The magic tree house is back with a message from Morgan le Fay telling Jack and Annie to seek out "The Gray Ghost" and listen to her story, and immediately they are whisked away to Nepal where they meet Tenzin, a climber who has recently lost his family, and who takes them up the mountain to meet a snow leopard and renew himself.

Ming, the daughter of Chinese immigrants in 1930s California, wants to be like other children at school and celebrate Christmas with a tree, but after her father takes her to see a wise old friend, she discovers a better way to honor her heritage.

Publisher Annotation: In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time-and a destroyed one can stop it completely. Seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows because his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is becoming a concern to his superiors. They assign...

Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.

As the fate of Sonande hangs on a single, horrifying choice, Princess Karina and Malik must decide between a power that could transform the world, or a love that could transform their lives.