Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.

Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to armed robbery--Theo knows he is innocent. Racing the clock while Woody sits in jail, Theo will do everything in his power to help his friend and save Woody from an unforgiving system where justice is not equal for all.

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

""The Tower of London, with its Beefeater guards, is the scariest prison fortress in medieval England. 15-year old Ben is alarmed to see Princess Elizabeth being locked up inside. How can the Queen be so cruel? Ben wants to help the Princess escape, but he's just an orphaned coal boy. What can he possibly do? The next day, while bringing up coal to the Princess's cell, Ben and the Princess come up with a daring plan. Little does Ben know he's about...