Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.

When Mitchell's father gets a new job and his family moves, he and his sister go to a new school where they must make new friends and adjust to new routines.

Tina the cow climbs a tree and meets a dragon who teaches her to fly, but has a hard time convincing her sisters she is telling the truth.

Gilbert is nervous about portraying George Washington in front of the class, and he feels even worse when he cannot find his main prop.

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.

Cody LeBeau, is the new kid at school and the new target for the bullies. He's an Abenaki Indian, like most of the school, but still doesn't fit in. Things begin to change when his uncle comes to town for a martial arts competition and he and Cody begin training together.

Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.

Monty, a quiet first-grader, continues to come into his own--playing the part of a tree in a miscued school play, sharing his enthusiasm for ants at an outdoor birthday party, and even signing up for karate class despite his asthma.

"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best"--