Joey loves things that fold, so naturally when he hears about origami, he wants to make it himself. but he learns that becoming an origami master takes “much practice and great patience.”
Thunder Boy Jr. is tired of sharing a name with his dad. He wants his own name, “a name that sounds like me…that celebrates something cool that I’ve done.” But how will he choose?
Dessa manages a daring landing on the floating island of Astaroth, hoping to find her missing brother. Instead, she discovers three children in need of rescue.
England, 1940: Spies will shoot Lottie and her best friend, Kitty, unless Lottie’s father reveals how time travel works. When a portal appears, Lottie can save herself-if she abandons her dad and Kitty.
While Cooper is preparing his family’s campground for opening day, someone is trying to capture fox kits. Can Cooper help out while his father is in the hospital and save the foxes?
The boys in Waylon’s class form rival recess teams, but Waylon has no interest. He wants to be friends with everyone-well, maybe not Baxter, who is so bad he allegedly went to jail!
1943: Diana Hopkins, who lives in the White House (her father is President Roosevelt’s chief advisor), is looking to contribute to the war effort. “But what could a ten-year-old girl do?”
Ian reads the house rules for his family’s vacation rental and is committed to following them. His sister Jenny disregards each one, however, including: “Never-ever-open the red door.”
A trip to the store with mom becomes a series of math problems for number whiz Charlie and his younger sister, Lola, whose numbers include “twenty-seventeen” and “a squillion.”
“New town, new house, new school. And no player’s guide to give me the tips and tricks I need to make it through the year. This is one game I have to figure out how to beat on my own.”