, they stay connected emotionally, in this story set over the course of one year"--

When Apophis, the chaos snake, threatens to plunge the world into eternal darkness, siblings Carter and Sade Kane plan to use an ancient spell to destroy the snake, but first must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician.

"Un grupo de amigos parte de la Ciudad de México hacia Real de Catorce: Lorenzo, un editor literario con temor a ser leído, conduce un Peugeot sucio y raspado; junto a él viaja Mauro, anarquista pero hijo de uno de los hombres más ricos del país, y en el asiento trasero va Javiera, de una belleza casi tan extraordinaria como su torpeza. Las demás van en una Liberty: Karla dejó a su pequeña hija encargada en casa con su pareja; Denisse tiene...

"At twenty-six, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at The Butter Emporium, and her first love--her boyfriend, Ethan--by her side. But when Ethan declares he 'needs some space,' Mia's carefully planned future crumbles. Feeling adrift, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire. Along with a famous grunge rock star,...

"Poppi, la niña del gorro rojo, conoce a un cachorrito de oso polar que se ha perdido. Así que Poppi se propone ayudarlo a regresar a su hogar. Así comienza su viaje al Ártico, una tierra de hielo y nieve. La chica del gorro rojo, el Conejo Blanco y el cachorrito parten en un viaje inolvidable."--Amazon.com.

Readers met the irrepressible Karen Memory in Elizabeth Bear's 2015 novel KAREN MEMORY, and fell in love with her steampunk Victorian Pacific Northwest city, and her down-to-earth story-telling voice. Now Karen is back with a new story about spiritualists, magicians, con-men, and an angry lost tommy-knocker--a magical creature who generally lives in the deep gold mines of Alaska, but has been kidnapped and brought to Rapid City. Karen and Priya are...