Throw Me A Smile

'Okay, Lucy. Throw me a smile!'...The two girls grinned and a deep friendship was born. In the summer of 2001, Lucy Mortzou was a bouncy blonde seven-year-old having fun with her family and friends in the Greek islands. By the end of that year she was hospitalized and starting the fight of her life against an aggressive and rare form of cancer. Throw Me a Smile is the true story of Lucy's battle to survive, told in diary entries and personal recollections by the mother who stayed by her side as they fought this dreadful disease - navigating life in clinics and hospitals, enduring difficult treatments, and making and losing friends in the cancer wards of Athens. This is a compelling tale of ten months that would change their lives forever, which reveals with honesty and compassion the harsh realities of childhood cancer.

"Memories in Serenade" captures the psychic musing of a purpose-driven poet intent on embracing the world, against a backdrop of unyielding obstacles, woven into a tapestry of pain, sorrow, hope, joy and love. It also captures the poet's fascination with language as much as with life, and takes us on his journey which so often juxtaposes fantasy with reality as if second nature. This collection allows us to accompany the the poet as he takes small steps, though significant steps, along the road to understanding and responding in healthy ways to life's vicissitudes and attaining self-actualization.

The three books of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy available together for the first time, from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine. This collection contains the complete text of the three Gemma Doyle novels, a deliciously sweeping and haunting saga that won't let you go. It's the only way to get all three of Libba Bray's critically acclaimed novels in one bundle. A Great and Terrible Beauty: Gemma Doyle finds an icy reception at the Spence Academy in London, where she becomes entangled with the leader of the school's most powerful clique and discovers her own mother's connection to a shadowy group called the Order. Rebel Angels: Gemma is looking forward to spending time in London over Christmas, but her troubled visions of three girls dressed in white are intensifying and only the enchanted realms can give Gemma the answers she needs. The Sweet Far Thing: In a world where rules are everything, can a girl like Gemma survive? The conclusion to the bestselling series. Praise for Libba Bray’s novels: A Great and Terrible Beauty “A delicious, elegant gothic.”—PW, Starred “Shivery with both passion and terror.”—Kirkus Reviews “A true boarding-school drama, full of cattiness, Victorian repression, and steamy schoolgirl dreams of being ravished by virile gypsies.”—The Bulletin, Recommended Rebel Angels “This extraordinary novel moves along at breathtaking speed from beginning to end . . . astounding.”—VOYA in a Perfect 10 Review “Remarkable.”—SLJ The Sweet Far Thing “A rare treat that offers a bit of everything—romance, magic, history, Gothic intrigue—and delivers on all of it in 819 beautifully crafted pages.”—People “A triumphant conclusion of the trilogy begun in A Great and Terrible Beauty.”—PW, in its Best Books of the Year review Going Bovine “Libba Bray's fabulous new book will, with any justice, be a cult classic. The kind of book you take with you to college, in the hopes that your roommate will turn out to have packed their own copy, too. Reading it is like discovering an alternate version of The Phantom Tollbooth, where Holden Caulfield has hit Milo over the head and stolen his car, his token, and his tollbooth. There's adventure and tragedy here, a sprinkling of romance, musical interludes, a battle-ready yard gnome who's also a Norse God, and practically a chorus line of physicists. Which reminds me: will someone, someday, take Going Bovine and turn it into a musical, preferably a rock opera? I want the soundtrack, the program, the T-shirt, and front row tickets.”—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble “Libba Bray not only breaks the mold of the ubiquitous dying-teenager genre—she smashes it and grinds the tiny pieces into the sidewalk. For the record, I’d go anywhere she wanted to take me.”—The New York Times “A sublimely surreal saga.”—People “Offer this to fans of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy seeking more inspired lunacy.”—PW, Starred

Tragic-the one word that perfectly sums up Joanna Dawsons life over the last several years. The deaths of her parents, little brother Sam, and Grandma Annie have been difficult for her to bear. Her loved ones are gone, taken away from her. But she still has Grandpa Dawson. He is there to encourage and support her. He wants to see her embrace the purpose meant for her life. There are nightmares, nightmares that bring terrifying memories of a dark, cold night in the woods. They, along with the deaths of her family, hold her prisoner from being able to trust and love in the ways her heart so greatly desires. Then there is Chase Hartford. The arrival of this hot, young movie star to the Charleston and Folly Beach area has everyone in an uproar. A late night cup of coffee brings Jo and Chase together. What forms between them is a bond and love that neither of them ever imagined. Because of him, Jo is able to find faith in trusting and loving again. He makes all her dreams come true. He is the only one that can reach her.

It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Having bound the wild, dark magic of the realms to her, Gemma has forged unlikely and unsuspected new alliances both with the headstrong Felicity and timid Ann, Kartik, the exotic young man whose companionship is forbidden, and the fearsome creatures of the realms. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test those bonds. As her friendship with Felicity and Ann faces its gravest trial, and with the Order grappling for control of the realms, Gemma is compelled to decide once and for all which path she is meant to take. Pulled forward by fate, the destiny Gemma faces threatens to set chaos loose, not only in the realms, but also upon the rigid Victorian society whose rules Gemma has both defied and followed. Where does Gemma really belong? And will she, can she, survive?

Don't Tempt Me By: M. L. Horan and P. M. Palermo Don't Tempt Me is a dark romance that teeters the line between fantasy and real life. Parker is a fiery woman who has always been underestimated and overlooked. Ace is a cold, calculating man who bends for no one. What happens when fire and ice collide? This book follows the story of Parker and Ace's hot-and-cold relationship. Woven throughout are stories of heartache, betrayal, and undying friendship. Don't Tempt Me highlights the strengths that come from true friendship and found families. Love is confusing and messy, whether it's between lovers, friends, or family. If you look close enough, there is always beauty hidden in the darkest stories. But above all, no matter what you've been through, big or small, there is always someone that will see you for who you truly are.

Some evil wants to live forever. Ten years ago a witch sacrificed Britta Orchid's family and turned her into a werewolf. Selena Stone's spell failed, and she was never seen again. Until now. Officer Aaron Labaye has discovered Selena's remains in the house where Britta's family died, and dragged Britta back to Louisiana to aid the investigation, hoping her past will break the case. Britta has a hard time resisting the handsome rookie, especially when he shows her a new drawing by her murdered little brother: Britta in her wolf-form. As an unseen hand sets events in motion, Britta has to help Labaye dig into the murders old and new. The bloodthirsty ghost of her brother, a jealous member from her pack, and a former friend with a serious prejudice against wolves all stand to stop Britta as she fights to finally get the truth about that night ten years ago. But, as she looks harder than ever into her own dark past, Britta will confront more than just her own demons as she fights for peace for herself and for her family. She can't hide anymore, but must find her place in a world she's avoided—and discover what it truly means to be a wolf.