A fictionalized account of the true life journey made by nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd and her family from their home in Arkansas westward over the Oregon Trail in 1852.
Twelve-year-old Mitch, spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents' separation, becomes friends with ten-year-old Spencer, who has returned with his family to the lake where his little brother drowned years earlier, and as the boys spend time together and their friendship grows, each of them begins to heal.
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to New York City to investigate the death of an important Everafter, and discover a secret that might lead them to the Scarlet Hand.
Molly Moon, is hypnotized and eventually transport back to nineteenth century India, where she meets a maharajah with a speech defect as well as former versions of herself.
A little girl whose father disappeared mysteriously finds a gentle purple monster outside her house and sets off with her friend Jason to try to reunite it with its parents.
In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.
Geronimo Stilton accompanies his nephew Benjamin's class on a field trip to Niagra Falls and encounters mischievous young mouselets who are determined to send him over the falls in a barrel.
Julie Albright, forced to move with her mom following her parents' divorce, is excited to learn her new school has a basketball team; but when the coach says girls are not allowed on the team, she jeopardizes her chances for making new friends by deciding to fight for her right to play.
The excessively quiet town of Pupickton, and the sleeping lovesick giant upon which it was built, are both awakened by the joyful noise of a little girl's songs.