When Violet thinks she isn't invited to Kate's birthday party, she spreads rumors that threaten to ruin everything.

Jake loves to hunt for treasure, so when the famous pirate Captain Kidd asks him to be his cabin boy, he can't refuse. But Jake soon learns that bringing home an invisible pirate can be a real disaster, particularly when the pirate is mortally terrified of his teenage sister. There are many rules of the sea, and Captain Kidd's own cabin boy, Richard Barleycorn, teaches Jake how to face his biggest fear, Boris Baxter, the meanest boy in the whole school....

Justine and her friends are excited about being green and helping the planet one project at a time.

Justine McKeen does not like just how many cars are idling outside the school every day, so she has a plan to fix the problem, but not too many adults like her idea.

Bagel is a puppy who is so rambunctious he was expelled from obedience school, and his new owners, Josh and Becky, are afraid their parents will send him back to the animal shelter if he doesn't shape up.

When her backyard is flooded by the nearby river, Morgan finds a baby beaver that has been washed out of its den and takes care of it until it comes time to find the animal a new home.

"When Bagels sneaks aboard a no-dogs-allowed cruise ship, Josh and his little sister Becky have to keep him a secret. But then an onboard mystery begins to unfold. Can Bagles help crack the case?"--Back cover.

When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it's a complete and utter disaster. Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified.

After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes. Nothing about the coastal countryside feels warm or familiar. But when Cyrus is stranded one evening by the tide, he finds help from an unlikely source.