Meg Cabot

Billion Dollar Girl is a touching novel about one brave girl's journey to find true security and happiness. Despite living in a run-down trailer with a mother who is never around, River Ryland is the girl everyone wants to be around. But after a Social Services visit goes wrong, she sets off on the run and finds herself living a life beyond her wildest dreams. However, as her newfound safety is shattered, River discovers that life's true jackpot isn't what it seems. This is a heart-wrenching and exhilarating exploration of what we value and a hopeful story of our times.

Travel back to the year 1290 through the eyes of Catherine, a curious and adventurous young woman from a prestigious family. Follow her journey in this Newbery Honor Book as she navigates through love, marriage, and finding her true self.

Молодая англичанка Линда Мартин приезжает во Францию, чтобы стать гувернанткой девятилетнего Филиппа, графа де Вальми. Ее подопечный - владелец родового замка и имения, которыми управляет его дядя Леон. Линда чувствует в отношениях обитателей замка непонятную напряженность и пытается защитить мальчика от давящей властности дяди и холодного равнодушия тетки. Внезапно вспыхнувшая любовь к сыну Леона, Раулю, еще более осложняет ее жизнь. Во время прогулки в Филиппа стреляют. Это неудачное покушение на его жизнь заставляет Линду задуматься о том, что за невидимая драма разворачивается под сводами замка и какая роль в этой драме отведена ей.

In "The Butterfly Girl" by a highly praised author, Naomi, an investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, makes a promise to find her younger sister who has been missing for years. The search takes her to the streets of Portland, where she discovers many young girls have been going missing for months, including Celia, a 12-year-old fleeing from an abusive stepfather and addict mother. As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia find echoes of themselves in one another, forcing them to consider the question: Can you still be lost even when you’ve been found?