The Girl Cloaked in Shadow is book three in The Chronicles of Maggie Trent, a Paranormal Fantasy Dystopia series from Young Adult author Megan O'Russell. Forgiveness is beyond the power of the Siren. Magic and mystery fill the Siren’s Realm, but danger seeps into the cracks of her world. The Compère has arrived, bringing with him spectacle laced with brutality. In the face of unprecedented fear, the people of the Siren’s Realm need a champion to defend them. But Bertrand Wayland has fled the Siren’s Realm and the people who dwell there. The Siren does not take abandonment lightly. As the danger from the Compère grows, the Siren casts Maggie Trent from her realm and into a world of darkness where death lurks in every shadow. With her hope for survival slipping away, Maggie must find a way to banish the ghosts that haunt her and bring Bertrand back to the Siren’s Realm. *** Calling all witches and wizards! This young adult fantasy adventure features the women in fiction and feminism in fantasy that fans of paranormal romance author Megan O’Russell love. With a strong female lead, this YA contemporary fantasy series lets readers run away into an alternate world of witchcraft and wizardry where the magic of a perfect utopia hides oppression and class differences. The Girl Cloaked in Shadow is also available in paperback. *** The Girl Cloaked in Shadow is perfect for fans of Kami Garcia, Rick Riordan, Missy Sheldrake, Anthea Sharp, J. C. Gilbert, Meg Collette, and TR Cameron.

The Girl Locked with Gold is book two in The Chronicles of Maggie Trent, a Paranormal Fantasy Dystopia series from Young Adult author Megan O'Russell. A warning to you once the wish is made, the Siren’s price must always be paid. Maggie Trent lives peacefully by the Endless Sea. Seeing the same people every day. Making friends who care for her. Learning to survive without spells. The storms have ended, and she has finally found the paradise the Siren promised. But the Siren has brought death into her realm, threatening all who dwell there. Seeking salvation for those they hold most dear, Maggie and Bertrand slip out of the Siren’s Realm and find themselves in a world where machines fly and enslavement and murder are the fate of magicians. Balancing between hope and truth, Maggie must face a future of fire. Will Maggie be able to pay the price of salvation? Will saving the many cost her everything she wanted to protect? Journey into the Siren’s Realm, where danger lurks and adventure awaits. *** Calling all witches and wizards! This young adult fantasy adventure features the women in fiction and feminism in fantasy that fans of paranormal romance author Megan O’Russell love. With a strong female lead, this YA contemporary fantasy series lets readers run away into an alternate world of witchcraft and wizardry where the magic of a perfect utopia hides oppression and class differences. The Girl Locked With Gold is also available in paperback. *** The Girl Locked with Gold is perfect for fans of Kami Garcia, Rick Riordan, Missy Sheldrake, Anthea Sharp, J. C. Gilbert, Meg Collette, and TR Cameron.

Enjoy book one in a Paranormal Fantasy Dystopia series from Young Adult author Megan O'Russell. Maggie Trent is dead. At least that’s what she thinks when she falls out of our world and into the Siren’s Realm. When a man who’s survived centuries shows Maggie the true wonders of the Siren’s Realm, miraculous magic she’d never dreamt of seems within reach. But all magic comes with a price, and mysteries lurk beneath the promise of adventure. With secrets hiding behind every beauty, Maggie can’t tell where the lies begin. Can the man who’s shown her wonders be trusted with her life? Will she be brave enough to protect the one who longs to claim her heart? Is there a way to break free from the Siren’s Realm? There’s only one thing Maggie can be certain of―the paradise she found is more dangerous than the world that took her life. Magic demands sacrifice. Hope is a fatal vice. Welcome to the Siren’s Realm. The Girl Without Magic is an action-packed fantasy adventure. If you long to visit new worlds, crave magic, and are ready for romance, then you’ll love joining Megan O’Russell’s 550,000+ satisfied readers. Download The Girl Without Magic, and leap into adventure. Praise for The Girl Without Magic “With magic, action, discovering new worlds and tons of adventure, this is an exciting tale which promises to become the first step in a great series.” ~ Amazon Review “I was enchanted by The Girl Without Magic from the first page and absolutely loved this thrilling adventure.” ~ Amazon Review “There are witches and wizards, spells, other realms, romance, and war, just about a little bit of everything that makes this an exciting, unique read that you’re sure to enjoy!” ~ Amazon Review “The adventures and misadventures that ensue had me breathlessly clinging to my Kindle to find out if Maggie and her accidental companions would win the day.” ~ Amazon Review *** Calling all witches and wizards! This young adult fantasy adventure features the women in fiction and feminism in fantasy that fans of paranormal romance author Megan O’Russell love. With a strong female lead, this YA contemporary fantasy series lets readers run away into an alternate world of witchcraft and wizardry where the magic of a perfect utopia hides oppression and class differences. The Girl Without Magic is also available in paperback. *** The Girl Without Magic is perfect for fans of Kami Garcia, Rick Riordan, Missy Sheldrake, Anthea Sharp, J. C. Gilbert, Meg Collette, and TR Cameron.

While working on a project translating letters from sixteenth-century Prague, high school senior Nora Kane discovers her best friend murdered with her boyfriend the apparent killer and is caught up in a dangerous web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all searching for a mysterious ancient device purported to allow direct communication with God.

For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

In Cory Doctorow's wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state. A few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus's hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It's incendiary stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier. Marcus can leak the archive Masha gave him—but he can't admit to being the leaker, because that will cost his employer the election. He's surrounded by friends who remember what he did a few years ago and regard him as a hacker hero. He can't even attend a demonstration without being dragged onstage and handed a mike. He's not at all sure that just dumping the archive onto the Internet, before he's gone through its millions of words, is the right thing to do. Meanwhile, people are beginning to shadow him, people who look like they're used to inflicting pain until they get the answers they want. Fast-moving, passionate, and as current as next week, Homeland is every bit the equal of Little Brother—a paean to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a better place. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.