Mallory's journal of her fourth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., reveals how much fun she has, despite a loose tooth, being upset with her best friend, Mary Ann, and getting separated from her class in a museum.
An eccentric Englishman accepts a challenge to circle the globe with unprecedented speed in this fantastic blend of adventure, entertainment, and suspense.
An overweight, timid fifteen-year-old boy and his popular fourteen-year-old sister begin to overcome their guilt over their father's death and reconnect with each other and their emotionally-distant mother when they accompany her on a two-week speaking tour.
"A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just as suddenly reappear"--Publisher.
This guide to adventures on a "bucket list" features an eclectic range of ideas such as self-improvement, sports-related endeavors, natural wonders, cultural experiences, culinary delights, and more.
