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Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now.

At the dawn of the twentieth century in Paris, Samantha Harker, daughter of Dracula's killer, works as a researcher for the Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena. But no one realizes how abnormal she is. Sam is a channel into the minds of monsters: a power that could help her solve the gruesome deaths plaguing turn-of-the-century Paris—or have her thrown into an asylum.

In this fun story, we learn all about the Lunar New Year's traditions, including how some cultures follow a 12-year cycle with different animals representing each year. The Tiger family is responsible for their community because it's the Year of the Tiger! This engaging book introduces children to the Lunar New Year and concepts like luck, community and taking care of others. Follow along with Mamma Tiger, Ba Tiger and the twins Hu and Lei as they embark on a New Year adventure! The courageous tiger twins encounter challenges, but through cooperation and grit, they save the day.

It's Meihui's special year of the ox! Through her family's story we learn about what it means to be an ox and all of their special traits. Most people in places like North America and Europe celebrate the new year on January 1st. But some cultures, like those in many areas of Asia, do it differently. They celebrate the new year based on the lunar-solar calendar, so the date differs every year. It occurs between January 21st and February 20th.

February 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family home amid an uprising that has rocked Taipei, Dr. Tsai delivers his youngest daughter, the unnamed narrator of Green Island, just after midnight as the city is plunged into martial law. In the following weeks, as the Chinese Nationalists act to crush the opposition, Dr. Tsai becomes one of the many thousands of people dragged away from their families and thrown into prison.

You can’t have a good tale of monster hunting without monsters. And sometimes the monsters don’t need to be hunted. Sometimes it’s fun sitting back at minimum safe distance and watching the mayhem.

A mysterious phone call brings Espy Harper and The Cincinnati to a rendezvous where she learns an accident was actually a murder...triggering a chain of events leading Espy and her team to a cache of decade-old documents. These documents suggest that John Kennedy Jr. was close to exposing his father's killer just before his plane went down.