"Sheltered seventeen-year-old Emmy's childhood best friend Oliver reappears after disappearing with his father ten years ago"--

"Piglette can be a bit particular by her siblings' standards. She always wants everything to be perfect. But Piglette soon realizes that there's nothing more precious than the pleasant scents of home, and she finds a way to bring a little Parisian perfection back where she belongs"--Jacket flap.

After a harrowing journey, the four bears finally arrive at Toklo's former home in the mountains. Toklo is thrilled to be surrounded by familiar sights and warm memories of his cubhood. Yet Toklo's homecoming has come at a price. Yakone is dangerously ill, having lost part of his paw in a flat-face trap, and Kallik is racked with guilt that Yakone's decision to join her on this quest may cost him his life. As the struggling polar bears feel the pull...

"A young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her yellow hat. The young woman bends down to give her little grandmother a big kiss, and then she smells her grandmother's cooking. She has returned home. When they sit down at the...

"Every year a boy and his parents travel back to their hometown to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. It's a wondrous time for the boy, as he learns Chinese traditions from his grandparents. He always leaves with only one wish-- to return next year."--Page [2] of cover.

"How far would you go to protect a secret? Fifteen year old Rachel has a secret that's crushing her. A secret that kills. But that becomes nothing comapred to the recurring nightmare about her own brutal murder which leaves impossible bruises on her neck. As if that wasn't horrifying enough, add the appearance of a malicious ghost of a teen girl. When the ghost warns that if her murder isn't solved by Homecoming, more people will die, Rachel realizes...