"Mackenzie Miler has big goals. For instance, conquering seventh grade--with projects. There's the Mom Project (finding her mom a boyfriend--even if she says she's not interested), the Friend project (win back the BFFs who dumped her and make a new friend), and the Band project (so what if she's never planned a fundraiser? How hard can it be?). But finding real-life romance is a lot more complicated than her mom's favorite movies make it look. And...

"When a group of sky pirates steal everyone's abilities, Peter must help his family, save his friends, and battle the diabolical sky pirates without using his powers"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12. When eleven-year-old Perpeuta promises to save her family from financial ruin, she sets off on a quest with her younger brother, a stolen horse, and a chicken in search of a valuable coin.

"When Zuko discovers a clue to Ursa's fate, he enlists the aid of Team Avatar--and enters into a tense alliance with his sister, the deadly and insane Azula--to finally uncover the truth!"-- Page 4 of cover

The Yowlers, a loud, bad-tempered family is transformed by their considerate neighbors, as each member learns to be calm and kind.

"Peter and his best friends embark on an adventure to defeat an army of snowmen, and in the process they save the holidays from being ruined"-- Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteen-year-old sister Philly relate their experiences trying to cope in a family already strained by the mother's extended travel, and pushed further apart by the father's disappointment that Joey is more interested in drawing deer than hunting them.

A family, snowbound in a vacation cabin, discovers adventure in surrounding wild life, three children they find in the snow, and a search for a lost recipe.

"Three unlikely friends meet in a middle school pottery class and learn how to piece their lives back together again, all the while discovering that that some things can never be unbroken-and that's okay too"--Provided by publisher. Oscar has just lost his beloved younger sister to cancer, Noah is a genius who has been homeschooled all his life but has decided he wants to go to middle school, Riley is an artist who has just moved back to West Beacon...

Fourth-graders Maisie and Hank, who has autism, become friends as they devise schemes to save a neighbor's dog, Booler, from being tied to a tree because of his epilepsy.