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"Jack will do anything to avoid the life his parents want for him"--.

"Barry said, a third time, "I wish I had better parents!" And then suddenly the entire room started to shake ... Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it's number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) 'being boring' and 3) 'always being tired'. But there is a world, not far from this one, where parents don't have children. That's far too random for something so big and important. In this world, children are allowed to choose their parents. For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple..."--Dust jacket.

"Brenna's beloved adoptive mother is dead and her birth mother wants nothing to do with her. Overcome with grief, Brenna tries to care for her father and younger sister. The last thing she expects is to fall in love with Ryan..."--Back cover.

William Bloom, desperate to get to know his dying father before it's too late, recreates his parent's life in a series of legends and myths based on the few facts he knows about them.

Mickey isn't like his brothers and sisters. They're all stronger, faster, and have a much better sense of smell. That's because his "brothers and sisters?" are dogs---bloodhounds, to be exact.

As the children of two world-famous explorers, eleven-year-old twins Celia and Oliver prefer television-watching to adventure-seeking until their father takes them to Tibet to help search for their long-lost mother.

Max Starling, a twelve-year-old detective and problem solver, travels around the world to rescue his parents who have become involved in a political power grab. However, to save them, he will need help from both his friends and his enemies.

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Feeling scared and powerless when her father's anger escalates and her parents separate, twelve-year-old Anna spends the summer with her grandmother and decides to make a difference when she sees what seems to be a girl held against her will.

Despite the warnings of her mother and father, Anna persists in trying to climb things, until she gets stuck in the top of a tree and needs their help to get down.