While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.

Jonathan's friend Michael, Michael's parents, and Jonathan's family help him do his best in the Badgers' big baseball game.

Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.

A young girl finds comfort and confidence within as she makes the best of any situation.

One year after the fire that claimed her parents' and cousin's lives and left her severely disfigured, sixteen-year-old Ava faces the return to high school.

Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship.

Fuchsia Fierce was a quiet, shy, and timid girl--until she spent a summer at Camp Confidence, and learned just how much she could accomplish when she tried.

Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

"Ben is happy to ride the bench--until the Hawks' star QB, Wes, gets suspended for pulling poor grades in math. With Ben at the helm, the offense stalls, and his teammates place the blame on his shoulders. Soon after, a possible solution to Ben's passing problems reveals itself--but he's not so sure it's the right answer"--Unedited summary from book.