Verity Gallant, a lonely little girl, acquires two steadfast friends after she is given an ancient book that leads her into the mystery of an ancient pledge and a battle with the powerful Mistress of the Storm.
Ben and his friend Jill find themselves in danger when they discover the secret history of their Massachusetts school and set out to derail a developer's plan to level the building to make way for an amusement park.
A brother and sister recount their harrowing experiences as they sail a small yacht across the Atlantic Ocean, after their mentally unstable mother's boyfriend is washed overboard.
Struggling to find a direction for his life after his legal guardian dies, his basketball dreams end, and his girlfriend goes off to college, high school graduate Jackson O'Connell takes a job working in a boatyard and learns how to sail.
"The Herons are home in Skandia, but the usually peaceful country is in danger. The Temujai--ruthless warriors from the Eastern Steppes--have never given up on their ambition to claim Skandia for their own...and now they're on the move. Hal and his crew will have to brave the treacherous icy river and rapids to stop them, no matter the cost"--Provided by publisher.
Willa and Taylor have two months and two thousand miles to discover how life works without Finley and to decide if their own friendship is worth saving.
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard "The Wanderer," a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.