Looks can be deceiving. . . . Betty Flood looks normal, she attends a normal school, and she does normal homework. She comes from a family of wizards and witches, though, and that means she is anything but normal. Betty's new best friend, Ffiona Hulbert, however, is a completely ordinary girl from a regular family. She even has normal problems—like school-yard bullies. When Betty decides to use the Floods' magic to help Ffiona and her family, you can bet that even they won't be normal for long!

Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.

From the Booker Prize–winning author of Oryx and Crake, the first book in the MaddAddam Trilogy, and The Handmaid’s Tale. Internationally acclaimed as ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by, amongst others, the Globe and Mail, the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Village Voice In a world driven by shadowy, corrupt corporations and the uncontrolled development of new, gene-spliced life forms, a man-made pandemic occurs, obliterating human life. Two people find they have unexpectedly survived: Ren, a young dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails (the cleanest dirty girls in town), and Toby, solitary and determined, who has barricaded herself inside a luxurious spa, watching and waiting. The women have to decide on their next move—they can’t stay hidden forever. But is anyone else out there?

"Plotting revenge, Fustia Necromancy begins her search for ex-pupil Goodrun who destroyed her Witches Academy. But Goodrun has changed her name and returned to the mortal world where she thinks she is safe. Meanwhile, sister Evilyn is looking for mischief and finds it when she gets a job as a reporter on a new magazine, The Hag Mag, editor: Fustia Necromancy! With Evilyn s help, Fustia leads Goodrun into a trap. But half-witch Goodrun still has a trick or two up her sleee ..."--Publisher.