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The Magical Ballerina Party is about a young ballerina called Eniola. Eniola loves to dance, but she is nervous about her upcoming ballet performance. The night before the performance, Eniola has a magical dream. She meets a fairy and flies over the cities to a beautiful garden, where she dances among the flowers. Suddenly, Eniola doesn’t feel so nervous anymore. She knows she can be a wonderful ballerina!

The Magical Ballerina Party is about a young ballerina named Eniola. Eniola loves to dance, but she is nervous about her upcoming ballet performance. On the night before the performance, Eniola has a magical dream. She meets a fairy and flies over the cities to a beautiful garden, where she dances among the flowers. Suddenly, Eniola doesn’t feel so nervous anymore. She knows she can be a wonderful ballerina!

Zoë Abigail Cozy is 13¾ years old. Her job is to go to school. Mr. Cozy's job is to design new flavors of tea. And Mrs. Cozy...well, no one knows exactly what Mrs. Cozy does. Unfortunately, the Cozy house is not a cozy place to live. Zoë Abigail Cozy is an outsider in her own home. At least she has her best friend, the cat, to keep her company. Zoë never thought about the concept of being normal. It was not on her list of things to do or things to worry about. Suddenly, "being normal" is all anyone can talk about and Zoë did not fit in anywhere.

When I initially was writing Anxiously Waiting to Be Anxious, it was just to get my thoughts out on paper. I never thought that I would have actually published it for everyone to listen to. I have read self-help books myself, and although some helped me, I never felt like they truly understood. I wanted to make it feel as though I was really talking to you as a person instead of a reader. This was honestly a way for me to get my thoughts down on paper and towards the end of it, I realized that someone else may benefit from seeing my thoughts.

A year ago, Alan and Stacey Navarro separated, leaving their daughter, Ruby, to live with her mom and an over-caffeinated Shih Tzu. People split up all the time, and most kids might learn to deal. Not Ruby. A bright, funny 14-year-old who loves shoes and horror movies, Ruby is on an insane mission to get her parents back together. But she can’t do it alone. She needs her two best friends, a dog named Ed Wood, an arrogant filmmaker, a bizarre collection of actors - and a chainsaw-wielding movie killer. Yeah, it’ll be fine.

On a hot Texas night, high school senior Allie Garner discovers that the tiniest of choices has the power to destroy her. Ignored by her parents, shunned by her classmates, and hated by her best friends, she turns to the one person who can fix the nightmare. Luke Pierce is a damaged soul recovering from a suicide attempt, but he understands Allie's pain almost better than she does herself. When he agrees to her secret idea, the two begin planning a deadly pact: They will travel to the suicide capital of the world, the Golden Gate Bridge, and jump to their deaths together.

Upon arrival in the interior of British Columbia, Susie realizes that she has just entered the Twilight Zone when she finds her grandparents, eight-year-old step-brother, a massive Irish wolfhound, and two horses waiting on her arrival. The love-struck handsome rancher's son, Andy, who lives next door isn't much better. Does he really think that she is girlfriend material? Better to break his heart now, then later.