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When Mercy Maddox makes a spur of the moment decision to pretend she is the fare of a man holding a name card at Savannah Airport, she doesn't suspect she's about to climb into the back seat of a hit man hired to kill his passenger—nor find herself on an Antebellum plantation a hundred and eighty years in the past.

An accident at the SEED has enhanced Dez and Riah’s magical abilities to levels that they are not able to control. Unsure of what to do, Chris and Harlow set out to find Rose and Kami, who should have been back from their trip days ago. Meanwhile, Riah meets a mysterious, magical new friend that says she can help her find both of her parents.

The world ended. That's what Rose had always been told when she was a child. Every time she asked why the sky was blue or how apples grew on trees, her grandpa would grin and say, Because the world ended. She never believed that it had actually happened, especially not on the same day that she was born. Even if it were true, the world that ended wasn't a world she knew.

It was a crazy time, a scary time, but . . . let's just say there was a lot going on that never got on the Eyewitless News or the Ken Burns eight-part documentary. I mean, after the demonstrations, after the acid trips, the love-ins and communist plots or whatever we were supposedly doing, you still had to get up in the morning and get something for breakfast.

For Grace, hosting a party for her affluent, picture-perfect neighbors is not her idea of fun. Slipping away for 30 minutes of alone time seemed like an ideal way to get her through a long night of small talk. But when Sadie, a beloved neighbor, goes missing, those minutes become the key to a murder.

Do you notice your loving kids are using headphones more? It might be that they are in danger of hearing loss. In this book, you will discover the depths of solitude in this gripping story, revealing the complex relationship between the seductive charm of private soundscapes and the dangers they may hide. This book, which expertly analyzes the subtleties of auditory health, untangles the complex web of teenage headphone use and illuminates the tenuous relationship between the allure of music and the perilous consequences of hearing loss.