Four young women, united by friendship and a pair of seemingly magical thrift-store jeans, graduate from high school and spend their last summer before college learning about life and themselves.

Addy and Harriet feud over everything, including fund-raising plans to help the families of freed slaves, but tragedy finally forces them to stop fighting and work together.

"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?"--

Margaret Simon likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink.  She's just moved from New York City to the suburbs and is anxious to fit in with her new friends.  They swear they'll tell each other everything - from first bras, first kisses, first periods - everything.  But some things are just too private to talk about, even with your friends, and especially when you're the new girl.  Lucky for Margaret, she's got someone...

"Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday are so excited for story time at the library! But first they have to learn how to be calm and quiet. Can they calm down before story time starts?" --

Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods.

Stillwater the giant panda's nephew, Koo, has a dream about saving the world, and Stillwater shows him that sometimes saving the world starts with doing the little things, like cleaning your room and feeding the cat.

Most marshmallows like to watch television and lead normal lives--but some marshmallows dream of greater things.

A picture book celebrating both the highs and lows that everyone experiences in the course of a life.