When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.

Flora Calhoun, haunted by a history of finding dead bodies and the murder of her ex, Ava McQueen, uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and all her loved ones in peril.

"A twelve-year-old boy is chosen to join a four-person applicant team to work towards membership in the Confederation of United Planets, and stumbles across conspiracies resembling science fiction he's been a fan of his entire life"-- Provided by publisher.

When Mattie Larimore is sent to reform school he uncovers a creepy conspiracy, led by Headmaster Rooney, to fix all the problem children, including Mattie's brother--for good.

"A family of space privateers becomes embroiled in a solar system-wide conspiracy, all while the three sibling compete to determine who will become the next captain of the ship when their mother steps down"-- Provided by publisher.

Seven and Thorn still have not found a way to cure the hex that turned their friends into stone, magic seems to be working backwards, every new witchling at the Black Moon Ceremony is a spare--and the Hill Society blames the Spares and wants to prevent them from using magic.

When Zeke returns to space to go on a secret mission for the director of the Confederation of United Planets, chaos ensues.

When a chance touch leads her to pick up the insistent spirit of a girl who was brutally murdered, Anna is pulled headlong into a deadly conspiracy that extends to the highest levels of government. Facing the forces behind her new hitcher's death will challenge the barriers, both good and bad, that Anna has erected over the years - and shed light on her power to talk with the dead.

Pulled from the streets at age twelve and trained to become one of the most powerful assassins in Sumerand, Aina Solís discovers a conspiracy that could rewrite the kingdom's history and her own future.

A year after her father disappears, Rae and her mother move to the town of Whispering Pines for a new start. Soon Rae is joining forces with Caden, who is haunted by the ghost of his brother, as children are being kidnapped and then show up without their eyes. Caden is sure he knows what is going on and Rae is the only one who believes him.