New Releases by Susan Beth Pfeffer

It seems incredible that a call-in TV show featuring pictures of missing children could change her life so drastically, but when a 16-year-old recognizes her father in the photo on the screen, she discovers that the family who''s been searching for their daughter is looking for her. But who is she? Brooke or Amy? She''s been living with her father and now learns he''s taken her illegally. Who do you love when everyone says they love you? How can anyone know which parent loves you most? Susan Beth Pfeffer delivers yet another hard-hitting novel that delves into the issues that confront real teens today. "Lively narration, peppered with wry, insightful wit, and the story''s balanced resolution make it enjoyable reading...."--School Library Journal "Pfeffer perfectly conveys Brooke''s hurt and resentment.... Readers will share Brooke''s anxiety as she tries to adapt to a new family while remaining loyal to her father, and they''ll understand her anger when she finally realizes the cost of her father''s actions."--Booklist "The emotions are raw...but the story combines the draw of sensational headlines with an understanding of teenage struggles."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books "The author maintains so brisk a pace and so appealingly plumbs her heroine''s emotional life that the reader will want to believe in the story."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Since her older brother always wins at ping pong, checkers, and everything else, Amy decides to learn riddles in hope of finding some way she can beat him.

In 1913 when she is sent to the Austen Home for Orphaned Girls, eleven-year-old Emily copes with her difficult circumstances with the help of the town librarian and the hope of finding her younger sister.

Having kept the secret that their family VCR can send people back in time, eleven-year-old twins Scott and Kelly continue to search for the best way to use that power and make an amazing new discovery. Sequel to "Rewind to Yesterday."

Bad things aren’t supposed to happen to good people. But somewhere between home and the softball field, 16-year-old Jody Chapman’s younger brother disappeared, and now the family is falling apart. Her parents hardly speak to each other, her younger sister is angry and bitter, and Jody’s friends, always so important to her, are slowly slipping away. It seems that all anyone can do is wait. Wait—for Michael to walk in the door. Wait—to stop missing him. Wait—to stop waiting. When a private detective can’t uncover a single clue about Michael’s disappearance, Jody’s urgent need to find him drives her to make a last desperate attempt to hold her family together.

Although initially afraid that she''ll lose her best friend unless they prepare for their bat mitzvahs together, Becky undergoes a change in her thinking that puts much more than her friendship in jeopardy.

Laurie must choose between her average suburban life and one of fashion and glamour.

Meredith, dreading an encounter with her cousin who always hits her and steps on her toes, fantasizes some imaginative disasters that might prevent their visit.