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A gorilla with a deadly secret. A leopard struck by tragedy. A gazelle cast out of her herd. When a new evil descends on their home, every animal must venture into the unknown to prevent darkness from taking over.

There's a big problem with the forest roses, magical roses that are very important because they are the first food for newborn hippogriffs. Can Zoey, Pip, and Sassafras use their science know how to fix the magical roses before the hippogriff eggs hatch?

Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don't think she's cool enough. Maybe it's time for a total reinvention.

There's no such thing as an uneventful summer at Camp Sweetwater. Now that the Vampire Devils beneath the lake have been awakened, the camp is in big trouble. The first victims are Tez and Corryn's counselors, Gavin and Scary Mary. The Camp Director insists that the missing counselors are just quitting and going home, but Tez and Corryn don't believe it, so they set out to investigate the disappearances.

The Game Master has locked the doors, scared off the teachers, and made it clear that if Becca and her friends don't solve the clues that have been left behind, they'll never get back Becca's irreplaceable zoetrope, never finish summer school, and never get to enjoy what's left of their summer vacations. Will Becca and her classmates be able to work together to solve the puzzles and escape their school before time runs out?

Ahmed Aziz is having an epically bad year. After his dad gets sick, the family moves from Hawaii to Minnesota for his dad's treatment. Even though his dad grew up there, Ahmed can't imagine a worse place to live. He's one of the only brown kids in his school. And as a proud slacker, Ahmed doesn't want to deal with expectations from his new teachers.

Miss Lottie's home was for second chances. When she adopted Gus, Roo, Tank, and Moon Pie, they became a family. But when a new dog arrives and tries to hoard Miss Lottie for himself, the pack's future is threatened.

Ivy Mae Bloom is almost thirteen years old, her name is almost a complete sentence, and her family's RV is almost a home. That's one too many "almosts" for Ivy. She desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it's her mama's job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world--a job that's kept Ivy's family living on the road since before Ivy was born.

Jake Wind has shapeshifting abilities he can't control. Keeping his powers in check is crucial, though, if he wants to live a normal life and go to middle school. Things feel like they're going his way when he survives his first day of school without transforming and makes a new friend. But when mysterious sinkholes start popping up around town and his neighbors, classmates, and even his family start acting a little, well, weird, Jake will have to learn to use his powers in order to save his town.

Esther Gold loves Halloween more than anything in the world. But a supernatural force is out to make sure Halloween never comes to an end, and even Esther doesn't want to be trapped in this night forever.