After joining a tennis camp at a local country club, twins Ashley and Bryce Timberline are blamed for outbreaks of vandalism there, and must work not only to clear their names, but also to find the real culprit.

Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.

"When horror writer Jake Konig suddenly disappears, Bryce and Ashley Timberline get caught in a mystery as scary as one of Konig's novels. A mysterious message on the writer's computer warns the twins to stay clear of Konig and his work. What's the real story?"--

After a busy summer training Sprocket, the service dog she has been raising, Nicki's school year gets off to a rough start as she works on reconciling her two best friends, accepting that Sprocket will soon leave for placement with someone who needs him, and awaiting the birth of the twins her mother is expecting. Includes essay on service dogs.

"Twig's participating in her school's read-a-thon, but it's hard to concentrate with Dad watching TV and Turtle trying to blow gum bubbles or showing off the tiny house to curious passersby. And when Twig's classmate Matteo starts logging more reading time than her, she's desperate to get back her lead, even if it means staying up past her bedtime. But when Mom and Dad find out what's been going on, it's time to make some changes to the tiny house...

Just as twelve-year-old Ferrell Savage is beginning to think of Mary Vittles, his life-long friend, as a potential girlfriend, a new boy at school blackmails them with a family secret--that one of Ferrell's ancestors ate one of Mary's.

Sixteen-year-olds Serena and Kori look alike but have opposite personalities and live very different lives in Kismet, Colorado, but when tragedy strikes, Serena decides to complete Kori's list of "5 Secret Things" and uncovers, in the process, the mystery that has bound them together.