Everything unathletic sixteen-year-old Henry was dreading about survival camp turns out to be true--or even worse--when armed killers arrive and survival takes on a whole new meaning for the campers.

Aileen was supposed to grow up magical just like the other women in her family. Unfortunately, she's just found out that the magic seems to have skipped a generation. But that's not her biggest problem right now. In her world, there are four Islands of Chaldea. The largest and most magical island has been cut off from the other three for decades and is slowly draining the magic from them. But now a prophecy has come to light. Someone from Aileen's...

Eight-year-old Grace is excited to learn that her best friend, Mimi, is going to become an older sister, but when both try to be "mother's helpers" for a family renting a house on their street, little Lily likes Grace best, causing Mimi to doubt herself and Grace to form a plan to fix things.

It is hockey season at Bennett Elementary School, and Jim's grandfather has bought all the equipment he needs, so if he can practice hard and ignore the taunts of the school bully, the team should be ready for the game with the rival Gators.

Jim Nasium has tried lots of sports, but the trouble is that he has always been a klutz--but this year he is determined to make a new start on the football field, so he volunteers to be the backup quarterback on his elementary school team.

Fifth-grader Cody Ross considers himself a champion at soccer--video-game soccer, that is--but now that his parents have taken away his toys and insisted that he join a team, he is finding out that he has a lot to learn about soccer, teamwork, and friendship.

Despite his name, ten-year-old Jim Nasium is no all-star athlete. He's trying his uncoordinated hand at basketball. Lucky for Jim, he has a move that never fails. Will Jim use his secret skill to win the game and risk becoming the laughing stock of the school?

"Feline stunt cat Mr. Puffball and cat actor El Gato visit landmarks across America while attempting to make a spectacularly exciting film."--

Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean ... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.

Ian Hart has always been the kid most likely to be bullied, which is why he appreciates having agressive Devon as a friend. But when one of Devon's pranks goes terribly wrong, Ian finds himself the youngest student in the Juvenile Academy for Noncompliant and Underachieving Students, otherwise known as reform school, and somehow he will have to learn how to stand up for himself.