Making new friends in a new town is never easy, but when ten-year-old India Opal Buloni adopts a stray dog she names after the grocery store where she found him, she learns friendship - and forgiveness - can sneak up on you like a sudden storm.

Mama Bear starts a campaign to convince her family that they are eating too much junk food.

Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

Sixteen-year-old Leinad, a farmer, learns that his calling is to help thwart the Dark Knight and his Shadow Warriers, who are trying to stop the King from restoring the kingdom of Arrethtrae to glory.

Little Critter does his enthusiastic best to help his babysitter, although his efforts frequently make a bad situation worse.

Rabbit plans to unbounce Tigger, but he discovers he likes a bouncy Tigger best.

Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party... until, that is, a new kid comes to class. When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome. And when Brian and Justin team up to work on a class project together, Brian finds a way to shine.

"Follow these astonishing animals as they do all kinds of amazingly awesome things! From flying through rainbows and touching the sun to painting magnificent masterpieces, these critters do it all!" - Back cover.

"Meggie loves stories, but her book-binding father, Mo, hasn't read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared some years ago.When a stranger who knows her father knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret - when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages.Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for...

With insight and a light touch, best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students...