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Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.

Spirited, restless Gracie Lockwood, twelve, of Cliffden, Maine, living in a world where sasquatches, dragons, giants, and mermaids are common, keeps a diary of her family's journey in a used Winnebago as they seek The Extraordinary World in hopes of keeping her little brother, Sam, safe against all odds.

When her pet dog Zoe is diagnosed as overweight, Kate tells her mother that kids at school call her "fat" and don't want to be friends with her, leading the whole family to adopt a healthier lifestyle through diet and exercise.

Separated from his aging caregiver grandfather and placed in a foster home, Prez forges an unusual friendship with an alien who appears as a dog to everyone else and entreats Prez to help compile a list of Earth's redeeming qualities to prevent the planet from being destroyed.

Intercepting a thief escaping from Lady Harleston's townhouse, Edward is swept up in a terrible scheme that threatens Mars, pits him against thugs, and forces him to question who he can trust.

Jonah was able to save all of time from collapsing but in doing so gained a twin brother, Jordan, who must learn what has happened and do his own part to save time--and his parents.

Barkus is a large and very clever dog, and Baby is a cat, and together their adventures make life exciting for seven-year-old Nicky and her family.

Eddie was given a dragon's egg by his uncle for his last birthday, and one day he notices a crack in the egg. Soon the egg breaks open and out comes a very unusual creature. Just as Eddie and Emily are trying to cope with this new arrival, their mother announces that she has a surprise of her own. In their ninth adventure Eddie and Emily get the biggest surprise of their lives!

Athan, the youngest son of General Dakar of Savient, wants nothing to do with his father's military and political ambitions, but when his mother is murdered, he is ordered to go undercover in the kingdom of Etania, befriend Princess Aurelia, and gather intelligence about her indomitable mother, who stands between the general and his ultimate goals of conquest.

When Emma, who loves to dance and play her guitar, suffers from a bad case of stage fright right before the school talent show, her family shows her how much fun performing can be – and that she’s already a star.