It's been three miserable months since thirteen-year-old Chris Barton lost his little sister, Molly. "Missing, presumed drowned" was what the paper said, and surely that is what everyone believes. After all, the Bartons had been picnicking by the river when Molly disappeared. One night, Chris views a video he made the day Molly was lost. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual here: a rest…
Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds in his family together. When wacky Uncle Will announces he's getting married in the backyard and an aunt decides to make it a double wedding, Kevin takes charge. Planning two weddings is a grat way to impress his girlfriend, Tina Zabinski, the Most beautiful and Best-Smelling Girl in the World. But as more and more relatives come to stay, things spiral ou…
Clementine is having a nervous breakdown. The family meeting! sign is up in her house and she just knows she's in trouble for something. Has she been too mean to her little brother? Too sloppy? Eating too much junk food? Try as she might to find out what's on the agenda, her parents won't reveal anything before the meeting. As far as Clementine is concerned, the agenda should be something like …
For Clementine, spring is a big deal. For one thing, it's time for the school trip to Plimoth Plantation. Clementine is ready for Ye Olden Times, but she isn't so sure about surviving lunch there - the fourth graders have strict rules about no eating sounds. And before that, Clementine will have to survive The Cloud on Bus Seven. Hearing the Pilgrim lady talk about why she made the long jour…
"I never had a brain until Freak came along ..." That 's what Max thought. All his life he'd been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didn't help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didn't help that people were afraid of him. So Max learned how to be alone. t least until Freak came along. Freak was weird, too. He had a little body - and a really big brain. Together Max …
Edgar Allan Poe invented detective fiction with these three mesmerising stories of a young eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin: 'The Murders in the Rue Morge', ' The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. Dorothy L. Sayers would later describe these tales as 'almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice'. Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of countless li…
Life on an island in Maine is always interesting. But when a new teacher starts at Piper's school - and doesn't appreciate the special, um, accessory that Piper has decided to wear - there may be trouble on the horizon. Then piper discovers the Fairy tree in her front yard. Is the Fairy Tree really magic? And can it fix Piper's problems?
Jess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side of the playground and outruns everyone. That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inse…
Imagine a boy living all alone in a large old house with only a sky-blue bike (who thinks he's a horse) for company. After his great-aunt dies (of dachshund poisoning - what else?) Fennymore sets off with his new friend Fizzy to find his parents, who live disappeared. They fall foul of a silvery grey gentlemen and an evil doctor who wants to get his hands on a mysterious invention, and Fennymor…
When a baby dolphin is found in shallow water off the coast of Florida, she is rushed to the clearwater marine Aquarium for help. Sawyer and Hazel welcome the baby, naming her hope. but the young dolphin isnt't doing so well in her new home. Her helath is in jeopardy, and everyone is uncertain if winter will acept her as friend or foe. Will hope be able to survivr and find a new home with her f…