"The third child in a family that wanted only two, Muriel Sullivant has always been the outsider. Single at twenty-three, she's living in a New York City rent-stabilized walk-up, a weaver finch nest of an apartment fitted out as much by serendipity as by intent: note the three-legged bedside table, her squat hand-painted pine dresser, a splotchy framed mirror, the spindled bathroom corner shelf. Her old sister, Pia-who lives in an endless house in...

At The Grand Bug Hotel, Flicker and her friends help get the room just right for famous singers Itsy and Bitsy Longlegs, and in the process learn that everyone is different and special.

Lana has a few tips for her nervous pup, Lemon, on how to make sure their first dinner party is a total success, including social etiquette, accommodating others, and how much fun it can be.

"Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to...

"Cain McClellan had chosen his lifestyle. He thrived on the challenge, the rush that came with putting his life in incredible danger. No woman, he told himself, could make him feel the way he did after a successful mission--no matter how beautiful she was. So why was he standing on a cold pier like a lovelorn teenager, hoping for a glimpse of Linette Collins? But then he saw her, and the sight of her took his breath away. The wind whipped her lustrous...

"A heartwarming and playful novel about the ones we love and the ones we lose by the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year What would you do if 'the one that got away' turned up the night before your wedding?"-- "Head-in-the-stars Audrey is about to marry down-to-earth Josh. Though they are polar opposites, they have a healthy, stable relationship; Josh is just what Audrey needs. But romance should be unpredictable and full of...

Anjali and her friends are excited to buy matching personalized license plates for their bikes--but Anjali can't find a plate with her name. She is often teased about her "different" name, and this is the last straw. Anjali is so upset that she demands her parents let her pick a new name! When they refuse, Anjali decides to take a closer look at who she is--beyond her name--and why being different means being marvelous.

Seredina devi︠a︡tnadt︠s︡atogo veka. U kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ i kni︠a︡gini Bori︠a︡tinskikh rozhdaetsi︠a︡ pozdniĭ i nikem ne zhdannyĭ rebenok -- devochka, kotorai︠a︡ bukvalʹno razvalivaet semʹi︠u︡, prezhde kazavshui︠u︡si︠a︡ idealʹnoĭ. Tusi︠a︡ s samogo nachala ne takai︠a︡, kak vse. V strogikh ramkakh obshchestva, polnogo uslovnosteĭ, kogda li︠u︡boĭ v pervui︠u︡ ocheredʹ prinadlezhit rodu, a ne...