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Trouble at Betts Pets

A number of changes are taking place in fifth-grader Aaron's life. business at the family pet shop is declining, forcing his parents to consider selling the store; luxury condos are going up on the land that houses a community garden, displacing the homeless woman who lives there; and Aaron gets to know his seemingly perfect clasmate Sharon when she begins to tutor him in math.

Mountain top mystery

The Alden children solve a mystery and find long-lost treasure which belongs to an old Indian woman.

The Willoughbys

A tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, in which the four Willoughby children set out to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny. Presented in Chinese.

Kaleidoscope eyes

In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd.

Swiss family Robinson

An adaptation of Johann Wyss's novel about an imaginative family that survives and prospers after being shipwrecked on a deserted island where they live over ten years before the chance of rescue arrives.

Sounder

Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.

Ten ways to make my sister disappear

Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along wisth her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety , an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.

The pizza mystery

When their favorite pizza restaurant almost goes out of business, the Alden children try to help their friends stay open while they find out who is behind all their problems.

What I thought was true

Seventeen-year-old Gwen Castle is determined to escape her small island town, but when Cass Somers shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her family, her friends, her employer, and the boy she can't admit she loves.

The six rules of maybe

Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant sister moves home with her new husband, with whom Scarlet feels an instant connection.

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