After fleeing the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, the Joad family finds the conditions in California are almost as bad, as people fight for jobs and their own day-to-day survival.

Tacky the penguin and his friends go to Camp Whoopihaha where they scare each other by telling ghost stories around the campfire, never expecting that one of the frightening stories will come true.

"School's out for summer! A.J. can't wait to spend his days playing video games, watching TV, and forgetting everything he learned during the school year. But when his parents announce they've signed him up for sleepaway camp, his great plans slip away right before his eyes. Now he's stuck at Camp Ahdoanwanna with his friends. Between the mosquitoes and bees, animals that break into the cabins, and a moose head that guards the mail, this is definitely...

"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--

In this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas," Rick has the jitters over starting summer day camp, but when he discovers that his counselor is also nervous because she is starting her first job, he feels a lot better.

A group of girls at Black River Horse Camp start a horse dancing team to raise money to save their camp.

Princess Courtney, a modern princess, has her world turned upside down when she switches places with Erika, a famous rock star. Two very different worlds collide when a mix-up sends Princess Courtney to Camp Pop and Erika to Camp Royalty. While the leaders of the rival camps try to correct the mix-up, both Courtney and Erika learn to adjust to the different worlds and have fun while making new, unexpected friends.

"London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe--and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks...