Envious of her friends who don't seem to have the family problems she does, fifteen-year-old Eli Smyth finds her mother truly embarrassing, and just when it seems she can't do anymore to aggravate Eli
It makes Eli cringe when her mother comes home proudly dressed in a foam rubber French fry suit after her first day as a mascot for Burgers ?n' Fries. Families come in many forms in the animal kingdom
Lee loves setting personal records for himself – he’s obsessed with them, in fact, but he’s not interested in going public with them. Walking a marathon with his dog Sant
Peter, Santiago and Ahab are fishermen through and through. The sea is the place where they spend their lives. Still, they have dreams of other places and when the sea is gentle the fishermen talk of
Finding a new home in a tiny deserted cottage, an industrious stinkbug, who escaped from the circus with a lion, lion tamer, and mouse, reaches his fragrant breaking point when his lazy roommates take
Camilla's capability to blend into her surroundings means she can play all sorts of tricks at school, until one day her teacher thinks of a way in which she can use her ability to make a real contribu
Timmerman is mysterious. Moreover, he is bitterly resented by the young girl who lives in the same boardinghouse. After all, he occupies her beloved granddad’s now-vacant room. How dare he think he ca
