James Henry Trotter's parents have been eaten by a rhinoceros, so now he lives iwth his two repulsive aunts. One hot day something peculiar happens and an enormous peach grows in their garden. Soon James and the Giant Peach are rolling away from his horrible aunts, towards a most marvellous and wonderful place . . .

In Fruitdale best friends Peach and Plum enjoy many fun summer activities, such as playing ball, going to the beach, and riding a bike--although Plum often seems to find the down-side of fun. Told in rhyming text.

Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.

Includes James and the Giant Peach; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Esio Trot; The Enormous Crocodile; The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me; and Danny the Champion of the World.

After their freshman year at different universities, Birdie, Leeda, and Murphy return to Bridgewater, Georgia, for one last summer at the peach orchard where they became best friends, and where they now face secrets, doubts, and new responsibilities.

Presents five of the author's most popular novels.