Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

As Zoom Squirrel and his friends try to identify the Mystery Reader, they learn about books, how the are written, and how to read--while sharing a-corny jokes.

At the public library in her new town, Patricia meets Mrs. Creavy, an encouraging librarian who introduces Patricia to the books of John James Audubon and helps her become the first member of the Audubon Bird Club of Freemont Elementary.

"A young orphan named Vince takes a journey to reunite with his missing father and learn about his grandfather's mysterious, magical life"--

One week after arriving on Scream Street, Luke Watson is even more determined to find the six relics that will let him return home, but he and his friends must first face problems with the vampires' vital blood supply and with raging sewer rats.

Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals. "A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices...

Zoom Ardillas pone a prueba un nuevo superpoder con la ayuda de un misterioso Misterios Lector. ¿Descubrirán las compañeras Ardillas quién es el verdadero Misterioso Lector? ¿Sabes tú más sobre la lectura que las Ardillas? ¡Lo sabrás cuando termine este libro? As Zoom Squirrel and his friends try to identify the Mystery Reader, they learn about books, how the are written, and how to read--while sharing a-corny jokes.

Despite the evil Locke, Cleo and Evan manage to get Gabriel back to his world, but it is a world that is controlled by a computer network which is connected by a device called a Neuro-Zip implanted in the skull of every human being in the world--every human except for Cleo and Evan, so it is up to them to bring down the Network, and return control to the human population.

Los jóvenes héroes de esta novela intentan entender el mundo que les rodea: Anna y Omeir se encuentran en lados opuestos de las magníficas murallas de Constantinopla durante el asedio de la ciudad en 1453; el idealista Seymour está inmerso en un atentado contra una biblioteca en el Idaho de la actualidad; y Konstance viaja a bordo de una nave espacial que se dirige a un nuevo planeta en el futuro. Todos ellos son soñadores que encuentran fuerza...