Fifteen-year-old Pearl has grown up in a cult community, all under the watchful eye of Papa S.

"Homeschooled fifteen-year-old Lark secretly attends high school against the wishes of her antigovernment, conspiracy-theorist, Doomsday-prepping parents"--

"A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus."--

"Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her." --

"The day the train fell in the lake, Cassie stopped believing in much of anything, despite growing up in a devout Catholic family. Then she set her mind to forgetting the strange boy named Elias who was with her when it happened. When Elias comes back to town after many years away, Cassie finds herself talked into sneaking out at night to follow him ghost-hunting--though she knows better than to believe they will find any spirits. Still, the more...

"When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof." --

Armed with the facts, young Alfie sets out to prove to the world that Santa Claus does not exist but no one pays attention, especially his sister Noelle, whose only request of the man in red is a nicer big brother.

"Paige loves facts! She records interesting information in her facts journal and shares it with anyone who will listen. Wombats' poop is cube-shaped! Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And a boy named Penn lives next door. The two couldn't be more different. The craziest thing Paige believes is that bananas are actually berries (scientifically proven!), but Penn thinks there's a monster in the neighborhood! Paige will prove Penn wrong...

"Animals inspire their litle ones to chase their dreams and reach for the stars."--