Rusty-James wants to be as tough a teen as his older brother, Motorcycle Boy, who has always helped him out of tough spots. But one day, when Rusty-James faces danger, Motorcycle Boy is not around.

Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing as an isolated event. And the solution of one mystery is often the beginning of another.

"Beep! Beep! The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. With everyone pushing to be first, soon there's a giant traffic jam! Luckly, Little Blue Truck comes to the rescue in true Blue style." --

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Though he is used to the city streets, Barney's horse becomes frightened of the noisy new overhead trains.

As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.

Jimmy lives in a small town by the sea where there is just one tiny gym. Inspired after reading about Muhammad Ali, Jimmy begins to read and run and box like crazy, and discovers you don't have to leave home to be "the greatest."

In 1972, Flora Smallwood, nine, copes with her parents' separation with the help of her friends, Yury and Nessie, a new pet, and the familiar routines of life in Rosetown, Indiana.

Snorp loves his big-city life. He loves his job. He loves his friends. However, Snorp does NOT love his extra long tongue. It's always in the way. Maybe his cousin Barker will have a solution for Snorp's big, big problem.

Grady and his father inherit the town oddball's old tapestry and discover it is a highly coveted treasure map.