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For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses.

Four teens have dug up the time capsule that their parents buried in 1986 and never bothered to recover.

Liora has long hidden her magic to avoid falling prey to the king's power-hungry warlock, Darius.

Beck and Vivian never could stand each other, but they always tried their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. After Cassie's murder, Beck and Vivian finally find common ground: vengeance.

Twelve-year-old Trish can solve tough math problems and throw a mean fastball.

Summer 1958.

Even though twelve-year-old Alexis was born in Hawaii, she won't surf or swim with her friends--not since the ocean and its hidden creatures swept her out to sea.

After Benjamin Reed's dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis--connected to all his years in football--Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit.

Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides to run against her.

When Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole find Colleen O'Dell's body floating off the shore of their coastal town, the community of Gardiners Bay is shaken.

Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program.

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death--they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Sc

Henry "Hal" Courtney, son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, was raised at sea.

The wonder of the natural world surrounds us--from the Amazon rainforest to the snowy peaks of Mount Everest to the green spaces in big cities.

Daniel and Ash bond over a rescue a dog that's about to be euthanized.