In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

Tells the story of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy living in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed John's father.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds; that their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac. That is why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Tierney James dreams of a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman. She fears the brutal elements,...

"Judith can't speak. But when her close-knit community of Roswell Station is attacked by enemies, Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice"--

A community coming together--believing in each other, helping each other, and sharing burdens and joys--can make a difference.

The ties between a first responder, a pregnant singer, and an author are gradually revealed amid an unfolding global catastrophe.

Fourteen-year-old Kirra must summon the courage to face her own mistakes before she can help save her peaceful community from a gigantic threat.

When a bad storm drives all of the farm animals into the barn, can they set aside their fears and welcome wild animals, too?

Preferring her thriving raspberry garden above all other company, Malina the hedgehog lovingly tends bushes and makes delicious raspberry jam before the arrival of winter helps her discover the sweetness of a caring community.