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While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.

Jinx the cat, Samuel the mole, Grisli the cannibal ant, and the other talking animals of Bean Farm help Freddy the pig protect Uncle Ben's flying saucer plans from greedy foreign spies.

Freddy and the other barnyard animals decide to escape the cold winter by vacationing in sunny Florida.

Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of a missing toy train.

Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, w

Far away, in the land between the mountains, 12 Minnipin villages are tucked in the bends of the Watercress River.

Three princesses, each with a particular skill, decide they are bored with what they do and swap jobs.

Presents the journal of a sixteen-year-old girl whose family operates a stop on the Underground Railroad.

When his best friend illegally shoots a wolf while hunting in northern Minnesota, twelve-year-old Seth struggles to determine whether their friendship can survive their different ideas.

Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her fathe

Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the s

When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita uses her wizardry to try to find her.

In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.

After learning to understand the language of animals, Hai Li Bu the hunter sacrifices himself to save his village.

In three brief stories, Ivy, the younger of two fox sisters, goes along with her older sister's schemes, even when they seem a bit daring.