An Avon Camelot book

Miss Westminster and her singing and dancing pupils accept a summer engagement to entertain at Franco's Famous Italian Spaghetti Inn and Overnight Campground and become entangled in an incredible adventure involving, among others, the infamous Pasta Nostra.

Once upon a time, in a village nestled in a mountain valley, lived a girl named Dakin. Dakin wants three things more than anything else: to visit the farthest-away mountain, to meet a gargoyle, and to marry a prince. Everyone in her village thinks she's crazy, especially since no one has ever been to the farthest-away mountain. But one day, when she is nearly 15, she hears the mountain calling her. Dakin sets off on a tantalizing journey that will change her life, and the lives of others, forever.

The adventures of a cat and a dog living in New York City's Greenwich Village.

The hockey team of a small girl's school gets on the wrong airplane and ends up involved in an international match in the Soviet Union and a search for missing jewels.

Eleven-year-old Peter feels uncomfortable at home and school after his family moves to Brooklyn, until his search for his sister's missing cat opens up a new life for him. 'It all happened in a matter of seconds. My little sister DeeDee was screaming, "No, Grissi! Come back!" But the gray cat was over the fence, running for his life, with a dog chasing him down the alley. DeeDee was sobbing hysterically. Well, here we were in a brand new neighborhood (we'd just moved from Peoria, Illinois, to Brooklyn, New York), and nothing had been going right for me. But the great search for Grissi turned out to be the beginning of some amazing discoveries -- about cats, and people, and all kinds of things....'

When they meet for the first time at summer camp, two ten-year-old girls discover they are twins and plot to bring their divorced parents together again.

Nine-year-old Alice must write about herself for an assignment in her London school, and in doing so, she sorts out her feelings about her somewhat prickly single mother, the father she has never met, her flamboyant paternal grandmother, and the rest of her sometimes confusing life.

When four monsters enroll Danny's fifth-grade class, exciting things begin to happen.

As Omri, his father, and other members of his family learn more about the cupboard in his room, together and separately they are caught up in several dangerous adventures that reveal more about its powers.

Three friends form a codebreaking service and meet a motley cast of characters including a Bulgarian spy, a man from the State Department, and a little old lady who wants her diary encoded.

A survey of the motion picture industry describing the varied aspects of direction and production: sets, makeup, stunts, visual and sound effects, acting, cutting, and publicity.

Nine-year-old Stella Sullivan loves animals, so she sometimes finds herself at odds with her grandfather, Papa Pete--a gruff, unsentimental hunter.While out hiking one day, Stella glimpses a mountain lion with a face full of porcupine quills. Stella knows it will starve without help. Aunt Anya, a vet, can remove the quills, but first she must ask Papa Pete for his help in tracking the elusive cat. Join Stella and her friends and family in one exciting episode after another, as they rescue a fawn from a steel trap, save an iquana, and help deliver a colt. And in a stunning conclusion, Stella witnesses a moment she has long dreamed of, which will change her world forever.

The first book in the beloved Poppy series. A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice—Clutch, Dipstick, Lugnut, and Blinker—band together to fight their feline foe?

Convinced that something spooky is going to happen at the old Frome mansion, Edward "ESP" McGee and his best friend, Matt Terrell, decide to test McGee's ESP and explore the supposedly empty house.

When Matt Terrell, new to the neighborhood, makes friends with ESP McGee, a supposed genius with extrasensory perception, they become involved with terrorists interested in sabotaging a nuclear plant.

Examines the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights, explaining what the amendments mean, how they have been applied, and the rights they guarantee.

Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. Mr. Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young to stay home alone and too old to enjoy playing with pesky Willa Jean. She is trying to grow up, but sometimes it seems like her family is making it harder. Ramona and Her Mother won the 1981 National Book Award.

On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs -- New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there.Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed. Like other baseball fans, Joe Stoshack wants to know the truth. But unlike other fans, Joe has the astonishing ability to travel through time and solve one of baseball's greatest puzzles....

Just when her home life and the circumstances in violence-plagued Belfast seem more than she can bear, eleven-year-old Maura encounters an unusual person whose name, Angela, gives a clue to her real identity.

Heidi tries a succession of ways to make her fifth-grade teacher less mean.

Perry befriends an unusual cat who turns out to be a visitor from a far-distant planet and invites Perry to return there with him.

Alvin Hoople travels with his family to spend Thanksgiving at his grandparents' house, where a power failure and the most unusual turkey ever create a memorable holiday visit.

A collection of stories covering a wide spectrum from poltergeist cases that have been carefully investigated to legends and ghostly folklore.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released as a selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Intermediate Division) and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1968.

A collection of twenty-five brief readings to be read between the first of December and Christmas exploring various aspects of the holiday.

A brief history of early aeronautics with a detailed account of the events leading up to the historic flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903.