Sarah Robinson is deeply troubled in the wake of her dad's second marriage. She now has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. Even though they've all moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family, none of the kids seem remotely happy about it. Sarah's dad and stepmom then decide to take the whole family on a special vacation in order to break the ice and have everyone...

Sarah, Marco, their families, friend Leo, and his grandfather continue to strive to outwit treasure-seeker Fox and escape the mysterious island and its strange inhabitants.

A sequel to The Compound finds Eli and his family struggling to acclimate to the outside world after escaping the compound where his father imprisoned them for six years, an effort that is complicated by an intrusive media and disturbing revelations about his father's company.

Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.

Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, mmets a charming little boy in the forest -- All the world: Story follows a circle of family and friends over the course of a day and shows the importance of all things great and small in our world -- Crow call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war far longer than she can remember begin their journey to reconnect -- Elizabeti's doll: When her new baby brother arrives, Elizabeti, a young Tanzanian...