Stacey's parents are divorced, but they both depend on her. But how can she choose between them, when her mother is home sick, and her father wants her to go with him to the dinner celebrating his promotion to vice-president.

Eight-year-old Tess is convinced that if she believes and stays aware of the magic around her, she will meet Santa Claus on Christmas Eve of 1958, when she will thank him for his gifts and ask him to use his magic to cure her best friend's father of cancer.

Claudia's friends think that someone or something wants them to leave town when the lighthouse they own becomes the site of some spooky occurrences.

"It's been two years since Flora and Ruby moved to Camden Falls. They've always gotten along as friends amd as sisters, but now they're starting to fight all the time. Nobody--not their friends, not their grandmother--knows why, or what to do. In the end, it might take a whole town to get them back together and make them realize how much they've grown up since their parents died and their lives changed so much. Staying together isn't easy--but with...

Karen is starting her own school. She can't wait to teach her little brother and his friends how to read and write.

Karen's grandad is sick. Karen wants to do something nice to cheer him up. So, she makes a movie for him. All Karen's friends are going to star in her movie. But uh-oh. Karen's having problems on the set. And now her friends are mad at her. Making a movie isn't as easy as she thought!