Petersen, P. J

When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three-year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet.

Tracy, her brother, and the new animal care volunteer at the Jefferson Science Center travel by boat to feed a dog stranded by flooding, and end up having a full day of dangerous adventures, which give them new perspectives about themselves and about each other.

Matt finds his little brother's fears very annoying when they travel from Tucson to San Francisco to visit their divorced father.

A bored northern California farm boy and a brother and sister from an orphanage decide to run away to Idaho but find themselves down and out in San Francisco.

A group of young backpackers led by eighteen-year-old Laura must outwit three motorcyclists who terrorize them in a wilderness area.

The arrival of Arnold, who has spent much of his life in juvenile detention centers, has a great impact on 14-year-old Mike and his 9th-grade classmates.

A small baseball player surprises his bigger teammates when he finally gets his chance at bat.

Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a white-water rafting trip.

Mike has a reputation for not being able to keep a secret and he worries that he may reveal things that his classmates do not want known--from a surprise party for one of the teachers to a snake in a friend's desk.

Two friends switch seats when their class has a substitute teacher and find that it isn't so easy to be someone else.