Franklin, having found comfort in starting fires since he was young and dealing with his mother's decision to leave the family to be with her boyfriend, is forced to reconsider his obsession after a rash of local fires starts negatively affecting his father's job as the mayor.

Fifteen-year-old Christine investigates an outbreak of local pickpocket crimes while spending the summer with her eccentric great-aunt Maude in Witcombe, British Columbia.

Starting a dog walking business in an attempt to impress the girls, Turk and his friends quickly become successful and soon dog-loving Carly is giving Turk newfound respect, but when the school bully finds out about their profitable business, Turk becomes concerned that he will use his might to get in on the action and ruin all his hard work.

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, four young teens find themselves in serious danger during a role-playing game in a supposedly abandoned hospital"--Provided by the publisher.

Lizzie Lane's near perfect life is ruined when Rachel, a girl she socially destroyed, turns her in for cheating on a test, and her attempt to get revenge by casting a small magic spell taught to her by her new neighbor Stella, has disastrous results.

Inspired by a school art project and a new friend, Sable learns to look beneath the surface of an image.

When a losing basketball team is jokingly called the "lard butts" by the opposing team, one of the players starts an election to change the school team names from the "Laggan Lairds" to the "Laggan Lard Butts."

After hurting his leg doing a daredevil stunt, Kip tries to prove himeself to the other guys in the Daredevil Club by trying increasingly difficult stunts.

Roxanne is suddenly frightened when she clicks onto an entry key to a chat room because she is now logged in and her "chatter" can be traced by a site administrator.

Tim's dad owns a pet store, but business is not as good as the new location and things look even worse when Elmo, Tim's favorite cockatoo, disappears during a party, but Tim is determined to find him.