I lived my life alone, with no one to talk to, until my plane broke down in the Sahara. I began the repair all alone with only enough water for a week. The first night, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from civilization. Imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by an odd little voice.

Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.

Katie is a youngest child whose brother and sister seem to blame her for everything, but sometimes it's good to know that "Katie did it."

Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.

Camino del parque, el amigo de Joel, Tony, le propone ir a nadar a las peligrosas aguas del río Vermillon. Los dos chicos saben que no deben acercarse al río, pero Joel accede. No quiere que Tony piense que tiene miedo. Sin embargo, Joel no sabe cuál es la terrible verdad: Tony no sabe nadar. When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified...