"Middle school student by day. Secret detective by night. I've spent my whole life watching my detective dad solve crimes. Now that I've cracked a few cases of my own, I'm ready to go even bigger. Crime. Weapons. Bad guys. It can be a dangerous job. Which is why I'm forced to sneak out of the house. But let's keep that between us..."

Eleven-year-old Annie, who always feels not quite as good as her best friend, feels her time to shine has come when she gets to audition for a local show.

A summer spell: Flame is heir to the Lion throne but though powerful he is not yet strong enough to stand up to the evil uncle who is trying to claim the throne. Flame must hide in the human world as a kitten but can't stay in any place for too long. Flame travels from place to place in various kitten guises using his own special brand of magic to help children who need it along the way. Lisa isn't happy that she has to stay with her aunt in the country...

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a group of children who learn how to write, spell, make friends, and be kind on the first day back at school.

Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll flee their repressive boarding school, intending to start over in the theaters of Paris, but they instead find themselves at Cedric's estate in Yorkshire, where a hidden garden helps them realize their destiny.

"Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School-so good, in fact, that he’s already playing on the high school's JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education Equivalency-PEE, also known as "Slugfest" in summer school. Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor...

"It's senior year, and Rika is seriously stressed out. She's got more homework, exams, and papers than she can handle, and was recently dumped by her boyfriend. In other words: Life sucks! One day, she's chatting online when she meets three classmates who hate school as much as she does. Together, they hatch a plan to blow up the school when no one is present. The countdown is on for X-Day ..."--Cover.

When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out. His knowledge of Zen Buddhism provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.

Anna returns to her hometown after running away to New York City three years ago, where she had been a teenage prostitute, and hopes to start over with new boy Jackson, but someone in her school threatens to reveal her dark past.

En este libro ilustrado para niños, la niña Tolola tiene muchas razones por las cuales no quiere ir a la escuela por primera vez. Su hermano usa bien la imaginación para convencerla que vaya. When Tolola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.