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Young Prince Edward and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks just like the royal youth, both learn something about "pleasures and palaces" when they accidentally switch places in sixteenth-century England.

Hinohara escapes his captors and tries to find his way back to the Amawakuni capital through a land ruled by the evil Kannagi.

As mankind hangs on the brink of the apocalyptic Third Impact, Shinji learns for the first time to care about people and to fight for them, only to realize that he cannot protect them.

"When Tom breaks a museum statue he releases an ancient curse. Now he must go back in time to track down six hidden amulets...On his second quest, Tom meets King Arthur's heroic knights! He must prove his bravery in a race to find a legendary golden sword"--Back cover.

"Charlie loves his bright red purse. When he brings it to school, though, everyone questions him on his 'strange' choice. But nothing his dad, his friend Charlotte, or even the kids say can make Charlie change his mind. He's sticking with his purse"--Back cover.

"Danny knows his friend Calvin has crazy ideas, so he's not surprised when Calvin suggests they start a Rent-a-Pet business. After all, Calvin's Aunt Ruth wants the boys to watch her dog while she's on vacation, and what better way to get the miniature collie off their hands than loaning him to a kid in the neighborhood for a few days? But in order to rent a pet, you need a renter. Which Calvin and Danny don't have. Can the two drum up some business before it's too late? Or will their plan go to the dogs"--Back cover.

"When Tom breaks a museum statue he releases an ancient curse. Now he must go back in time to track down six hidden amulets...On Tom's first adventure he arrives in Ancient Rome. To find the amulet, Tom will have to fight the fiercest gladiator who ever lived!"--Back cover.

"Wilf worries quite a lot. About quite a lot of things. Well, if we're being totally honest, he worries about almost everything... So, when the most evil man in the world (named Alan) moves in next door one day, Wilf is understandably rather alarmed. Especially after he learns that Alan is a self-styled Evil Lunatic, with his own grumpy robot sidekick to complete the package. Wilf's only ally in his desperate struggle to put a stop to Alan's plan to destroy the world is his sticky little sister, Dot. Can Wilf stop worrying for long enough to save the world?"-Dust jacket flap.

"A zombie escapee is recaptured by the top-secret government agency that created him. The smartest kid in the fifth grade, Arnold Z. Ombee (a zombie, obvi), uses his superintelligence to tutor a struggling classmate. Now Arnold is accepted--maybe even popular. But it's not just the cool kids who have their eye on him. Arnold catches an oddly familiar man spying on him and his human family, the Kinders. Soon after the encounter, the police inform Arnold's school that an 'undocumented fugitive' is in attendance. The man--a Dr. Grassmere--convinces Arnold's family to let him take Arnold back to the Territory for a week of testing. But the 'tests' serve a more sinister purpose: brainwashing Arnold and his 'fellow afterlifes' andturning them into superstrong zombie warriors! Will Arnold snap out of it and remember his human life? Or is it already too late?"--Provided by publisher.

A sheltered American heir to a fortune is saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner and, living amidst the shipmen, must learn to survive on his own strength.