Twelve-year-old Raine spends the summer at a mysterious artists colony and discovers a secret about her past.

A secret is a hard thing to keep for little sister Ivy, especially when it involves a fantastic prank her big sister, Zelda, is planning for April Fool's Day.

Alex, Alice and Alistair think they are just three ordinary mice, until Alistair mysteriously vanishes. Then Alex and Alice learn a secret about their family: a secret which means Alistair's life is in danger - unless Alex and Alice can find him first. So begins a hair-raising journey.

'Seven years ago, the Ballastian sisters' parents left them in the magical Straygarden Place, a house surrounded by tall silver grass and floating trees. They left behind a warning saying never to leave the house or go into the grass. "Wait for us," the note read. "Sleep darkly." Ever since then, the house itself has taken care of Winnow, Mayhap, and Pavonine--feeding them, clothing them, even keeping them company--while the girls have waited and...

As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death. It's1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a...

"It's 1969 and thirteen-year-old Scott MacLeod is doing all the normal activities that boys do -- and just happens to fly airplanes with his Air Force flight instructor father. When Scott manages to successfully crash-land a plane, he catches the eye of NASA, who recruits him for a top-secret space program that will send a test flight to the moon before the first lunar landing. The craft was originally supposed to be piloted by chimps, but when one...

Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful talent for thievery and mysterious secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.