A skill-building reader starring Worm finds him taking a turn caring for a class pet gnat that accidentally escapes from its tank.

The young queen, Red Riding Hood, gives us her take on politics, government, health, love, and of course, what it means to be royalty.

Amelia has entered the eighth grade and boys, friends, and school dances become very important to her.

On their a cross-country camping trip, Greg Heffley and his family find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise and when the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation--or if they're already in too deep.

"Greg Heffley y los deportes no se llevan bien. Tras una desastrosa jornada deportiva en la escuela, Greg decide que lo de sudar la camiseta no es lo suyo, pero acepta a regañadientes las sugerencia de su mamá de inscribirse en basquetbol."--

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British.

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

For one year, thirteen-year-old Timmy records in her journal the changes she sees in the natural world and her family's activities on their Wyoming ranch as they fight to save it from financial ruin.