Making wishes on snow, dandelions, and shooting stars is perfectly normal for Polly's family. But when Polly decides to try a different kind of wish, everything changes. Now she is spending her entire family vacation thinking she has lost her mind.Maybe Polly should have stuck with throwing a penny into a wishing well. While visiting Thomas Jefferson's home, she uses a nickel instead, silently wishing she knew interesting facts about President Jefferson to share with everyone on the trip. What happens next is something beyond Polly's imagination. In a matter of hours, Polly suddenly realizes that no one else in her group can hear the strange voices relaying fascinating historical facts. Unfortunately, her family thinks she is crazy. Could her wish really have come true? Or are the mysterious voices part of a clever practical joke?The Jefferson Wish is an entertaining tale that integrates little-known facts about one of our nation's founding fathers with the adventures of a girl about to find out what happens when a wish becomes reality.

The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue . . . When the Butterfly Club asks the time thieves to go to Paris and steal a little-known painting known as the Mona Lisa, Aidan can only think of one man who can make things disappear - Harry Houdini. The three children and Houdini travel to 1911 Paris where they face their most difficult mission yet. To add to the challenge they soon discover they are not the only ones planning to steal the Mona Lisa. A group of artists also seem intent on stealing the portrait, as it contains hidden clues to a much greater treasure, clues that were placed there in Renaissance times by the Mona Lisa's creator Leonardo Da Vinci himself.

Jake and his friends are excited to be at the Robot Games until their cyborg friend Henry starts acting stranger than usual. Is it his recent upgrade? Or is something sinister going on? Teachers' notes available here

Twenty stories from the plays of William Shakespeare (as well as a simple biography of his life) are retold in this volume, first published in 1907. Nesbit does a wonderful job of transforming these old classic plots into forms that can be understood and enjoyed by children.

Jason's sisters get all the attention-and cause him all sorts of trouble. His older sister, Tayleigh, once made a wish that got her suspended from the dance team, and then Jason had to move to a new middle school. His twin, Polly, also made a wish which almost ruined the family vacation when she started hearing and seeing Thomas Jefferson's ghost everywhere. Jason can't wait to get away for a bit, and lucky for him, he gets to go on a band trip to the happiest place on earth

Along with his big brother, Bryant, and his best friend, Scooter, Jason is headed to a special theme park in Florida. Away from his family, Jason will be free of drama and the strange magic that surrounds his sisters. But then he makes a mistake of his own: he wishes for the truly magical experience. Miraculously, he is given the Key to the Kingdom, and he befriends a young woman whose family helped develop the theme park.

Jason soon begins to realize that things are coming much too easily, and the wish comes back to haunt him. In a family filled with fulfilled fantasies, did he really think he would be any different? Jason remembers what his big sister said after her wish: "Be careful what you wish for." He and his friends must now figure out how to solve a mystery and make it safely home no worse for wear

That naggy voice in her head said, "Don't do it."but she did. She ran away from unloving, controlling parents. She switched places with another girl.

Now Chessie Bligh lives in an imaginary world, an invisible world, a fantasy world with magic spells. She's stumbled into a lost civilization.the world of elves.

Flying horses, murderous wraiths, levitating pyramid stones, gnomes, magical staffs, fantasy rooms, .these are just some of the awe inspiring things Chessie gets to see and experience.

But Chessie is unaware that the evil Elf Wizard Nictus lurks nearby. He tries to kidnap her and her puppy, Wuggbert. Nictus is intent upon conquering the lost kingdom to declare himself ruler. Chessie is the key to his success.

Follow Chessie's journey. Will she find parental love, a lost civilization, treasure, magical powers? As Chessie and Wuggbert venture down the trail she's about to discover
.a painful past
.a wondrous future
She's coming.the elf is coming.

In the Valley of King Goodness, the most beautiful place on earth, reign two kind royals, Elizabeth and Alexander. Having abundance yet no child of their own, their life seems incomplete. But soon the void is filled with not one but two children. Both children are torn apart by witchcraft and the forces of good and evil. The King must decide who will inherit the throne. Who will reign with justice and kindness? A tragic sacrifice must take place. Look into this enchanting story to find out if good will conquer evil as you travel through the lives of these timeless characters.