The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds. True, this...

Dora and her friend, Boots the monkey, must cross the Troll Bridge and go through the Nutty Forest to reach the Chocolate Tree and bring some home for Dora's grandmother to make a special chilly day treat.

Ever since moving to New York to live with his uncle, thirteen-year-old Henry Alabaster has been involved in one foggy mystery after another. That's because Henry's uncle, Kelvin McCloud, is a weather detective-someone who specializes in solving stormy problems. When an anonymous letter implores Kelvin to come to the Caribbean, Henry and his uncle are swept up in their most adventurous case yet-one which will take them out to sea to investigate a...

"Sejal Sinha is serious about science! She knows for a fact that cardboard boxes have a lot of magic that can help take you anywhere--like the moon--even though her family, including her older cousin Mira, doesn't quite understand. When a big storm threatens to ruin the family's Diwali celebration, Sejal knows it's her chance to go on an adventure--and prove to everyone how magical science really can be. With the help of Sejal's trusty sidekick, Professor...

"The sunny Cloudless Desert is the perfect place for busy Skylanders to kick back and relax--until a mysterious thunderstorm appears! As weird weather repots flood in from all over Skylands, Cynder must travel to the Isle of the Undead to unlock the dark secret hiding behind the storm clouds."--Back cover.

"In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew member spots the familiar sheen of black oil ahead of them. But the substance is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles from the spoiled sea suddenly attacks, killing everyone aboard while the ship goes up in flames. A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. What they find on the...