Jake Drake sets out to save his reputation when a run of good luck at school draws the unwanted praise of his teachers, giving the other kids the idea that he is teacher's pet.

When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Danity Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast--too fast! Why? Because Jake is kind of smart, and he's not a tattletale, and he doesn't have a big brother to protect him ..."

When Annabel, who wants to be a famous actress someday, has a part in a real play, she finds she must cope with a big dog and an unruly audience member.

Nancy Drew and her classmates have the chance to submit their own fashion designs to a big-time competition, and the chance to model their designs in a fashion show. On a team with her best friends, George and Bess, Nancy comes up with some original clothing ideas and her team wins. But someone keeps trying to ruin the contest by stealing designs, hiding sample pieces, and tripping up the models. Can the clue crew find the culprit before the River...

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, twelve-year-old Union drummer boy Robert Henry Hendershot manages to sneak across the Rappahannock and capture a Rebel soldier, earning him an audience with President Lincoln.

Still searching for her true identity and a safe place for her beloved unicorns, Heart joins a group of gypsies and finds that her collection of threads have magically woven themselves into a bracelet.

To protect her gypsy friends, Heart and her unicorns leave them to continue their search for the place shown in Lord Dunraven's book whose symbols match those on Heart's foundling blanket.

When her beloved Moonsilver, the unicorn, is nearly killed by a hunter's arrow, Heart sneaks back into her village to get help from the healer, Ruth Oakes. Danger awaits and Heart must flee with Ruth's gift-a silver thread-to protect her and Moonsilver.

Heart is convinced that the old man from Castle Avamir can help her find her family, but the old man has been taken prisoner by Lord Dunraven.

While tension over slavery grows in Kansas Territory, causing the Underground Railroad to shut down, and Papa is away, hiding from a false arrest, Charlie and his family risk everything to hide a runaway slave girl in their cabin.