A girl in a large family is looking forward to her first "double digit" birthday, but soon discovers that growing up brings some unwanted changes.

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Bliss must use her magical baking skills to escape when she is kidnapped by the owner of the Mostess Snack Cake Corporation.

A brother and sister by marriage are taken back to the time of King James I in England where their solution of problems there enables them to better deal with some serious peer problems in their own time and with their acceptance of each other as family.

Sam chooses a guinea pig named Henry to be her pet, envisions a dog named Nelly visiting and helping her younger brother Liam feel comfortable in his kindergarten class, and encourages Liam to also get a guinea pig as a pet.

Accompanied by her loyal friend Germ, twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks travels through time and space in a magical whale as she sets out to save her brother and fulfill her destiny to find and vanquish the remaining Thirteen Witches.

Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.

"Even a bookish big sister is drawn in by the promise of her imaginative sibling's spectacular hideaway. When two sisters are ushered outside to play, one sits under a tree with a book while the other regales her with descriptions of a cool fort in a tree that grows ever more fantastical in the telling. What will it take to get the older sister to look up?"

"Emma is too scared to ride her new bike but her brother helps her practice and gain the confidence she needs to conquer her fears. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide"--

Zeke Meeks will be nine soon, but he is not looking forward to a party that his sisters want to take over and nobody but his closest friends want to attend--but the alternative is going to Grace Chang's party on the same day, and she is really scary.

Camila wants to buy a camera, camera stand, and a microphone to record for her WeTube channel, and her brother suggests that an uncoming video game tournament might be the way to get the money she needs; but Camila does not play video games, and though her family supplies what she will need to practice she only has a month to perfect her gaming skills--and that may not be enough to win. Includes discussion questions, glossary, and related activity....