Imagine a future of unparalleled convenience. A powerful retailer, The Store, can deliver anything to your door, anticipating the needs and desires you didn't even know you had. Most people are fine with that, but not Jacob and Megan Brandeis. New York writers whose livelihood is on the brink of extinction, Jacob and Megan are going undercover to dig up The Store's secrets in a book that could change the entire American way of life -- or put an end...

"Harper Dupree has pinned all her hopes on a future in fashion design. But when it comes crashing down around her, she returns home to Fairhope, Alabama, and to Millie, the woman who first taught her how to sew. As Harper rethinks her own future, long-hidden secrets about Millie's past are brought to light.In 1946, Millie Middleton--the daughter of an Italian man and a Black woman--boarded a train and left Charleston to keep half of her heritage hidden....

Gideon Sable and his partner in crime, Annie Anybody, don't want to be shopkeepers, but when Harry of Old Harry's Place retires, he blackmails the pair into taking over the shop. Before the grand re-opening, a stranger named Smith arrives and asks them to appraise a small piece of rock Smith claims holds the echo of the last siren's song. Before Gideon and Annie can find out more, Smith disappears, leaving only the stone. And then the stone is stolen....

Rhymed text, featuring rebuses, describes the wonders of the store run by Mr. Nickel and Mrs. Dime.

Young readers can help Sally find what she needs on her shopping trip, including roller skates, a cockatoo, and a cherry tart, by searching through fold-out pages showcasing the different stores on High Street.

Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father. Jenna Boller is the confident, smart, & moral heroine of this novel that deals with the effects of alcoholism on a family & a girl's growing friendship with a wealthy,...

A clever pup ends up in a cozy home, and she'll do anything to stay there. She impersonates everything the lonely homeowner needs---a pillow, a footstool, a jacket. But in the end, being herself works best. --

"Eleven-year-old Cal must convince his lovably wacky family to compete in a contest where the winners are granted twenty minutes to grab anything from King Wonder's world-famous shop"--