INFANTILES Y JUVENILES

After their high school graduation, former best friends Cass and Syd are gearing up for their futures. Cass has planned to go to college to become an engineer, while Syd—despite the fact that her family thinks she’s messed up her whole life—has lined up a sound internship at a historic music venue.   But Cass is keeping secrets. Though his dad has forbidden it, Cass has been playing music, taking trips to San Francisco BART stations to play and make money. Somehow, it’s become a way for Cass to connect with his mother—who was also a musician—who died in a drunk driving accident on the way back from a gig when he was one.   But after Syd catches Cass playing at the BART station, and Cass finds out his mom’s old band the Darlas is going on a reunion tour, everything changes. On impulse, Cass invites Syd to the first Darlas show, and without telling anyone, they make a break for it. Turning one show into a cross-country journey, the two former friends throw away all their plans for the future and embark on a life-altering road trip following the tour, keeping it a secret from their friends and family.   Along the way, they’ll untangle the messy threads of how they became “ex”-best friends, experience the power of nature and music, and decide what they really want their lives to be. Maybe, through it all, Cass and Syd can find a way back to each other, too.

Emma loves music. She loves the boom boom boom of a good bass beat. She loves the stomp stomp stomp her feet make when she dances. She loves to rock out with her mom, her dad, and her little sister. And she loves to twang, strum, and thrum on her guitar. So when the sign-up sheet for the school talent show is posted, she adds her name right away! But the more Emma hears about the amazing talents her classmates will bring, the more nervous she gets. What if her guitar playing is more of a plink, plonk, squeak? She’s suffering from a bad case of stage fright, and it’s up to her family to show her that performing can be fun too, and that she’s already a star.

Wilhelmina Hart is part of the infamous class of 2020. Her high school years began with a shocking presidential election and ended with a pandemic. In the midst of this global turmoil, she also lost one of her beloved aunts, a loss she still feels keenly. Having deferred college, Wilhelmina now lives in a limbo she can see no way out of, like so many of her peers. Wilhelmina’s personal darkness would be unbearable (especially with another monumental election looming) but for the inexplicable and seemingly magical clues that have begun to intrude on her life—flashes of bizarre, ecstatic whimsy that seem to add up to a message she can’t quite grasp. But something tells her she should follow their lead. Maybe a trail of elephants, birds, angels, and stale doughnuts will lead Wilhelmina to a door?

Después de enfrentarse a una bruja malvada, un esqueleto-cuervo ladrón y un ejército de muertos vivientes, Theodora Hendrix, una chica de diez años, está segura de que puede manejar cualquier cosa, hasta que conoce al desagradable inspector Shelley y a su aún más desagradable rata mascota. Shelley y Ratsputin han venido a espiar a la Monstruosa Liga de los Monstruos y están decididos a crear problemas en todo momento. Entonces Theodora hace un descubrimiento propio: un escarabajo maldito. Necesita destruirlo sin llamar la atención del inspector, y rápido. Lo que está en juego no podría ser más importante: si Theodora falla, su amada familia de monstruos se pudrirá en las cárceles más húmedas y oscuras de Transilvania.

Theodora, Sherman y Dexter se van a la Gran Manzana a pasar las vacaciones, ¡y no pueden esperar! Sin embargo, si Drácula y mamá pensaron que un viaje al extranjero mantendría a Theodora a salvo de monstruos malvados con intenciones siniestras, estaban equivocados. Porque Nueva York está repleta de Shadowmongers: criaturas sombrías y astutas controladas por el enemigo más siniestro de todos. Un enemigo que no quiere nada más que ver derribada a la Monstruosa Liga de Monstruos... y a Theodora con ella.