washington (state)

A ten-year-old boy, placed once again with new foster parents, becomes involved in a search for Bigfoot.

In 1925, in a Washington State coal-mining community populated by European immigrants, twelve-year-old Slava Petrovich, nicknamed Cuss, tries to stay in school but finds himself forced to go to work when his brothers are driven out of town by trouble related to bootlegging.

May Amelia Jackson has grown up a tomboy thanks to her seven brothers and a father who claims girls are useless, so when her father needs May to translate for a gentleman interested in buying their farm, she jumps at the chance to earn his respect.

Famous radio talk-show host Nora Bridge calls upon her estranged daughter Ruby for help after being involved in a serious car accident, and is thrilled when Ruby agrees, not realizing her youngest daughter has taken on the job simply to gather material for a tell-all book that will destroy Nora's career.

Samson Brown is overjoyed when Neva Wilson is hired to replace him as caretaker to Hannah, the only elephant at the Max L. Biedelman Zoo, but while Sam and Neva work together to move Hannah to an elephant sanctuary, the zoo's director tries to revitalize his business by spotlighting Hannah as a star attraction.

Seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, where she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction, and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Presents information about the state of Washington and its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Rachel Baker and her friend, David Rydell, visit a new wax museum with their class and learn the museum may be haunted.

After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.