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Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school, he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth.

Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Javari will learn a lot about science—and also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's a local boy named Cricket—budding activist and occasional thief—who will show him a different side of the holler and blow his mind wide open.

For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family.

12-year-old Golden Maroni starts eighth grade determined to be master of his universe, but learns he can't control everything on the soccer field—in his friendships, and especially in facing his father's incurable disease.