"Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?"--

To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever. "Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa...

"On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the seven on the rope who swim out to shipwrecks to plunder them. Mira's job is to rescue survivors, if there are any. After all, she never feels the cold of the frigid ocean waters and the waves seem to sing to her soul. But the people of Rosevear never admit the truth: that they set the beacons themselves to lure ships into the rocks. When the Council watch lays...

When Isla hears a stranded baby dolphin call for help, she encounters a boy her age also trying to help, but Isla struggles to understand what the dolphin is saying and feels out of her depths.

"Learning to siva from the heart... Tala loves watching her Aunty Sina's graceful steps in the taualuga, a traditional Samoan dance, where her hands curl like rolling waves and her feet glide across the floor like canoes. Yet when Tala tries to siva, her legs are too wobbly, her arms are too stiff, and most of all, she doesn't have the same glow as when Aunty dances. Tala tries to muster the courage to perform at her Grandma's birthday. But she freezes...

On a remote Scottish island, Max loses his hearing in a boating accident. Struggling to make sense of his new life, and resenting being put into the 'special' class at school, he notices changes taking place after a new wind farm is constructed off the island's coast. People have become irritable and unpredictable, and acts of violence threaten to tear the community apart. For the turbines are being used to test out a new soundwave weapon. Unaffected...

"Pedro is a tiny mouse, looking for a BIG adventure. So, he sets off in search of excitement--and very soon becomes swept up in the escapades of the Adventuremice! A brave, determined team, the Adventuremice keep the Mouse Islands safe from danger. Will Pedro be able to prove that he has a kind enough heart, and a strong enough nerve, to join the crew?"--

"Come along to Espanola Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, one of the only places in the world where the waved albatross breeds. Meet Waverly, a young albatross who is afraid to spread her wings and fly. What if she gets lonely? What if she misses home? As Waverly thinks things over, she befriends other unusual and special animals on Espanola Island. Together, they help Waverly discover just how brave she can be"--Provided by publisher.

"Ela und Niko machen mit ihren Eltern Urlaub auf einem Zeltplatz am Meer. Beim Muschelsuchen und Angeln am Strand hören die Kinder plötzlich ein seltsames Rufen. Was zappelt denn da im Wasser? Sie trauen ihren Augen kaum! Eine echte Meerjungfrau hat sich in einem Fischernetz verfangen. Mit Schwimmreif und Angel retten die Geschwister die kleine Nixe. Zum Dank schenkt ihnen das Meermädchen eine magische Pflanze. Die schmeckt nach Schoko und Zitrone...