The Big Dip by
Joe and his friend Skip enjoy the thrill of the Big Dip, a famous roller coaster, until the old man in front of them is shot and mutters with his dying breath something about getting a Margaret Rose to the police. Believing that Joe knows the location of the Margaret Rose, someone kidnaps his sister and forces Joe to race against time to solve the puzzle.
The Jigsaw Jungle by
Told through notes, emails, and a scrapbook, twelve-year-old Claudia Dalton starts an investigation into the disappearance of her father. When it turns out he isn't actually missing but has gone to “think things over,” Claudia reexamines all her evidence to determine why he left and what's happening to him.
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by
Eleven-year-old Perry Cook is not so different from other kids his age. He has his morning ritual, goes to school, eats dinner with his mother, and plays games with his cousins and friends. However, his mother lives in the Blue River Co-Ed Correctional Facility, where Perry also lives due to the kindness of the warden. When a new district attorney finds out Perry is living in prison, Perry is forcibly placed in a foster home, where he feels, ironically, imprisoned. Desperate to reunite with his mother, Perry tries to find out exactly why his mom was jailed in the first place, and in the process he learns what it means to truly be home.
