Tim and his family become very fond of the girl that he and Ginger rescue from the sea, and everyone--or almost everyone--is unhappy when she is taken away by her guardian.

A little boy who has lost his mother and father and now lives with his grandmother brings a lost dog from the animal shelter home with him and learns that when it comes to love, it's quality not quantity that counts.

Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling librarian with an injured camel arrives at his school.

A simplified retelling of how Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, comes to live on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory.

Eleven-year-old Davey Hull's dream of running away from the Seattle boarding house he has been living in since his mother's death is thwarted when his secret cache of money is stolen, so in plan B, he decides to find his uncle who believes is in Alaska, prospecting for gold.

"El Chavo y sus amigos tienen muchas ganas de ver jugar a su equipo de fútbol favorito en el estadio. Pero cuando llegan al partido, ¡se dan cuenta de que sus puestos están en la última fila! ¿Podrá el Chavo acercarse un poco más a la acción?,"--back cover. "Chavo and his friends can't wait to see their favorite soccer team play at the stadium. But when they arrive at the match, they learn that their seats are all the way in the last row!...