Kate Rudd

"Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student."--

When her foster sister is committed to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill her husband, Krystal, a respected lawyer, drops everything to defend her, which forces her to confront a horrible tragedy and a well-guarded lie that cemented their sisterly bond.

A national bestseller—adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon—Anywhere But Here is the heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter. A moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, the novel follows the two women as they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions. A brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep...

Struggling with her parent's divorce, Laura is unable to forget a boy she sees on a subway platform across from her, a photographer who is also wondering if he will ever see her again. What if destiny leads you to your soul mate, but the laws of time conspire to keep you apart? If her parents had never divorced, Laura wouldn't have to live in the shadow of Bruce, her mom's boyfriend; she wouldn't panic every weekend on the way to Dad's Manhattan...

As the possessor of Roiben's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faerieland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.

Originally entitled Children's and household tales, Grimm's fairy tales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century. This selection contains 80 stories. Also included are more than 45 of Arthur Rackham's marvelous illustrations which inject new life into these timeless tales.

It's 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old farm girl Cornelia is heartbroken when she learns that her beloved soldier, Henry, has been killed in a train wreck. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes the desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, Cornelia pours out the painful events of the war in her diary. Many decades later, Cornelia's granddaughter, Benita, is in the...

"Boundary Lines. A feud between two Montana families, the Barons and the Murdocks, has been simmering for years. Jillian Baron, who has recently inherited her family's ranch, sees no reason not to continue the grudge, especially where the arrogant Aaron Murdock is concerned. But when the pair is threatened by a common enemy, Jillian and Aaron become uneasy allies. As they are forced to work in close quarters, they must decide what is more important--generations...

Local architect Shayne Reynolds is an art collector, but when it comes to Carrie Lockett he's as interested in the artist as he is in her California landscapes and stunning portraits. The talented and reclusive Carrie, however, rejects his overtures, but she won't tell him why-- even though he knows she returns his feelings.

He's the rich boy: Young love, that was what Nadine and Hayden had. The kind of love that captures the soul and never dies. That is, until Hayden's father swindled Nadine's family, and they didn't see each other for thirteen years. When his father suddenly dies, Hayden returns home to the family's lakeside mansion, and to his first love. He's my soldier boy: Dark, sexy and dangerous, young Ben Powell could steal kisses as deep and stormy as Whitefire...