Mrs. Madoff asks each child in her class to share their plans for Mother's Day and helps her students make a special gift.

Fifteen-year-old Matt's life has been turned upside-down, first when the brother he idolizes turns to drugs, then when a visit to a chat room leads him to a classmate, Katie, who he likes very much but cannot trust with his family secret.

Pinkalicious borrows paint from her friend to complete a picture for her teacher and must come up with a creative solution when she uses all of the pink, red, and white paint.

Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last - even getting there is an adventure in itself! In this sequel to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then his friend Ron's sister disappears. Winner of the 1998 Smarties Gold Award. When...

"When tragedy strikes close to home, Mickey Bolitar and his new friends find themselves at the center of a murder mystery"--Provided by publisher.

Now high school juniors, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share "instant messages" with one another as one of them experiments with marijuana, another gets her first boyfriend, and the third moves three thousand miles away.

When his teacher announces a talent contest to raise money for his school, Errol the elephant fears he has no unique skills to share.

Contains the first two novels in The Secret Circle series in which Cassie moves from California to New England to live with her mom and grandmother where she discovers she is one in a long line of witches, is initiated into a coven at her school, and upsets the balance of power when she falls in love with Adam, another witch's boyfriend.