September and Ivan Crane, ages 13 and 12, are growing up in an isolated cove in coastal Alaska with their commercial-fisherman father. Their only neighbors are loons, ravens, the occasional bear, and nosy Mr. Berger, who keeps his telescope trained on the Cranes' comings and goings. As autumn comes to the cove, the children's father is at sea, crabbing to earn money to replace his fishing boat that was lost when his wife drowned years ago. Speaking to him over the radio, Ivan and September convince him to let them stay alone while he extends his fishing trip rather than face the dreaded alternative of staying with older relatives. Because they are fairly self-sufficient, their only real fear is that cranky Berger will report their father's absence to the authorities. Despite all intentions to be responsible, Ivan succumbs to his addiction to video games and accidentally blows their vital radios; September, eager to maintain their cover and their independence, organizes several forbidden trips in their motor boat across the bay to town. As the two weave a growing web of fibs to their father, to a kindly mail-boat captain, and to Berger, readers will see that disaster must follow, but Bodett produces a humdinger of a williwaw that catches the children before they can put things right and creates a well-paced adventure story.

It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.
Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men.
Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With the Great War brewing, Alek's and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way...taking them both aboard the Leviathan on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure. One that will change both their lives forever.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.
Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.
Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.
Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.

Soon after their mother’s death, 15-year-old Ben and his two younger brothers are stunned when their father sells their home, buys a sailboat, and announces that they will live on board and cruise the Bahamas for the next year. Wrenched from everything he knows and forced to obey his father-captain’s orders, Ben starts out angry and finds no escape. As he says, “We were always together.” When their father sets a course for Bermuda and disappears overboard one night, the boys have little time to wonder if he jumped or fell before they’re struggling to stay afloat in a fierce Atlantic storm. Lost at sea in a damaged boat, they find their way to an island where they are stranded with little food, little water, and little hope of rescue. Herlong’s first book is a great survival story and a fine portrayal of family relationships in a time of crisis. Justifiably angry, yet logical, reflective, and at times compassionate, Ben makes a sympathetic protagonist, and his brothers are no less appealing. With enough detail to make the settings real and a minimum of metaphor, the first-person narrative is clean and direct. This page-turner of an adventure story is also a convincing, compelling, and ultimately moving novel.