After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.

When two ex-cons kidnap the wife of a wealthy developer for ransom, they soon discover they have a new partner with more lucrative ideas.

Bindi Irwin presents four of her wildlife adventures based on her real life experiences.

"Un libro esplendido de relatos acerca de México, ahora vistos con los ojos de la gran periodistas Cristina Pacheco. Esta mujer de letras y de una amplia cultura, tiene una gran influencia en el México contemporáneo. Y se lanza a narranos una serie de historias que describen a la perfección los sentimientos, pasiones y circunstancias de las personas que se ven obligadas a dejar su lugar de origen, para emprender la búsqueda y la aventura de buscar...

Eighteen short mystery stories by Faye Kellerman and collaborators.