"Nick just wants to replace the TV his sister accidentally broke before their foster parents find out. To repay the debt, the sixteen-year-old has to steal bikes, break them down and rebuild them to sell. But the debt and the violence keep growing. Even Nick's own beloved fixed-gear bike--the fixie he built with his dad--is up for grabs"--Page 4 of cover.

The twins' father offers to teach them to ride their bikes without the training wheels--and with perseverance, and despite a lot of wobbling, the two soon succeed.

When Jake Limberleg brings his traveling medicine show to a small Missouri town in 1913, thirteen-year-old Natalie senses that something is wrong and learns that her love of automata make her the only one who can set things right.

Reeling from the loss of Lucas and her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis, Emmy throws herself into competitive mountain biking with Cole as her trainer, and must regain her footing after a devastating accident.