New Releases by Marilyn Kaye

These students look like the others, but each of them has a special supernatural attribute that marks them out. You could call it a skill, a talent or a disadvantage, but each of these students is unique – they’re gifted. Shy, dreamy Emily’s premonitions aren’t always quite right, and the gifted class usually don’t take her seriously. But as Emily''s visions get clearer, her classmates are forced to listen to her – before it’s too late...

Tracey Devon is learning how to control her gift, which allows her to become invisible, and when she realizes there is a spy among the gifted students, she knows it is up to her to find out who is betraying them before all their secrets are revealed.

Nine teenagers. nine secrets. an ordinary middle school with a few extraordinary exceptions.

A modern-day fairytale--a major motion picture starring Christina Ricci, Catherine O''Hara, James McAvoy, and Reese Witherspoon. Penelope Wilhern has everything a girl could want: A wealthy, socialite family, an enchanted bedroom and some of the coolest clothes around. There is only one problem: She was born into a cursed family and has the face of a pig. Hidden away from the world, Penelope now finds herself subjected to a string of snobby, blue-blooded bachelors in a desperate attempt to find her a husband in order to break the curse. Though she yearns for something greater, what''s a girl to do when faced with a determined mother and her matchmaking sidekick? Hoping to snap a photo of the mysterious girl, mischievous tabloid reporter Lemon hires down-on-his-luck Max to pose as a prospective suitor and infiltrate the family. But when Max finds himself truly drawn to Penelope, he can''t bring himself to expose and disappoint her, so he just disappears. Fed up with this latest betrayal and determined to live life on her own terms, Penelope decides to break free from her family and go out into the world in search of adventure. Hiding her true identity with a scarf, Penelope discovers a wondrous world where freedom opens her eyes to possibilities she never knew existed. Making new friends along the way, she discovers happiness in the most unexpected places.

A young girl finds herself drawn to a mysterious man with amnesia who may be the real-life reincarnation of a dead rock star. An exciting romance with a supernatural twist for the fans of the movie Ghost.

When Sharon Delaney hears that her classmate, Layne Swensen, was date-raped, she wants Video High to do an exposé. The show''s announcer and Sharon''s ex-boyfirend, thinks date-rape is mostly hype. The group compromises on a show just about dating. But what really happened to Layne?

Yom Kippur services let Mindy reflect on the sins she has committed during her thirteenth year, when she was desperately anxious to get into a popular crowd at her new middle school.

Everyone at the palace thinks that Adella''s new best friend, Arsulu, is wonderful. But Ariel has her doubts because ever since Arsulu came to stay with them, strange and terrible things have been happening.

Trina is still kind of hoping her divorced parents will get back together again. Besides, Trina likes having her mother to herself, so it''s pretty upsetting to see her getting so friendly with Sarah''s widowed father, whom she met on a Camp Sunnyside Parens'' Weekend.

Green Falls Junior High is gearing up for the first dance of the year, and Josie, Becka, and Cat Morgan have lots to do before they''re ready. Cat and Becka are busy making plans for their dates, but they keep trying to push Josie and Red together. When Red finally asks Josie to the dance, Josie''s sure it wasn''t his idea. But should that keep her from saying yes?

When Cat Morgan''s best friend, Marla, is down in the dumps, Cat has the perfect idea for cheering her up: She promises to help Marla become Green Falls Junior High''s Homecoming Queen. Then Cat is nominated too! Cat is sure Marla will withdraw from the race; Marla knows being Homecoming Queen is Cat''s dream. But Marla doesn''t want to drop out. She wants Cat to keep her promise.

Cat and Heather are the two most popular girls in eighth grade, and worst enemies. After Heather steals Cat''s boyfriend, Cat is determined to get even.

Megan is terrified of meeting a ghost--but she has no choice.

Yom Kippur services let Mindy reflect on the sins she has committed during her thirteenth year, when she was desperately anxious to get into a popular crowd at her new middle school.

Sarah decides to listen to some of Erin''s ideas for attracting boys, and after a complete makeover and learning how to "act like Erin", Sarah puts forth her best efforts for a boy she''s had her eye on, but she is not prepared for his reaction.

Carolyn, a counselor goes away. In only a week, the Cabin Six girls have gone through three other counselors and have created havoc in their cabin. They find that they miss Carolyn despite her silly rules.

Eleven-year-old Erin thinks she has outgrown her cabinmates at an all-girls'' camp, but when she joins in some forbidden activities of the older girls in cabin nine, she learns a lesson about who her friends really are.

Elise loses a tooth and discovers the magic of the real tooth fairy.

Katie is the director of the Sunnyside Spectacular play, until the other girls feel Katie the director has turned into Katie the dictator.

Five friends in Cabin 6 at Camp Sunnyside try to help their counselor''s love life. Also use: No Boys Allowed (1989).

The five friends in Cabin Six prepare to welcome the camp director''s niece to their cabin, but they are completely unprepared for the trouble that their new roommate brings with her.

Fourteen-year-old Lydia, always keen to espouse controversial issues, gets varying degrees of support from her three sisters when she forms an alternative school newspaper and campaigns in favor of letting girls try out for the football team.