Thirteen-year-old Danny McMillan struggles to adjust after learning that his father has been abusing his mother, but when he, his mom, and his sister are forced to change their identities and move away in order to hide from his dad, his behavior spirals out of control.

"Benji wanted a doll. He wanted on really badly. Then, one day, mom and dad gave him a big box wrapped in a shiny ribbon..."--Back cover.

A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war.

After an especially rough tackle on the football field, Ash thinks he might be suffering some permanent damage, because suddenly stop signs are blue and always have been. After the second universe-altering hit, he drives a Beemer instead of a Dodge, and a pair of interdimensional twins promises him answers. The more universes he visits, the more Ash has to face perspectives he never thought to consider before, and the closer the universe gets to complete...

Since entering fourth grade, Benny Barrows worries that he will never be good at anything, that he is responsible for an accident that sent his father to the hospital, and that his attempts at winning a school contest will never be noticed.

"Satoshi Matsumoto spent the last three years living in Atlanta where he was the star of his middle-school baseball team. Satoshi has a chance to be a hero at his new school in Japan until he makes a major-league error."--

Pedro and his father go on a hike in the woods--where it turns out that Pedro knows a lot more about the plants and animals then his father does, but they both have fun anyway.

"What makes Pedro a first-class friend? One, he will bravely search out the classroom stink. Two, he loves driving monster trucks. Three, not even a broken arm keeps him from playing. Anmd four, he's even a friend to his little brother! Read his latest adventrues in the early chapter book from author Fran Manushkin and join the fun!"--from back cover.

An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."

Ziggy's mother disappeared ten years ago, one of the many Native women who have mysteriously gone missing, and Ziggy believes a secret cave may hold the key--so with his sister, Moon, and friends Alice and Corso, he sets out to find the cave and solve the mystery of his family's origins.