Mantchev, Lisa

Instead of fighting each other, Jinx and her little brother The Doom spend their days fighting crime, protecting the planet, defending the innocent, and taking lunch breaks.

"A young girl has so many choices but only one wish. She asks those around her what they would wish for, but nothing seems quite right. What will her perfect wish be?"--Publisher.

A . . . book in which a boy meets an orphaned mermaid and invites her to join his circus family.

When her big sister is too busy to play "let's pretend" and tell entertaining stories, a little sister creates Sister Day.

A tiny narwhal in a fishbowl discovers that sometimes the difference between staying home and a big adventure is a group of loving friends.

"A tiny narwhal in a fishbowl discovers that sometimes the difference between staying home and a big adventure is a group of loving friends"--.

A boy is excluded from joining his friends' pet club because of his unusual pet.

A boy is excluded from joining his friends' pet club because of his unusual pet.

Bertie thinks that to complete her quest to have a true family she need only reunite her father, the Scrimshander, with her mother, Ophelia, but complications arise and she is torn between her responsibilities and the dream of flying free, just as she is torn between Nate and Ariel.

Thirteen-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only home she has ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically live on there, especially Ariel, who is willing to destroy the Book at the center of the magic in order to escape into the outside world.