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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

"The Upside Down, a place only seen before in psychic visions and nightmares. Will Byers doesn't know what to call the shadowy realm he finds himself in, but he is certain that he is alone and far away from anything close to safe. A strange shrieking monster lurks around every corner and familiar voices drift through the air from the other side. To survive, Will holds onto the lessons he's learned in the camaraderie of his friends, and the hope...

"Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older brother, father, and grandfather. But just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to Pilot School, he is invited to attend Jedi Academy--a school that he didn't apply to and only recruits children when they are just a few years old. That is, until now...This inventive novel follows Roan's first year at Jedi Academy where, under the tutelage of Master Yoda, he learns that he...

Red, a quirky, headstrong 10-year-old, longs to live in her own perfect paradise far away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined-- across the galaxy and aboard an enormous spaceship owned by the Aquilari, an ancient creature with a taste for rare and unusual treasures. Before Red can be discovered as a stowaway, the great ship crashes on a small deserted...

"The world’s timeline has been turned upside down, and now magical creatures are EVERYWHERE, and DJ's family is NOWHERE to be found. Gina has to fix things--FAST! But magic is BANNED on this new earth. Can she keep hers a SECRET? And together, can DJ, Gina, and Hilo find the key to fixing the earth before DJs family--not to mention the ENTIRE world as they know it--is GONE forever?" --back cover

After Bakugo is abducted by the League of Villans, there is an uproar and the Hero Academy's faculty works to reverse public opinion while the students of Class 1-A plot a rescue mission.

"When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe" -- p. [4] of cover.

"It's been three decades since the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and toppled the Galactic Empire. But now, on the remote planet of Jakku...there is a stirring in The Force. A young scavenger named Rey, a deserting Stormtrooper named Finn, an ace pilot name Poe, and a dark apprentice named Kylo Ren--their lives are about to collide as the awakening begins"--Back cover of Volume 1.

"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!"--