Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.

Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.

Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.

The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.

"Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from...

"From spider webs to salamanders, find all kinds of different patterns in nature along with Mia. This title features carefully leveled text and bright illustrations ideal for beginning readers"--

"When you take the time to look, you'll find that nature is full of patterns. Lyrical, rhyming verse and stunning photographs introduce young readers to patterns throughout the natural world"--

"Full-color photographs and simple text introduce the concepts of top and bottom"--

Three princesses, each with a particular skill, decide they are bored with what they do and swap jobs.

"Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?"--Provided by publisher.