"It's been four months since Nicky Roth has seen his best friend and neighbor, Aaron Peterson. Aaron's father, a reclusive theme park designer, told the town that Aaron and his sister Mya are living with a relative far away, but Nicky can't seem to accept it. Plagued by terrifying nightmares of robotic mannequins, rotting theme parks, and a dark basement, Nicky teams up with his friends from school to find out what really happened to Aaron and Mya....

"When Piper Klein moves to her late father's hometown, Raven Brooks, she finds her situation a lot different from what she expected, and the town itself remarkably strange, and she wonders what Mr. Peterson has to do with it being that way."--

"Nicky Roth has always been a lonely kid. But that all changes when he and his family move to Raven Brooks and meets their neighbors, the Petersons. Nicky befriends the Petersons' son, Aaron, bonding over their talents for tinkering. Soon the boys are inseparable and using their skills to pull pranks on the townspeople"--Provided by English version publisher.

William Wong owns and operates a Chinese food restaurant. Follow William on a typical day, serving customers at the restaurant, cooking in the kitchen and playing baseball after work. William just got married! His new wife Cindy enjoys helping William serve customers at the restaurant.

Looks at a work day in the life of a police officer, including riding in a police car, giving traffic tickets, and making arrests.

Provides a history of the people of Mexico, from the Olmecs, the first to leave a record of their culture, to the natives and mestizos, those of mixed-blood, who live in the cities and rural areas today.

Presents Mexico's many festivals and holidays, which may be religious, national, local, or personal, and describes how they are celebrated.