Music:ON World:OFF Welcome to Syrus. Please pick up your complimentary pair of headphones at the gates. Plug them into your mandatory devices and skip to track four. Listen and enjoy. Cor's world is filled with notes and pitch and tone. Twenty three hours of the day she is hooked to the music mandated by the Serial Seven, Syrus' elite council. It is essentially every teenager's dream: Hit a button and drown the world out. But what happens when the music stops?

Two rival faery queens both want sixteen-year-old Nora for their own. The cost of their attention could very well be her death. The only way out of their twisted game is to solve a complicated riddle where the answer is the key to survival.

I was never meant to leave that room. I had spent my whole life in there, imagining what it was like on the outside. I looked forward to the day when I would finally be allowed to leave. But that day was never supposed to come. Until James decided to keep his promise. He had always been there, on the other side of the glass. Waiting. The experiment wasn't over. He was still waiting for me to change. But I didn't change. Not until that night. It was dark, and there was rain. The sound of the car engine was loud, but the crash was louder. In the crash, I became something different. I changed. But not for James. This new part of me emerged for one reason; to save her. This story is a first draft and will contain typos and grammatical errors. I apologize for these in advance, and hope you can see beyond them to the story beneath. Happy reading!

Avery Clark is trapped in a world of wondering. Wondering about her parents, about her future, about her missing brother. Her only consolation is her tiny purple notebook which she keeps hidden in a tree. Bennet Cristo is just trying to get through his mother's marriage with CEO Chris Hamilton, who is rich, famous, and also has a bratty daughter, leaving Ben to feel alone in a whirlwind of people. But when Ben finds Avery's journal hidden in a tree, he discovers just what Avery Clark is really about.

Jake, his cousins, and his best friend, Jen, get their lives turned upside down when Tabitha, Jen's cat, transports them to a land full of magic, and monsters; Narabithia. Being the sons and daughter of legacy and the valiant Heirs of a chilling prophecy, they must learn to cope with the mysteries of Eden, the planet on which Narabithia lies, while training to be the heroes that they are destined to become, but there are forces that will hinder them from prevailing. Their path to triumph will prove to be even more unruly with the trials these four unlikely teenagers have to endure; as their friendship, faith and trust is put to the test. This is the first book of The Narabithian Chronicles, a trilogy exploring five teens friendship and faith as they walk down the narrow path that leads them to their destiny as Heirs of Narabithia, and saviors of Eden.

The Elbionic race, also known as "elves," is all but extinct, forced to call a world dominated by humans home. Their culture dissipated, their ancestry only found in history books, and what's left of their magic is scattered across the globe inside material objects. Nico, an elf and a magic thief, has made her way to a small village town between two mountains called Pierce Valley in search of one of these mythical magic items. But after six months of searching, even a headstrong member of the once great People such as herself is finding the trial wearing. Luckily for her, there are rumors going around town about a witch that lives in the forest next to the Valley, and she comes out at night to feast on the flesh of the townsfolk as a sacrificial tribute to the dark gods she serves. It's just the lead Nico needs. In order to find this "witch," Nico enlists the aid of the only human friend she's ever made-the eye-patched enigma, Trust. But there's more to him than meets the "eye," and he's quite enthusiastic about helping Nico... As she digs deeper into the mystery of the witch, her discoveries will lead her into cataclysmic events that cross paths with monsters, machines, and gods alike. And when it all ends, her fate, as well as the world, may be changed forever.

Brianna had never wondered what laid beyond the wall surrounding her village, but when her sister is taken by an army of soldiers dressed in black she is forced leave her home and find the truth to all the lies she was ever told.

The members of Team VAKAD of the Defensive Affairs Unit are completely opposite of each other, and it took them quite a while to finally get along. There's Aiden, the egotistical leader. Kristie, the beautiful airhead. Anthony, the know-it-all nerd. Dex, the intimidating bad boy. And Violet, the troublesome loner, who just so happens to not be so lonesome anymore. Now, after months of strenuous training, it's time for their toughest mission yet: high school. And it's a lot harder than they thought it would be. There, they meet friends and foes. They thought fighting villains was hard, but they're about to find out that high school kids are just as bad.