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After an entire young life of enslavement, twelve-year-old Homer escapes Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, leaving his beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back.

Seventh grader Aafiyah loves playing tennis, reading Weird but True facts, and hanging out with her best friend, Zaina. However, Aafiyah has a bad habit that troubles her--she's drawn to pretty things and can't help but occasionally "borrow" them. But when her father is falsely accused of a crime he hasn't committed and gets taken in by authorities, Aafiyah knows she needs to do something to help. When she brainstorms a way to bring her father back, she turns to her Weird but True facts and devises the perfect plan.

Rebecca Zamolo has managed to foil the Game Master's plans before, but this time the Game Master has snake-napped Nacho, her good friend Miguel's pet. No way is Becca going to let the Game Master get away with this dastardly plan. But when the clues lead Becca and her new friends in the direction of the one house in their entire neighborhood that none of them ever want to go near, they know they have no choice but to screw up their courage and dare to investigate, if they want to rescue Nacho.

In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emilie works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a roster and a duck save the world.

Racial tensions are at their peak in Los Angeles after the beating of Rodney King and the shooting of Latasha Harlins by a Korean store owner. As tensions escalate, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey to help him, and come to terms with the racism within their community.

When a new housing development threatens to ruin the night sky and her favorite astronomy spots, twelve-year-old Tuesday Beals must solve her uncle's riddle to save the land.

Best friends Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home without each other's help.The star basketball player of their school, Isaac agrees to help Marco make the team if Macro will help Isaac keep up with schoolwork.

Fawn Creek Middle School might be small, but it has its tightly knit groups just like anyplace else. Who will claim newly arrived Orchid Mason? Who will save Orchid Mason? Or will Orchid Mason save them?

Deep in the wilds of Scotland lives a secret colony of beavers that is craved for their fur pelts. No beaver has been spotted in Scotland or England for over five hundred years, until the young beaver, Dunwattle, is sighted. Dunwattle's flight is driven by the presence of a ghostly figure, a mysterious young girl who is almost one thousand years old. Dunwattle is destined to be destroyed for revealing the hidden colony, but his best friend Locksley is determined to save him.

Ever since her mother's death, Kela feels broken. When she finds a comb in a coral cave, she takes it. Far away, the mermaid Ophidia feels her comb has been taken. To get it back, she offers Kela one wish.