Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.

"Alexa moves to Savannah to get away from her past. Too bad her past is a Google search away and her parent's criminal acts quickly make her an outcast. Good thing Fae, Chloe, & Skye aren't high on the social ladder and give Alexa a group to feel comfortable in. But after a long night of debauchery they transform into the town's worst nightmare; Fairies ..."--

His mother left three years ago, so when twelve-year-old Flip's thieving father dies he goes to live with his stern and hostile uncle on the remote Dutch island of Mossum; there he works on the farm, dreams of his mother coming to get him, deals with the local bullies, and his only "friend' is a strange, mute girl whom he thinks of as the ghost girl--until he rescues a horse from the stormy sea and discovers a new purpose in caring for his charge....

Third-grader Zeke's soccer experience is proving to be a disaster--all of his friends are on a different team, while his team is dominated by a bully who hogs the ball and knocks down anyone who gets in his way.

Forced to leave Los Angeles for life in a quiet California wine town with a father she has never known, rebellious sixteen-year-old Poe Holly rails against a high school system that allows elite students special privileges and tolerates bullying of those who are different.

New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.

Derrick finally feels like he's getting the hang of Middle School. He's in a band with his best friends and his dogs Bennie and Max are getting along. Even his Dead Max comics and advice columns are a hit, until Max's cat-hating ways start raising hackles with his cat-loving readers. Then when Derrick's cartoons protesting racism backfire, the Muslim kids turn against him and the paper is in danger of being shut down, along with Derrick's cartooning...

"In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape"--Publisher provided....

Eleven-year-old Pakistani British Alina Butt has had trouble fitting in at school due to her ethnic origins and funny last name, but is determined that her latest new school will be the one where she'll make her mark. Deciding to join the cast of the school play, Alina tries out for the lead role, but only makes a supporting role, forcing her to overcome her jealousy in order to become the person she wants others to notice.

A lot of Abby's favorite books have gone missing at the local public library and she suspects a strange man that she has seen there, but Jeremy, the bully in her class, and his four-year-old hyperactive brother Evan are complicating her investigation.