Cassandra Morris

As World War II draws to a close, four teens meet aboard the "Wilhelm Gustloff" a cruise ship that will give them passage out of Prussia before the Russians overtake the retreating German troops. The cruise ship, built to hold 1,500 passengers, is laden with over 10,000 desperate people. The four band together and try to survive when a Russian torpedo slams into the ship.

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

"When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny)...

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

At the end of seventh grade Jaime and Maya's friendship is tested when their priorities are divided.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learns at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.

Twelve-year-old twins, Jillian and Jackson, are startled when they discover they can read each other's thoughts. But that's not all, they can read other people's thoughts, too. The strange new powers are exciting at first but soon they discover that somebody else knows their secret.

When the Problim family home blows up, the seven siblings must go live in their grandfather's abandoned home in Lost Cove. Rumors about treasures and magic lead to shenanigans as their new neighbors becomes determined to get their hands on the secrets the children hold. Through it all, the children must band together and muster up the courage to face whatever challenge comes their way as a family.

When seventh-grader Ellie, who is having best-friend problems, and eighth-grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.

Georgia Khatchadorian plans to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaking brother failed.