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Henry Grim has never discovered a forbidden room in a foreign castle, or received a death threat over breakfast. All Henry knows is life as an orphaned servant boy at the Midsummer School, bullied by the privileged sons of aristocracy. But all that changes when Henry is the first commoner to pass the entrance exam for the prestigious Knightley Academy, where he will be trained as a modern-day knight alongside the cleverest and bravest fourteen-year-olds in the country.

“A gem of a story. ”—Booklist (starred review) “A marvelous heroic journey. ”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A narrative centering family bonds and new experiences. ”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Newbery Medal winner Lynne Rae Perkins introduces Violet and Jobie, two...

It is three days since Laura Brooke—aka LB-—and her mother Annie, a pilot for Rainbow International Airlines, moved to Rome, Italy. Homeschooled and traveling is her only education. It's worked for ten years until LB discoveres she has a gift: Conversing with animals.