On his way to return his grandmother's umbrella, Milo has a series of unlikely adventures, some more fortunate than others.

"From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. When celebrity chef Mario Batali sent out an apology letter for the sexual harassment allegationsmade against him, he had the gall to include a recipe-for cinnamon rolls, of all things. When Geraldine DeRuiter decided to make the recipe, she happened to make food journalism history along with...

When Thea goes missing along with an ancient Mayan necklace, Geronimo Stilton is fast on the case, scouring Chichén Itzà for clues to find them.

"Eleven-year-old Maggie Helsby lives at the edge of Skeleton Woods, which is inhabited by a coven of vampires; she is descended from a line of vampire slayers, but she likes the vampires (especially her friend Sharptooth Shadow) and they have a common foe--the mayor, who wants to destroy the Woods and build himself a golf course"--WorldCat.

Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past--if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she's spent the past years keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter. When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate ship the Onion. Before you can...

Stella, eleven, gets her dreamed-of adventure when something she should not have seen in the damp, dull hotel where she lives with three dreadful aunts on a cliff above Withering-by-Sea sends her on the run from stage magician Professor Starke and his thugs, eluding danger, making new friends, and facing questions about herself.

It is time for the greatest of pirate competitions, to see which pirate band is the best; but when the prize trophy is stolen, the other bands are quick to blame the Monkey Pirates--and only Mr. Pickles, the youngest monkey, can save them from walking the plank.

"Faced with the death of his father and a growing international scandal, Em Governton must uncover the secrets behind the Knights of Themis before it's too late"--Provided by publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Lily is a skilled computer hacker looking for the man who faked a passport for her mother when she is attacked by a two-headed dog and rescued by the Eldritche Regan who plunges her to a London she never knew existed--a world of magic and supernatural creatures that is beginning to invade the human world.

Twelve-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her older brother Feye travel the globe with their parents, the hosts of a suspenseful nature show called "Wild Survival!" The show features daring animal rescues and the work the family does at their animal sanctuary. Their latest adventure takes them to Mexico. There they are tracking an injured and endangered jaguar. Packed with animal facts and illustrations, as well as non-fiction backmatter, Wild Survival...