A phonics-based story for readers in grades one through three in which Pat Glenn and Pat Scott, pen pals who share a name and have many things in common, get a big surprise when they finally meet face-to-face.
Ted is embarrassed by his unusual grandmother but when she takes him to a ballgame and helps him catch a home run ball, he decides she's pretty cool after all.
Best friends Will and Gretchen, still haunted by otherworldly goings-on in their beach town on Long Island, are struggling to deal with their memories of the Sirens and the feeling that their struggles may not be over yet.
Strange things have been happening in Will's Long Island resort town, where his brother died last summer, but now their life-long summer friend, Gretchen, is in danger and the alluring, mysterious newcomer, Asia, may be involved.
Fairies Iridessa and Tinker Bell find themselves trapped inside a pirate's bottle and floating on the sea after their plans to use the bottle to scare away an owl go awry.
Lizzie and Kate battle for the top spot in their junior-lifeguard class so that they can assist the cute lifeguard at the community pool for the summer; Miranda develops a crush on someone from a chat room; and Gordo gets an unfortunate makeover.
Sixteen-year-old math prodigy Jerrica discovers she has the ability to predict outcomes in blackjack and roulette, and joins forces with Sanjay and Kat to develop her theories while helping them get the money they desperately need.
Seventh-grader Amy Flowers, new at Allington Academy, gains recognition from the other students after appearing in a fashion show and risks letting her Academic Challenge team down when she starts caring too much about being popular.
When her mean, grouchy grandmother in Texas has a heart attack and she and father go to help, twelve-year-old Mieka meets her cousins' family and wishes for their "normal" type of life.
Rosa Hernandez, whose mom's job transfers the family to Chicago, is ready to continue figure skating and excited to make friends around her new hometown, but when she meets the reigning figure skating superstar, Jacqui, Rosa has only a few weeks to prepare for a citywide competition.
