Melanie Cusick Jones: 3 books

Life has not been kind to ten-year-old Faris. He has lived at the Grimbaldi Foundation for the Potentially Lacking for as long as he can remember, so long that he doesn’t even have a last name – he’s Faris, just Faris.One magical night an opportunity to escape lands on his window ledge...

Nearly a year has passed since Jack helped Faris escape from the horrible Grimbaldi Foundation for the Potentially Lacking. Faris now lives in The Core, the magical haven that Jack and creatures like him have lived in for thousands of years. The Core keeps them away from the prying eyes of the human...

Life should be simple for Cassie. For the small population of Earth survivors who live on the Space Station Hope everything they do is planned and scheduled, down to the cyclical food menus, their roles in the station, even how many children they have. Despite rigid controls directing her life, Cassie...