Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.

No longer a show-off, Veronica decides the best way to make friends is to "take an interest" in people and determines to practice this theory on Kimberly Watson. Sequel to "Veronica the Show-Off."

Dr. David Henry, forced to deliver his own twins during a snowstorm in 1964 with only a nurse to help him, makes a decision that has far-reaching effects on his life, and the lives of his wife and son, when his infant daughter is born with Down Syndrome, and in a vain attempt to protect his wife, he orders the nurse to take the baby to an institution.

"Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. All the thieves' guilds of the city are under his unflinching control. If he has his way, death will soon spill out from the shadows and into the streets. Aaron is Thren's son, trained to be heir to hisfather's criminal empire. He's cold, ruthless--everything an assassin should be. But when Aaron risks his life to protect a priest's daughter from his own guild, he glimpses a world beyond piston,...

Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.

Robbie and his dog, Ellie, spend the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, where Robbie learns many things about his emotionally distant parents and himself.

Children feel the reassuring love of their parents no matter where they go or what they do.

From the bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed tale of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl, the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl, growing up in golden age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days.

Eager to read together, a parent and child search for the perfect seat.

As she tries to enjoy her senior year and choose which college she will attend, Korean American Ellen Sung must deal with the prejudice of some of her classmates and pressure from her parents to get good grades.