Fat Angie's sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything?

"In a world where past, present, and future have collided, Diego and his friends must rescue Diego's father from an evil group of renegades, otherwise their whole existence is threatened"--

Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.

Mr. Fish is feeling down in the dumps--he does not have a friend at school to play with. How can he make a friend? What should he do? With the help of some undersea creatures, Mr. Fish realizes that maybe making friends isn't so scary.

Nancy has a new playhouse, but one of her friends wants to be the boss of who can come play.

"After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn't think--she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man," a sinister specter...

Corduroy the teddy bear sets out one night to find a birthday present for his owner, Lisa, but soon realizes that he cannot find his way home.