Learning American Sign Language from young Matt Braddock, the club's newest charge, Jessi is swept up in local efforts to introduce sign language to the many interested children and prepares a special surprise for Matt. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a...

After breaking up with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Rowena takes an out-of-town summer job at a Renaissance fair, but romantic entanglements soon follow.

To keep busy during the summer, Brother and Sister Bear go to work for Farmer Ben, who promises to pay them what he earns for one corner of his corn crop at the end of the season.

Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband. But the passing weeks bring complications and...

Instead of the relaxing summer she expected, Katy and her "worldly" friend Shelby wind up helping at Aunt Rebecca's store while she undergoes treatment for cancer, and Katy's personal life is complicated by a boy who comes to visit.

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the final girl at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly...