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A collection of travel and adventure essays from a National Book Award-winning writer and former war journalist describes his experiences surfing, his obsession with fishing dorado in the rivers of South America and the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique.

When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the werelion Prince Lucas, Drew and his friends embark on a perilous chase to stop the prince from fleeing with her, but as they encounter terrifying new werelords, Drew must summon all his courage and strength to defeat the creatures.

Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...

Danny Dragonbreath doesn't just have a cold. He is cold. His fire has gone out! And that's super-dangerous for a fire-breathing dragon like Danny. So, following a tip from his great-grandfather, Danny and his trusty friends Wendell and Christiana head to the farthest north to find the magical ingredient that will reignite his fire. On the way, the gang faces an extremely windy bridge, killer ice worms, and one very confused baby phoenix.

When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow "familiars," a know-it-all blue jay and bumbling tree frog, must save the kingdom after the evil queen of Vastia kidnaps Jack and two other wizards.

Nate and his friends think the new Arcadeland, where tickets can earn jets, tanks, subs, and racecars, is totally cool, until they learn that the arcade owner is hiding a secret.

"When a sock gets tired of his same old routine, he escapes from his drawer one night, hoping to get to a place where everything is new and exciting"-- Provided by publisher.

Dreams and memory intertwine as a man grieving his father's death leads an unlikely crew in search of freedom in the mountains of Montana.

"Ximena Reale has spent most of her life training at La Academia to join the Cazadores, seafaring hunters who track down pirates. But her future is uncertain, thanks to her parents' questionable reputation. They were traitorous pirates, and though they were executed when Ximena and her sister were young, they permanently damaged the Reale name in the eyes of the Luzan Empire. Ability alone won't make Ximena a Cazadoro--or earn her the coveted Cazadoro...

Danny's mother has disappeared into a fairy ring growing in her backyard vegetable garden, and Danny and his friends, Wendell and Christiana, must go to Faerie to try to save her.