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Before his grandmother Paati moved in with his family in Mariposa, life was good for Muki Krishnan. Paati's arrival coincides with big changes on the island: Mariposa's president divides citizens into Butterflies and Moths. Muki's family are Moths, or recent immigrants. The changes start small, but soon a camp is built where Paati is captured and taken. To devise her escape, Muki sides with a secret rebellion.

Ruby and Mia are opposites: Ruby is awkward, not a "joiner," and loves to write poetry. Mia is type A, popular(ish), and wants to be class prez. They were friends. But now they have nothing in common anymore, or do they?

Max and Sofia's summer vacation gets wild when they stumble upon an abandoned sailboat that magically transports them to a different corner of the world to help other kids save seals from an oil spill.

Kate was happy to be a fully-fledged conductor of the steam-powered railway saving animals, until Uncle Herbert goes missing. To find him, she enlists help from a deadly cassowary and a socially maladjusted wolverine.

Welcome to the world of Mirabelle, a young goldfinch who loves to sing and dreams of becoming a musical star. Michael Jin is an eleven-year-old keyboard sensation, but lesson after lesson, he refuses to play.  With the prestigious Chopin Festival looming at summer's end, how will he be ready in time?  Mirabelle is responsible for Michael's breakthrough. Thus begins a secret adventure that will take Mirabelle and Michael further than they ever imagined--in music, in friendship, and in solving the mystery of a lost piano that could be worth millions.

A graffiti artist, Bella "Unfadeable" Fades just wants to stay out of trouble. But she must abandon her low profile to bring her community together when her neighborhood is threatened with defunding.

Being a human at the prestigious Dungeon Academy is strictly forbidden. That's why Zelli Stormclash must keep her identity a secret. Disguised as a minotaur, Zelli does her work, tries her best to blend in with her monstrous surroundings all the while keeping to herself. Unless it involves bullies. Zelli hates bullies and has no problem putting a stop to their antics.

Lark is spending the summer on Swallowtail Island for the first time since her mom passed away. But she discovers something that others on the island would do anything to keep buried.

On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line?

Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he'll be sleeping on a lumpy pullout in Dad's sad little post-divorce bungalow and helping bring Dad's latest far-fetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: opening the world's first chocolate chip cookie store.