Lute and Griff couldn't be more different--Lute is a prince, while Griff is just a poor carnival worker. However, Griff is special. He can hear the thoughts of others--and when one day he and Lute's mind begin to connect, miles apart, Griff learns that he may be the only one who can save Lute's life.
Dog detectives Lu and Clancy work together to foil a robbery attempt at the carnival, in spite of Lu's cousin Jake's interference. Includes a selection of magic tricks.
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Nancy investigates who is trying to sabotoge her friend, Lexi's reputation with threatening notes and blogs, right before River Heights Mahoney Celebration.
In 1942, when life turns sour at the carnival that has always been her home, eleven-year-old Bee takes her dog, Peabody, and piglet, Cordelia, and sets out to find a real home, aided by two women only Bee and her pets can see.
Annika hopes to change her best friends' hatred of math by winning a Sudoku contest, but she does not realize how important their lack of mathematical ability is until they make a mistake at the school carnival.