Through the eyes of Maya who escapes reality in her grandparent's farm where she spends her summer holiday. She takes us through the childhood journey of what a millennial child had, exploring stereotypes, controversial cultures and nostalgia in India. While talking about the Garo tribe, which most people are un-aware of. As a multi cultured child, she finds it difficult to fit into either of her parents traditions. This experience piques her interest and curiosity which she will cherish as a box of memories.

Unaverted is a beautiful book about friendships, and all the troubles and adventures that they may bring you. At its core, if you look hard enough, it is a book about change and new beginnings. The characters go through abrupt changes of character, being influenced by emotional extremes of fear and of surprising new worlds of magic. So they are left to choose between an old self and a new self. Some characters adapt harder than others, while some embrace the change straight away. A few drops of magic here and there, help them to see the right path and dwell straight into new paths of life.

Critically acclaimed author Kimberley Griffiths Little spins a thrilling story of one girl's race to unravel the curse that has haunted her family for generations. When Larissa Renaud starts receiving eerie phone calls on a disconnected old phone in her family's antique shop, she knows she's in for a strange summer. A series of clues leads her to the muddy river banks, where clouds of fireflies dance among the cypress knees and cattails each evening at twilight. The fireflies are beautiful and mysterious, and they take her on a magical journey through time, where Larissa learns secrets about her family's tragic past -- deadly, curse-ridden secrets that could harm the future of her family as she knows it. It soon becomes clear that it is up to Larissa to prevent history from repeating itself and a fatal tragedy from striking the people she loves. With her signature lyricism, Kimberley Griffiths Little weaves a thrilling tale filled with family secrets, haunting mystery, and dangerous adventure.

A captivating contemporary novel about first love, second chances, and the power of memory, by the author of Between Us and the Moon, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Katie Cotugno. One year ago, Penny Berne was the star of her high school’s theater department, surrounded by a group of misfits and falling in love with her best friend, Wes. Now her old friends won’t talk to her, her first love, Wes, ignores her, and her best friend is the most popular girl in school. Penny is revered—and hated. But when a near-fatal lightning strike leaves Penny with no memory of the past year, or how she went from drama nerd to queen bee, Penny realizes she may have the second chance she never expected.…

When Meg shows up at her mother’s door, she has no idea how to break the news to her. She’s come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn’t where she saw her life going. Now, trying to hide her growing belly and figure out her next decision, she moves in with her mother, sister and aunt on Seabreeze Island. But, how long can she keep her pregnancy a secret, and what happens if another surprising person shows up at the front door of Julie’s house? In this 3rd installment of the South Carolina Sunsets series, you’ll get to read Meg’s story and also see more of Dawson and Julie’s story unfold. Of course, Janine, William, Colleen and Dixie will be there too! But, what will happen when a woman from Dawson’s past shows up and might just throw a kink in his relationship with Julie?

When Beth LaMonte rents a cottage on the coast of Maine, she wants only to withdraw and paint, but a silent ball of light hovering in the forest beckons her on a nightly basis. Hesitantly, Beth follows it one evening. It leads her to a secret beach and the diary of a girl who disappeared in 1975.

Bright lights flicker in the dark evenings of summer. Pinpoints of hope float against the black descent of night. The sweetest of small and innocent creatures finds its way through the shadows. Fireflies seem to dance on sheer air, illuminating the space between heartbeats. Children give off a similar brave glow, despite the challenges of their young lives. The lessons of childhood are often painful, the shedding of fragile wings in the gloam of an uncertain future. These rich novellas are small jewels reflecting the essence of what it means to grow up dancing among the shadows of life, carrying a brave, small beacon because you know that even the brightest days always, always, end in darkness. Childhood can be so sweetly sad and sadly sweet, profound and deceptively easy to categorize, yet poignant to remember. New York Times bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen (GARDEN SPELLS, SUGAR QUEEN, THE PEACH KEEPER) anchors THE FIREFLY DANCE with her wistful and funny novella about Louise, a North Carolina girl whose keen observations of the lives around her weaves an unforgettable spell with just a hint of everyday magic. Phyllis Schieber's Sonya, a child of Holocaust survivors, is confronted with the responsibilities of her legacy when she has a poignant encounter with a classmate, another child of survivors, and her mother, in a local shop in their 1970's New York neighborhood. Kathryn Magendie's Petey deals wryly with her family's move from the cool blue mountains of North Carolina to the hot flatlands of Texas. Augusta Trobaugh's stoic Georgia boy leads us through his surreal encounter with a mysterious backwoods toddler who turns out to be anything but ordinary.