Some stories are hard to tell because they talk about things that are sad, scary, or confusing. These kinds of stories can be tough for the person telling them and for the person listening. But when they’re shared with kindness and care, they can help people understand each other and even feel braver.

Even with all the things that can weigh on us—crime, pollution, illness, and everyday worries—people still find ways to make each other laugh. Listen on a street corner, in a café, or around a kitchen table anywhere in America, and you’ll hear someone sharing a joke or a funny story. That kind of hometown humor helps us get through tough times.

Set in familiar places like schools, farms, and campgrounds, these tales turn ordinary moments into chilling encounters with vengeful spirits and supernatural creatures.

This collection brings together 30 stories about wise judges, quick‑thinking lawyers, and crafty tricksters. The tales come from many corners of the world—ancient Greece, Morocco, Germany, China, Ireland, and even the early American colonies. Some are so old they were told long before the Bible was written. Instead of offering a single definition of justice, the author lets the stories speak for themselves. Each one invites readers to decide for themselves: “That’s not fair!” or “Fair is fair.”

Follow seventeen-year-old Aurora as she fights for survival in a drowning world, navigating a never-ending storm and the search for a mysterious sanctuary known only as "The Hill".

Katniss faces the consequences of winning the Hunger Games and enters a new, more dangerous iteration of the Games.

Pacific Rim meets Korean action dramas in this mind-blowing sci-fi novel set in New Seoul in the year 2199.

The twisty, turny but triumphant rise of women's soccer is one of the most fascinating stories in...

In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king...

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night...

This poignant and powerful novel explores how a young boy's life is forever changed when he meets his father, a convicted criminal.

For many young readers, when the last page of Goosebumps is turned, the first chapter of Pet...

The last thing Emily wants is another summer of tanning and pool hopping in Cherry Grove. Now that...

The dreamers walk among us...and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming - they can...

Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it...

Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways...

This book contains ten chilling mysteries, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Pit and the Pendulum," from the master of suspense and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she...

Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has...