Maggie, an orphan, is sent to the dreary Midwatch Institute, which is actually a secret training ground for young girls learning skills to fight crime; she and her new friends learn useful lessons, uncover a city mystery, and work together to solve it.

As the sun shines bright, rainy days disappear, and new flowers begin to bloom, everyone knows summer is on its way! Join a young girl as she roams grassy plains and shady forests, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the rolling hills to the chickadees up above, she says goodbye to Spring and welcomes the liveliness of summer.

"Nav knows how to flirt, but she also knows love is a messy losing proposition. As proof, her best friend, Hallie, is constantly getting her heart broken. And when Hallie goes to her boring academic camp this summer, Nav won't be there to protect her for the first time in their lives. So when shy new girl Gia asks Nav for help getting Hallie's attention, Nav finds a way to make it work for her. In exchange for lessons in romance, Gia, whose mom runs...

"A clever little girl 'with a net for catching pearls' meets a shark who wants nothing more than to eat her for dinner"-- Provided by publisher.

Frankie's first loose tooth might fall out when she is at the Kids' Journalism Conference with Mama, so Frankie and her toys hatch a plan to contact the Tooth Fairy, in a story that teaches young journalists the vocabulary of the trade.

"Adia Kelbara may have defeated the power-hungry god Olark and saved Zaria, but now she must face something even more terrifying: her first semester as a student at the Academy of Shamans. As her abilities are tested during orientation, a mysterious affliction causes everyone except for Adia and Thyme to pass out--and a reanimated corpse appears, with a horrifying message. As if that wasn't bad enough, Emperor Darian sends news that the same phenomenon...