"Jay, cole, Zane, Kai, and Sensei Wu are strangers in an even stranger land-- Garmadon City! But the name is not what's strange! The fact that everything is made of stone-- the streets, the buildings, the trees, even the people!-- that's the really strange part. But how do you save people who have been turned into stone who don't want to be saved, and will do anything to stop you?" -- P. [4] of cover.

"The roguish, yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's ... idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa ..., steals his ship the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's daughter, Elizabeth. ... In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner ... joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed...

Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...

"Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to new York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?-- p. [4] of cover.

"Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'-- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel-- are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare when the mysterious lab known as the 'School' turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. Now it's up to Max to organize a rescue, but...

In 1931, nine naughty children who received coal in their stockings travel from Pittsburgh to the North Pole to plead their case to Santa Claus.

A master dog-sledder, wartime hero, and world-renowned explorer recounts the story of his life in an upbeat, plainspoken style. And what a life it is! From his expeditions to Antarctica to his World War II service to his part in rescuing downed pilots in Greenland, Vaughan, at 89, has lived -- and is still living -- a life of adventure.

"Villains are flooding into Metro City, and it doesn't take a criminal mastermind to realize they're all after the same thing--Cat ninja! Plus Leon brings home a mystery egg that hatches into an excitable owlet named Hoot, confronting our hero with his biggest challenge yet: babysitting! When Cat ninja discovers Hoot's connection to the sudden wave of baddies, he'll need his paw-some family's help to save the baby owl, the city...and the future"--Back...

"For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is big and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad has been swallowed by a giant, planet-eating whale. With her father's life on the line,...