"Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink." --

When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

"Un misterio roedor naufraga en la Isal de los Ratones: se llama Pirat-Ruk y es un pirata prehistórico que anda tras la pista de un valisos tesors. Para Geronimo Stiltonut será el comienzo de una aventura superratónica que lo llevará a buscar el Tesoro Perdido de las Prehistorratas Piratas ..." -- "A mysterious rodent has been shipwrecked on Mouse Island. He's a prehistoric pirate, and he's searching for a lost Stone Age treasure! Geronimo Stiltonoot...

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

"Valerie's father owns a famous resort in the Florida Keys. Merissa works at the resort to fund her education. Valerie is a bit self-centered and does not treat the resort's employees with much respect. Then an unexpected storm strands Valerie and Merissa on a deserted island. Can they survive?"--Provided by publisher.