High school junior Mia, who hates romantic comedies, must endure the "meet-cute" encounters her best friends set up to help her find a date for her sister's wedding. Mia hates rom-coms. They're silly, contrived, and not at all realistic. She's more interested in things like how to handle living with her bridezilla sister, Sam, who's never appreciated Mia, and surviving junior year juggling every school club offered and acing all of her classes. So...

Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady.

Lucia Lacorte's gaming club meets on Fridays, but the truth is the other members are not having fun because, win or lose, Lucia is a very poor sport; a fact that is finally made clear to her when the others stop showing up, and her grandfather mimics her behavior when he wins--and loses.

Restless Sam spends his naptime with the wild animals that leap off the pages of his favorite storybook.

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her search for inner beauty, dealing with fund raising, and problems in Phys ed class.

"Miles McHale is a tattletale. And everybody knows it. But he's not the only one who needs help, so his teacher decides: it's time to fight the Tattle Battle! But will Miles figure out the right time to tell a grown-up about another person's behavior, or is he doomed to be a tattletale forever?"--publisher's website.

Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways a well-behaved dinosaur can celebrate Christmas.

Connor Sullivan, an All-Star third baseman on his Babe Ruth League team, can hit and field with the best of them. However, he's got one big problem: his temper. When the sports editor of the school paper threatens to do a big story on his tantrums, Connor realizes he has to clean up his act.

"Three young cousins explore the woods in search of medicines that heal and purify, also gathering advice from wise beings who offer life lessons cherished through generations."--Publisher's description.

Four girls living in a wealthy suburb discover the identity of as stalker who has been sending them shocking text messages, and uncover the mystery of who killed their childhood friend.