The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

Discusses the genetic ancestors of wild cats and presents information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and threats to different kinds of wild cats, including servals, jaguars, and lynxes.

When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.

Mia grew up playing ice hockey with her brothers, but now wants to see if she has what it takes to compete as a figure skater.

Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.

Seventh-grader Alli inadvertently arrives on the first day of school with underwear static-clinging partly outside her pant leg.

When his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free, Greg misses the comforts and conveniences of modern life.

When her widowed father threatens the integrity of Team Gravy by starting to date again, twelve-year-old Grace decides to sabotage all his romantic endeavors.

Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.

Sweet and observant sixth-grader Archer forges bonds with loyal friends and inspiring teachers against a backdrop of his beloved uncle Paul's gay marriage to Archer's favorite student teacher.