Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home. And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane, this all seems normal until she suddenly gains access...

Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad are on the run... until they set up somewhere else and start again. Trey believes his father when he says no one's getting hurt. After all, these parents...

"Acknowledging and owning up to a mistake is a very difficult task for children--and it's not always easy for adults, either! In this most recent installment of the popular Dragon series from Clever, Tell the Truth, Dragon introduces a situation in which Dragon does something that she's not supposed to do, and then blames someone else for the mistake. Gentle text prompts readers to encourage Dragon to tell the truth and apologize for her mistake,...

In the land of Montane, language is literal magic to the select few who possess the gift of Telling. This power is reserved for the Bards, and the Bards have almost always been men. Shae has lived her entire life in awe of the Bards -- and afraid of the Blot, a deadly disease spread by ink, which took the life of her younger brother five years ago. When her mother is found murdered with a golden dagger -- a weapon used only by the Bards -- Shae is...

"Pinocchio was a wooden doll before a fairy brough him to life. Now he's almost a real boy! The fairy tells him he must always tell the truth, or his nose will grow. Can he stay out of trouble?" -- Back cover. "Pinocho era una muñeca de madera antes de que un hada le diera vida. ¡Ahora es casi un niño de verdad! El hada le dice que siempre debe decir la verdad, o su nariz crecerá. ¿Puede evitar los problemas?" -- Parte posterior del libro.

"Maple Mehta-Cohen is gifted at many things. She's got a great sense of style. She's a loyal friend. And she's also an excellent storyteller who enjoys spinning tales full of mystery and suspense. To capture all her good story ideas, she even carries a personal audio recorder wherever she goes. But Maple has a secret -- there's one big thing she struggles with. She doesn't know why letters rearrange themselves on the page or flip upside down when...