New Releases by Melanie Rose

Five years ago, Sophie Durrant surprised herself and her friends by dropping out of college and taking a job as a bartender on a tiny island at the end of the world, knowing only that for once in her life she felt that she was home. Now, a cryptic note in her mother's handwriting leads Sophie to delve into the mystery of her past, a mystery which points to the old legend of the Selkies: the seals who could set aside their skins and walk on land as men and women. Her heritage calls to her, by water and blood ... but there are other secrets, darker than any legend, and their keepers are not forgiving.

When a car crash during a blizzard leaves a woman stranded in the New England country with no memory, she''s taken in by a banker whose adorable young daughter has cystic fibrosis-- and hasn''t spoken since her sister died and her mother disappeared two years ago.

What if you had the chance to live someone else's life? Full of heart and soul, here is a captivating novel about the choices we make for family and love--and how sometimes a total stranger is the person we really need to be.Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the man of her dreams--only to be struck by lightning moments later. When she wakes up in the hospital, the doctors insist she's someone else: Lauren Richardson, wife and mother of four. Lauren's husband wants nothing more than for life to get back to normal--complete with a well-organized house and very properly behaved children. But Lauren's kids haven't been allowed to have much fun, and one of them has special needs. Can Jessica embrace this family of strangers and become the wife and mother they need? As she struggles to find her way in this new life--and the way back to her old life--she reconnects with Lauren's estranged sister and discovers a secret that could rip the family apart. Now, torn between Lauren's responsibilities to her family and Jessica's chance at love, one woman is about to find out whether the road not taken leads to happiness--or to heartbreak.From the Trade Paperback edition.

When Jessica Taylor is struck by lightning one afternoon whilst walking her dog, she has no idea how dramatically her life is going to change. Lucky to survive, she wakes up in a hospital bed - but as someone else. Apparently she''s now Lauren Richardson, wife and mother of four young children.

In Sisyphean Garbage No. 12, Sarah, a fifteen-year-old riot grrrl, writes about wanting to leave her Christian school because of the homophobia there as evidenced by her classmates' and teacher's reaction to Ellen DeGeneres coming out on TV. The zine also includes diary comics, quotations from the movie Heathers, a page about Sleater-Kinney, and an interview with Manda Rin of the band Bis. There are zine reviews and ads. In Teenage Whoremoans No. 6, bass player Melanie writes about the Guerrilla Girls, coming out to her mom, why she hates the word "feminazi," feminism at school, why she spells womyn with a y, and the upcoming Riot Grrrl Olympia "un-convention."

Crowd favorite Hat Tricks Count now skates in as a new boardbook, Hockey Numbers. Young sports fans see numbers everywhere from the 2 goalies to 8 ticket stubs and the number of pucks in the final net!

The author, who is a four time world champion and professional figure skater, glides through the alphabet explaining the history, techniques, and memorable moments of the sport.

Now anyone can be one of the "boys or girls of summer" and get a home plate view of America's favorite pastime in H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. This new offering in our line of children's alphabet books brings the game of baseball to entertaining and informative life. Sports writer Brad Herzog pairs easy-to-read rhymes with detailed expository so that readers are pitched baseball's facts, faces, history, and places from A-Z.

"Using numbers, hockey's famous people, teams, history, and rules are introduced. Topics include Wayne Gretzky, Hat Trick, Olympic gold medals, and hockey sticks. Each number topic is introduced with a poem and includes side-bar expository text with detailed information"--Provided by publisher.