New Releases by Suzanne Selfors

"Vous croyez aux signes ? La foudre qui frappe une voiture dont vous sortez à l''instant, un chat noir qui traverse votre chemin... Vous voyez ce que je veux dire ? Le hasard, peut-être. Moi, je n''y ai jamais cru, à ce genre de trucs. Avant de le rencontrer, lui". Chez Anna est un petit café où le temps s''est arrêté. Katrina y vit paisiblement avec sa grand-mère. Jusqu''au jour où la magie et la poésie s''immiscent dans sa vie.

When Homer Pudding receives a mysterious note emblazoned with the letters L.O.S.T., he knows the moment he has been waiting for has arrived. It is time to meet the society of Legends, Objects, Secrets, and Treasures, take his Uncle''s place, and become a true adventurer. With his best friend, Dog, at his side, everything seems to be going as planned...until an unexpected opponent challenges Homer''s spot, and they are tasked with a dangerous quest. Only the one who can solve the clues and reach the treasure first will be given membership. Homer is counting on Dog''s hidden ability to smell treasure to help him along the way -- but someone is trying to hinder his quest and keep him out of L.O.S.T. And who is plotting to steal Dog? From the sleepy goat fields of Milkydale to fantastical mansions and hidden islands, Dog and Homer are off on another page-turning adventure!

When you''re the daughter of a best-selling romance writer, life should be pretty good. But for 16-year-old Alice Amorous, daughter of the Queen of Romance, life is an agonizing lie. Her mother''s been secretly hospitalized for mental illness, and Alice has been putting on a brave front, answering fan letters, forging her mother''s signature, telling the publisher that all is well. But the next book is due and the Queen can''t write it. Alice needs a story for her mother. And she needs one fast. That''s when she meets Errol, a strange boy who''s been following her. A boy who tells her that he has a love story. A boy who believes he''s Cupid. As Alice begins to hear Errol''s voice in her head, and begins to see things she can''t explain, she must face the truth - that she''s either inherited her mother''s madness, or Errol is for real.

Katrina works in her grandmother''s coffee shop in a small town in Washington State, which isn''t exactly the coolest job, given that it''s an old-world Scandinavian coffee shop rather than the ultra hip Java Hut next door. One morning, when she gives a free cup of coffee and muffin to a homeless guy sleeping out behind the shop, this random act of kindness turns her life upside down. She soon learns that the homeless guy is actually a teenage guardian angel intent on returning the favor. Fame and fortune seem like the obvious requests, but after two botched wishes, Malcolm knows Katrina is hiding something from him. But how can she tell him the truth, when her heart''s desire has become Malcolm himself?

Meet Homer Pudding, an ordinary farm boy who''s got big dreams-to follow in the footsteps of his famous treasure-hunting uncle. But when Uncle Drake mysteriously disappears, Homer inherits two things: a lazy, droopy dog with no sense of smell, and a mystery. Why would his uncle call this clumsy dog his "most treasured possession?" And why did he put a gold coin on the dog''s collar? And who will continue Uncle Drake''s quest-to find the most coveted pirate treasure in the world? Join Homer, his sister Gwendolyn, and Dog on an adventure that will test their wits and courage as they leave their peaceful farm and head into a world where ruthless treasure hunters hide around every corner. Where they discover that Dog has a hidden talent and that treasure might be closer than they ever imagined...

Boom Broom doesn''t think his life could get any worse. Ever since his mother was swept away by a twister, his family has gone crazy. They refuse to leave the house and Boom and his sister Mertyle are looked after by Halvor, the Viking descendant who rents the room over their garage. When Boom finds a baby mermaid who seems to grant unlimited wishes, he thinks his luck has turned around. That is, until his sister is hit by the curse of the merfolk. Now Boom and his best friend Winger must find a way to return the merbaby to its mother and save Mertyle before it is too late.

Mimi Wallingford, Great Granddaughter of Adelaide Wallingford, has the life that most girls dream about, playing Juliet opposite teen heartthrob Troy Summer on Broadway in Shakespeare''s famous play. Unfortunately, she has no desire to be an actress, a fact her mother can''t seem to grasp. But when she and Troy are magically thrust into Shakespeare''s Verona, they experience the feud between the Capulets and Montagues first hand. Mimi realizes that she and Juliet have more in common than Shakespeare''s script-they are both fighting for futures of their own choosing. Mimi feels compelled to help her and with Troy''s unexpected help, hopes to give Shakespeare''s most famous tragedy a happily-ever-after-ending.