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Cross Marian is preparing to finish off Tyki Mikk when Millennium Earl interrupts with a plan to build a new Ark by using data downloads from the old one, and Allen is instructed by a strange apparition to play the piano even though he has never had lessons.

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Life becomes a magical adventure for the Banks children when Mary Poppins takes over as their governess.

In London, after a worldwide sickness infects adults, turning them into zombie-like creatures, DogNut and his crew embark on a deadly mission to find missing friends, as hungry, bloodthirsty grownups lie in wait.

Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.

Fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop and her fellow talented teenagers work together to find and steal the "Cleopatra Emerald" from an unscrupulous dealer and return it to its rightful owner, while a former love of her Uncle Eddie tries to get the gem for herself.

Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from Baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the three spirits of Christmas, who show him there is more to life than money and help him discover the true meaning of the Christmas season.

Claire is invited to serve as a junior bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, a commoner, to the Prince of England, and she learns that another, social-climbing junior bridesmaid is trying to keep the wedding from happening.

Precocious eleven-year-old self-made-supersleuth Sophie "Sesame" Seade investigates the disappearance of Jenna Jenkins, a student at Cambridge University, where Sophie's father is chaplain and her mother is Head of Christ's College.