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"After discovering shocking truths about his past, as well as the secret origins of Doctor Once, the Patchwork Planet, and the deadly Baalikar, Erik begins a dangerous new quest to defeat Baalikar once and for all. But this is not something Erik can do alone--he must somehow convince the devastated populaces of the planet's cities to come out of hiding and unite against their common foe"--Back cover.

Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everyday obstacles while his family and community contend with the challenges brought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas.

A collection of one hundred puzzles, challenges, and experiments designed to help young boys have fun and satisfy their curiosity about the world around them.

Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom.

Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft.

"When twelve-year-old Nick runs away from his uncle's in the middle of a blizzard, he stumbles onto a very opinionated bookstore. He also meets its guardian, the self-proclaimed Evil Wizard Smallbone, who calls Nick his apprentice and won't let him leave, but won't teach him magic, either. It's a good thing the bookstore takes Nick's magical education in hand, because Smallbone's nemesis-the Evil Wizard Fidelou-and his pack of shape-shifting bikers are howling at the borders. Smallbone might call himself evil, but compared to Fidelou, he's practically a puppy. And he can't handle Fidelou alone."--OCLC.

Huck tells of his adventures travelling down the Mississippi on a raft with an escaped slave.

"Erik has faced one frightening truth after another-from the realization that he will never return to his previous life on Earth to what really happened to his friend Zandra and her shocking connection to Doctor Once-but now he's in the battle of his life, as he attempts to save the Patchwork Planet from the all-powerful, shape-shifting, monster Baalikar! Can Erik and his friends, along with the combined forces from around the globe, even hope to defat Baalikar-the dreaded entity that engineered this twisted new reality?"--Back cover.

After Ponyo is pulled back into the ocean by her sorcerer father, Fujimoto, she uses her magic to transform and escape back to the surface.

Five-year-old Sosuke discovers Ponyo, a girl-faced goldfish in a tide pool near his seaside home, but after he promises to protect her, Ponyo is taken by a mysterious red-haired man who appeared out of the ocean.