A sociopathic scientist drags his unintelligent grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe.

Being an American Indian is not something twelve-year-old Brandon wants to advertise. Then his Navajo grandfather moves into the lower bunk of his room.

When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.

For the third leg of the robot races the contestants must choose between three possible Arctic routes, all of which are dangerous--especially when some of the racers are not playing by the rules.

As fifteen-year-old Devon begins mid-year at a new prestigious prep school, he is plagued by compulsions such as the need to sort things into groups of four.

A little girl celebrates the Day of the Dead as she waits for the arrival of her grandfather's spirit.

After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.