Sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels, happy to get a job aboard a troller fishing for king salmon off southeastern Alaska, finds himself in danger when he discovers that his mysterious captain is searching for long-buried Russian plaques that lay claim to Alaska and the Northwest.

"The best part of Kat's day? Walking her neighbor's irresistible pub, Meatball. So when Kat's parents insist that she join an extracurricular club this year, Kat decides to make her own, by turning her hobby into a business: a dog-walking business! Kat and her best friends, Taz and Lucy--plus the cute new boy, Declan--start Four Paws Dog Walking. But wrangling puppies and pleasing customers turns out to be a lot harder than they thought. Can Kat take...

On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.

Seventeen-year-old Lily, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school, where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.

As Bear settles into his bed for hibernation, Woodpecker, shocked to discover his cherished homes are missing, follows the trail of debris right to Bear's new front door, where a feisty exchange of name-calling and neighborhood gossip ensues.

"As Taylor deals with a bully at school, the Dog Club faces a new problem--competition, in the form of an upscale doggy daycare service that seems determined to put the Dog Club out of business"--

Sasha has always wanted a pet-but her mom doesn't think she's responsible enough to take care of one. Sasha knows she can be forgetful sometimes, but after weeks of volunteering at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter with her friends Kim and Taylor, she can convince her mom she's ready for a pet of her own. But it won't be easy. The newest member of the girls' after-school dog care program is a big, two-year-old puppy who's too rambunctious for her own...

"Dacey Culpepper Biel would do anything to save her family's shop, Pies N' Prattle, even spend time with her archrival, Chayton Freedel, whose father hosts a local show that will feature the shop." --