Set in a little-known backwoods region of Florida, Strawberry Girl is the first of the Lenski regional books and the winner of the Newbery award.

Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.

In the finale to the chronicles of Prydian, the whole land is the stage for the ultimate clash between the forces of good and evil which determines the fate of Prydian and of Taran who wanted to be a hero.

A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

Billy isn't one to back down from a bet. But this one is gross: If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars. Billy takes the bet and tries worms smothered in ketchup, drowned in mustard, even breaded and fried. Worm by worm, Billy gets closer to victory. But Alan won't let him win that easily...

Eleven-year-old Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her, but their on-again, off-again relationship sometimes makes her wonder.

Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of earth's supply of junk food.

Nate the Great and his dog Sludge try to track down Claude's missing Stegosaurus stamp.

From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.