Ash Oswald

Separated from his parents and older brother, twelve-year-old Zac, a secret agent of the Government Investigation Bureau, must rely on his own skills to obtain the formula for Dr. Drastic's secret Solution X.

A spy for the Government Investigation Bureau, twelve-year-old Zac is sent to Great Icy Pole to learn why planes are suddenly making frequent flights over a remote research station.

"It's Olivia's very first sleepover. She's super-excited and worried. A hundred different things could go wrong, all of them totally embarrassing! Olivia doesn't want to let her best friend down. BUT -- maybe she should just stay home?"--P. [4] of cover.

Cassie thinks her big sister hates her. First, she cuts off Cassie's hair. Then she stops talking to her. But Cassie knows a secret about her big sis's BIG fear.

Chloe's nervous about going back to school. She has to get used to a new teacher and harder, more challenging work. But she didn't expect to be the only student to find the new math so difficult. Is everyone else just smarter than Chloe?

"Charlie is buzzing! She's just had her first ever modern dance class! It's so much better than stuffy old ballet. Even though the trendy girls totally tease her. And now there's the performance to worry about. But none of that seems to matter once the music plays and Charlie starts to dance"--P. [4] of cover.

While on a school camping trip, Sophie hopes that her best friend from her former class, Megan, and her best friend in her current class, Alice, will start liking one another.

When a boy on a rival team questions whether Angie is a girl because she is so good at basketball, she becomes convinced that she is ugly and decides to quit the sport she loves.