Springboard books

Earl and Damian jeopardize their friendship when they compete in a contest to see who has the smelliest sneakers.

Terrorized by an evil lunch-snatcher at his new school, Brian devises, with the help of a fellow comic book fan, a plan involving a new super hero called Wonder Kid.

Fourth grader Alex's new friendships in California are endangered when her chance to appear in a rock video brings her glamour and an inflated ego. Sequel to "Alex Fitzgerald's Cure for Nightmares."

Bertie comes up with a surefire strategy to get the Bathwater Gang's pet-washing business off the ground: they will get the neighborhood pets dirty and then offer to wash them.

Harry and Jill are chosen by a magic talking sword to rescue a damsel from the Bad Wizard in Mandragora, but the damsel is Harry's complacent fat spaniel and she decides she wants to stay in Mandragora.

Jenny lets her imagination run away with her when she decides to enter a photography contest and starts taking "candied," that is candid, pictures around her neighborhood.

Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless but heartfelt war with an all-boy gang, until Bertie's grandmother steps in with a perfect solution.

Darek tries to protect his baby dragon from angry villagers and the Circle of Elders.

Eight-year-old Impy, dismayed at the changes she sees in her rapidly maturing twelve-year-old cousin Christina, stubbornly tries to continue their former sharing of dolls and funny nicknames, but Christina persists in growing up.