"When Marika's plan to watch the first sunrise of the year with Raku goes awry, they find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island! As Marika's health begins to fail, will they find a way to see the sunrise? Plus, when Yui turns twenty, Night comes to her with a shocking pronouncement: it is time for Yui to get married!"--Provided by publisher.

"This girls' basketball story deals with the conflict between family caregiving responsibilities and extra-curricular sports that some kids, particularly girls, often face. Jo loves playing basketball in gym class, and she is surprised when she makes the school team. Because she has to babysit her younger brother, she's afraid her mom will make her give up her place on the team, so instead, Jo hatches a plan to have a neighbour secretly babysit so...

"Il y avait dans un port de la Norvège un très vieil homme à qui manquait une oreille. "Comment l'as-tu perdue ? " lui demandait-on dans l'auberge où il venait s'enivrer chaque soir, et il répondait volontiers : "Oh, ça remonte à loin ! disait-il, j'étais encore un petit garçon... "" Et chaque soir, le vieux marin racontait une nouvelle histoire. Alors, comment le croire?" -- "In a costal town in Norway, an old man tells those who ask him...

"Zucca, Osso, Pelliccia (e Straccio!) sono mostri molto spaventosi e ognuno di loro ha una particolare specialità per terrorizzare il mondo: ma come mai nessuno sembra avere paura di loro questa sera? La città è piena di mostri... ma sono mostri finti! Cosa possono fare allora per riuscire a spaventare il mondo là Fuori? Dovranno assolutamente cercare una soluzione per far capire a tutti che loro, e solo loro, sono veri mostri, mentre tutti gli...

The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions seventeen-year-old Princess Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance. Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia steals ancient documents and flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive, unaware...