Puffin chapters

Third-grader Harry thinks of a way to patch up a conflict with his schoolmate Mary and include his friends in a fun detective case with rewards for everyone, including Grandpa.

Morty Hill worries that his best friend Molly Zander will get in trouble at school when a new classmate tells that Molly is the one who knocked off the principal's toupee.

Dan thinks he is going to have a terrible time when he is forced to go camping with his mother's boyfriend Mike and Mike's brainy son Raymond, but the two boys form a surprising friendship.

In a small Louisiana mill town in 1940, Jolene does not want her Momma to marry the logger who is courting her, but it seems that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away.

Horrible Harry must defend his reputation as a detective by cracking the secret code of Mrs. Funderburke's lunch prizes.

Nine-year-old Cody Michaels is bound for stardom in the third grade talent show just as soon as he figures out his talent.

Raven, who attends an underground school with a robot teacher, pursues her dream of being an artist.

Grace and her friends spend a summer using their imaginations to go on grand adventures.

Harry incorporates his fascination with earwigs into Miss Mackle's class project of acting out a fairy tale in front of the other third graders.

Doug discovers that though being Harry's best friend in Miss Mackle's second grade class isn't always easy, as Harry likes to do horrible things, it is often a lot of fun.