Garnet's friends are a lively assortment of country personalities and many of her adventures stem from the natural happenings of a farm summer; barnraising and threshing and harvest.

Fourth-grader Katie is eager to see the farm animals at the county fair until the magic wind arrives--twice--and puts a crazy spin on all her plans.

Jake is determined to win the grand prize at Despres Elementary School's first science fair, not only for the Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve computer system, but also to beat the annoying third grade know-it-alls, Marsha McCall and Kevin Young.

Lester's first days as a fifth grader at Quarry Elementary School are not even a little bit like he thought they would be -- the cafeteria is too loud for Lester's ears, there are too many kids, and then there's the bully. Lester was always home-schooled, and now he's shocked to be stuck in a school where everything just seems wrong. That's until he hears about the science fair, which goes really well for Lester! But then things go a bit sideways,...

"The fair has come to Mysterious Valley! Creepella is looking to forward a fun, thrilling day of rides and games with her family and friends. But one spooky rollercoaster seems to be making everyone who rides it disappear! Creepella is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery -- but what will happen when she rides the coaster herself?" --

In the first of two stories, zombie goldfish Frankie is good at saving the day, but the medieval day reenactment joust may be too much, and in the second story, Tom's evil brother clones a Jurassic carp, putting the school in danger.

Alex has decided to create a graphic novel to complete his fourth grade assignment on the Renaissance. His pencil is nearly worn out when his father returns from an archaeological dig and suggests Alex get a replacement pencil from his bag to complete the assignment. Alex uses the borrowed pencil to draw a monster that a knight must put a stop in order to save the village and its inhabitants. When he wakes up the next morning, the paper is blank...

When his project blows up and ruins the science fair, Henry Gallagher asks fourth-grade detective Jon Gummyshoes to investigate an obvious case of sabotage, but this mystery is complicated by school politics.

Writing down her experiences of being a reluctant fourth-grade aunt to her older sibling's newborn, Nora is challenged to write journals in the style of an Oregon Trail pioneer for the science fair while partnering with a science-hating classmate.

Last year Keith Emerson invented Sweet Farts, tablets that make farts smell good. Now he has become the center of all kinds of attention he doesn't want. Even worse, the school science fair is just weeks away, and everyone expects Keith to top his last invention.