Disguised as a trash bag, greedy cat-hater Lekvar Smirk kidnaps a trio of singing cats, Hal, Dora, and Geneva, and takes them to try out for the television show, Animal Idol.
Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan head to Taiwan in search of nine-year-old child prodigy Lin Julung, or Jade Dragon, who the Elgen kidnapped for Hatch's army of electric children.
Investigating the perpetrators of violent off-field incidents who compromised the public image of a star linebacker before kidnapping his young son, Spenser assembles a team of associates to comb through the underworld of Boston.
As Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca continue their search for an ancient relic, Wade's mother is kidnapped by Galina Krause, leader of the present-day Teutonic Knights.
Mabel Jones once picked her nose, ate the booger, and accidentally opened up a portal to a pirate world. She is captured and forced to serve aboard "The Feroshus Maggot" with a strange crew, captained by the wolf Idryss Ebenezer Split--who will not let her go free until Mabel helps them find some treasure.
Kidnapped and taken to China, young Sherlock Holmes enjoys adventure on the high seas before encountering a puzzling case of three men bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai. Includes historical notes.
When twelve-year-old Parker's father--on the cusp of a technological breakthrough--is kidnapped, Parker's determined to find him, and his search soon uncovers a sinister project that threatens far more than Parker's family.
