Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Seph, an orphaned and untrained wizard who is unable to control his growing powers, is sent to a secluded boys' school in Maine where the headmaster promises to train him in magic and initiate him into his mysterious order of wizards.

Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs. Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, dangerous world beyond the deepwoods. He meets a collection of odd companions, such as his wise...

Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.

Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, twelve-year-old Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and her eccentric grandmother) and find a way home.

Although Soledad and Lucy are returning to the human world to see their families, their work in the Faerieground is not finished--war threatens and Soli is a faerie princess, so her future lies there.

Basil, a small, flying lizard, makes a surprising discovery while engaged in Avalon's great war between the evil Rhita Gawr and the forces of good.

Diana finds the perfect gown and mask for the town's masquerade ball, and even gets to dance with her new crush, but the arrival of some unexpected guests threatens to unravel her perfect evening.

Joey's father returns, calling himself Charles Heinz and apologizing for his past bad behavior, and he swears that once Joey and his mother change their names and help him fix up the old diner he has bought, their lives will change for the better.