Amy McFadden

"Stranded alone in the unforgiving Canadian wilderness, Jess is determined to survive and seek revenge on her father's murderers"-- Jess hadn't seen her survivalist, off-the-grid dad in over a decade. After a car crash kills her mother and leaves her injured, Jess was forced to move to his cabin in the remote Canadian wilderness. Then a secret from his past paid them a visit, leaving her father dead and Jess stranded, the cabin burned to the ground....

"Christmas has come, and with it a sparkling white winterfrost over the countryside. But twelve-year-old Bettina's parents have been called away unexpectedly, leaving her in charge of the house, the farm, and baby Pia. In all the confusion, Bettina's family neglects to set out the traditional bowl of Christmas rice pudding for the tiny nisse who are rumored to look after the family and their livestock. No one besides her grandfather ever believed...

"In the final book of the Whidbey Island saga, events build to an astonishing climax as secrets are revealed, hearts are broken, and lives are changed forever"--

Six years ago Natalia barely survived the house fire that killed her baby brother. Now she is cautious and always plays it safe. For months, her co-worker Wyatt has begged her to come hiking with him, and Natalia finally agrees. When a wildfire breaks out, blocking the trail back, a perfect sunny day quickly morphs into a nightmare. With no cell service, few supplies, and no clear way out of the burning forest, a group of strangers will have to become...

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her mom's mental illness, Nick's bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesn't understand her. When the three teens join Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, they are teamed up to search for a autistic man lost in the woods. What they find instead is a dead body. In...

"When a woman's body is found in a vacant lot, suspicion falls on an awkward teen who lives only a few blocks away, owns several knives, loves first-person shooter video games, and doodles violent scenes in his notebooks. Nick Walter goes from being a member of a Search and Rescue team to prime suspect in a murder, his very interest in SAR seen as proof of his fascination with violence. How is this even possible? And can his friends Alexis and Ruby...

"A young man must get from one end of LEGO® City to the other for an important event--but his train leaves without him! He hops aboard a cargo train instead. But he doesn't count on delays like fallen cargo and a pig crossing! Will he be able to chase down his train and make it in time?" --