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Drawn from fascinating historical records--including trial transcripts from the century's first insanity defense--this is the gripping account of the gruesome kidnap and murder of a 12-year-old girl in 1927. Following a nationwide manhunt, no one was prepared for the awful truth that a sadistic monster dwelled within an unlikely suspect.

A terrible birthday present that becomes the best gift ever – that of love. Esther’s friends give her the birthday gift of a date with Angel Zortek who, unknown to them, is not a man dressed as an angel. He’s a demgel, someone who is half demon, half angel. The date proves to be disastrous, especially later when he abducts Esther and brings her to the world of Kurbridor. There she is rescued from Zortek by another demgel, named Dreydon, who keeps her safe until he can take her home. An attraction develops between them, but she tries to ignore her feelings because he is not human. After two days, Dreydon makes passionate love to Esther, but she insists he takes her home. That ends their short-lived relationship. Will Zortek want revenge and, if so, how will Dreydon be able to defend Esther? This is a story of demgel deceit, passion and rage set on a magical world filled with mythical creatures. Reader Advisory: The heroine is stolen away by an evil demgel, rescued by another, who ultimately also steals away her heart.

Short-listed for the 2008 Red Maple Award Keira, kidnapped from Ireland by Vikings, is a slave living in legendary Vinland. Two native bands, the Beothuck and the Thule, are also fighting over the land, thrusting the Norsemen into war. While the Vikings search for a new home, an accident at sea leaves Keira miraculously saved by a Beothuck warrior. Keira settles into the Beothuck way of life, learning their customs and coming to care for them. But she dreams of risking everything in order to find a way home. Ultimately, she is torn between the cultures in which she has livedher homeland, the Viking world in which she was welcomed, and her new Beothuck family. This is a thrilling adventure and an exciting introduction to the history of Canada.

When a cute guy dressed like a Victorian pirate kneels in front of Eloise the day after her seventeenth birthday, she knows that something strange is going on-and that's before he vows to be her champion and mentions her flaky aunt, Antonia, who's gone incommunicado once again. But this appearance isn't a coincidence, and when Eloise is attacked and pushed into an alternate world called Faery, she becomes embroiled in the underground politics of this world. Her captor is Lord Strahan, the ruler of Faery who is desperately clinging to his throne and will do anything to keep it. The only one who can break his power is his wife, Eloise's aunt Antonia-and Eloise has become his bargaining chip. Now Eloise must find a way to save her aunt from Lord Strahan, and she'll need the help of her best friends Jo and Devin, along with the other Fae captives of Strahan's hall, including his son, Eldric. With a whole world of Faeries out to get her, Eloise must stop Strahan both worlds are thrust into complete chaos.

Dominic Crowell is determined to keep his son to raise, although he won't marry the boy's mother Amy Dana. He wants a rich wife. But Amy won't leave her son in his abusive father's hands, so she steals him away.

A fictional re-creation of one of the most enigmatic cases in American history follows one man's search through a maze of deception, betrayal, and danger to find the Lindbergh baby alive

When the youngest in a family of goats is stolen away by a sinister walrus who intends to make her a slave, it is up to her big brother to employ courage and cunning to save her.

From the relative civilization of 1925 Cairo to the plundering recklessness of pirates scouring the Florida Keys in 1825 for shipwreck treasure, Ella and Rowan find themselves fighting to keep the one treasure they value over all else. Stolen Away brings you adventure on the high seas and thrilling revelations you never saw coming—not to mention one pirate in particular whom Ella is destined never to forget.

This whole language thematic unit intergrates the history of the Middle Ages with three high-quality Newbery Award literature selections.