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Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal's not who he thought he was, who is he? This humor-infused, warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging is a triumph.

Nightingale Mooncrest is not what most day dwellers think of when imagining a gargoyle. They think of big, bad, rumbling, stone behemoths like her dad, but she has yet to earn her stones and become one of the mighty Mooncrest warriors. She dreams of leaving her forest and traveling beneath open skies and the blazing sun to see other lands, so of course she's gonna do her best to befriend the first day dwellers to plop down in her lap when they end up in her neck of the woods. It can't be that tough to show a harpy how to make it under the haunted boughs of Shadow's Reach, right?

Samantha has a very active imagination. It takes her to far away places and on exciting adventures. But, more importantly, it protects her from seeing the horrible life she lives with her stepmother, masking the reality around her and making it a happier place. Samantha's imaginary friend is by her side at all times during her adventures. Eventually, they discover a way to permanently change her life for the better. It'll take hard work, imagination, and courage to reach that goal, but they're determined to make her imagined happiness a reality.

Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a loner who’s managed to make himself completely invisible at his all-boys high school. He doesn’t fit with his classmates (whom he gives nicknames in his head), his stepbrother (whom nobody at school knows he’s related to), or even his mother (who never quite sees how gifted a musician Dale might be)—but they don’t fit with him, either. And he’s fine with that. To him, high school and home are stages to endure until his real life can finally begin.

Gargoyles, disguised as its inhabitants, are invading Gahgnathra. Their presence needs to be revealed before it's too late. Kalla, the unlikely heir to the ancient throne of Deforia, must unravel the mysteries of Dawn's Gate to sneak into Gahgnathra. To unlock the gate requires the talents of a thief. And so, Kalla, Jehoobud, and Thrahn recruit Swipe, who is the best at lock-picking but couldn't keep quiet if his life depended on it. These four unlikely companions begin a daring quest, guided by the sorceress Astoria, to put an end to Morgana's plans of conquest.

Become a part of Arthurian legend as you follow John's crusade to discover Arthur's legendary sword. In audiobook two, the fight for Angoll continues, told from Jehoobud's viewpoint, as he, John, and Kalla enter the Swamps of Mist. Hidden within lies the lands of the Kretan Rahnat, descendants of the original Raiders from Earth. Here, our three adventurers find an ally in the young, warrior queen of the Kretan Rahnat, Dayona, who joins them in a clash against Gargoyles' swords and a wizard's dark spell on a quest for the legendary Sword of Truth.