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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

Rafe thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city, but it's more competitive than he ever expected. To score big in class, he needs to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. Anything he's never done before, he's going to do it, from learning to play poker to going to a modern art museum. But when Rafe uncovers secrets about the family he's never known, he has to decide if he's ready...

Attending Peerless Academy, Keynan Masters discovers a corrupt magic, and, unlocking his freestyling powers, sets out to unravel the school's secrets with his crew of new friends while trying to save the world from massive storms stemming from mysteriousforces. "Impossible to predict... Your new obsession." —Mark Oshiro, co-author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Sun and the Star This new middle grade fantasy series follows Keynan's quest to...

Eleven-year-old Alice Duncan feels lost and scared when her body goes through enormous changes, drawing her into the public eye and making her self-conscious, so when she is sent to an exclusive art school where she finds refuge with other misfits, she begins to think her life is finally starting to turn around.

Jamie and Charlotte are looking for a winter break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson's growing feelings for each other. When Charlotte's beloved Uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate—after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring—the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte...

Rafe isn't exactly considered a winner in Hills Village Middle School, to say the least, but everything's about to change. He's won a school-wide art competition, and the fabulous prize is getting to jet-set off to Australia for a whirlwind adventure! But Rafe soon finds that living in the Land Down Under is harder than he could've ever imagined. His host-siblings are anything but welcoming, the burning temperatures are torturous, and poisonous critters...

Sam is working on making a clay dinosaur for the school art show and sale when the clay suddenly comes to life and attacks him, a sure sign that once again Orson Eerie, whose spirit inhabits the school, is up to something--and it is up to Sam, Antonio, and Lucy, to discover how a self-portrait of Orson figures into his evil plan.

"With more than 34 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this third book of the My Weirdtastic School arc, A.J. and friends get a glimpse into the art world with expert Professor Pitt! A special guest has arrived at Ella Mentry School! Professor Pitt is the president of a local museum and has all sorts of wacky ideas about art. A.J. thinks it’s all a total snoozefest…until the piece he turns in for an art...

Artistic Seattle high school sophomore Alice decides to emerge from her cocoon and date a football player, which causes a rift between her and her best friend, a boy who wants to be more than just friends.

Goldilocks is so eager to make friends at Grimm Academy, she's even tempted to accept an invitation to join E.V.I.L. But she doesn't want to be a villain. Can Goldie get inside the secret society and do some good?