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...

Five further adventures of the two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.

"Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--

At first it seems that Peter Hatcher's summer vacation is going to be a scene from his worst nightmare. Peter's parents have decided to spend three weeks in Maine sharing a house with Cootie Queen Sheila Tubman and the rest of her family. To make matters worse, Peter's younger brother, Fudge, the five-year-old human dynamo, has decided to marry Sheila! But things begin to look up once Peter discovers that Maine is full of surprises, and his best friend...

When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists Max and the flock, a band of genetically modified children who can fly, to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water to cross the desert for help.

"No one knows who killed Mrs. Donaldson, or where she hid her fortune.  When Logan and his family move into her old house, Logan is dragged into trying to solve the mystery of his new friend, Arthur.  The pursuit of clues leads them straight into trouble, and ultimately to a derelict and creepy amusement park.  But little do the boys suspect that the closer they get to the truth, the more danger they're in..."--Back cover.

Twins Bick and Beck Kidd and their family of professional treasure hunters race against mercenaries, rival treasure hunters, and a lumber baron through the jungles and mountains of Peru in search of Paititi, the legendary lost Inca city of gold, in hope of conserving the archaeological treasure and preventing deforestation of the rain forest.

"Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance.."--