Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair! Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.

Though best friends, Maggie and Chester must separate as she prefers to live in the North and he, the South.

Welcome to the club.... The Theta Ladies are the hottest new high school sorority, and Camille wants in! After seeing the girls perform a fantastic show at her school, Camille's dreaming of donning the pink satin T-shirt of the Thetas...and is beyond flattered when the sorority sisters actually acknowledge her existence. If only she could persuade her best friends -- Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel -- to join with her.... Is it worth the price of admission? Jasmine has always butted heads with Tori Young, the Theta Ladies president, and she wants no part of the exclusive sorority scene. Camille, Alexis, and Angel are excited to be pledging and are up for any challenge. When it is time to announce new members, Camille and Alexis are accepted and Angel's left out in the cold. Despite her disappointment, Angel encourages her friends to enjoy themselves. But when the real reason for Angel's rejection comes to light, Alexis and Camille must choose: Do they break their commitment to their newfound "sisters" to take a stand for their sister at heart?

When she learns that the most popular girl at school was just pretending to be her friend, Annie is upset until Plato, the buffalo, tells the story of a young Indian named Waukewa who is a true friend to an injured eagle.

Melissa and Sophie have been friends all their lives, but their friendship is put to the test while on vacation in Spain. When the gorgeous Paulo appears on the scene, Melissa drops Sophie like a hot potato. But things change when Sophie lends a little help to an old man and a small girl.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) pilots and students are shown how to manage progressively more demanding situations with this guide, so that accepting a little more crosswind, a little more turbulence, and a little less runway becomes second nature.