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What do you get when you add up one middle school bully, two bank robbers, 57 puppy-mill dogs, 4,000 missing dollars, and five daring troublemakers led by the incomparable Riley Mack? One crazy caper! In this merry, mischievous romp, master storyteller Chris Grabenstein, the award-winning author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library, teams with a full-cast of audio talent to introduce Riley Mack, a one-of-a-kind 12-year-old hometown hero.

On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be bullied by older kids, so he makes his wish, "I don't want to grow up!" When his 12th birthday rolls around, he discovers his wish came true: he's still 11, and he's starting fifth grade (again). At first, this is the perfect life. Jackson is the smartest kid in his class, the best on his baseball team, and the star of the school band. But after a few years of being eleven, he realizes his life is passing him by.

Todo parece estar de cabeza desde que la mamá de J. J. decidió marcharse de casa rumbo a Chiapas… Papá trabaja todo el tiempo, su hermana Diana es una pesada y su hermanito Pancho no entiende nada. Para colmo, los han echado del departamento en el que vivían por falta de pago. Sin embargo...

El gran desenlace de la aventura de J. J. Sánchez, un relato sobre la importancia de la amistad, la justicia, el amor fraterno y el respeto a la naturaleza. Tras un largo y accidentado viaje, J. J. ha llegado a San Cristóbal… Recién desembarcado en tierra chiapaneca, y luego de hacerse...

Ana Ramos may not have a dog of her own, but she does get to walk her neighbor's adorable pug, Osito. One day, at the park, Osito befriends another pug, Pancake, whose owner just happens to be a cute new boy named Calvin. When Calvin assumes that Osito belongs to Ana, she doesn't correct him. No big deal, right?

Cecilia Murray has been wishing for a dog for as long as she can remember. And when a cute pug named Potato is brought in to Orphan Paws, the shelter where she volunteers, she knows he is the dog she's been waiting for. There's just one problem: Eric Chung - a popular, arrogant boy from school - adopts Potato first. What's worse, he hopes to train the little tater to become a show-dog superstar.

The best part of Kat's day is getting to walk her neighbor's irresistible pug, Meatball. So when her parents insist she start an extracurricular this year, she makes her own, by turning her hobby into a business: a dog-walking business, that is. She and her best friends, Taz and Lucy - as well as the cute new boy, Declan - try to get Four Paws Dog Walking into shape. But wrangling puppies and pleasing customers turns out to be harder than they thought! Can Kat keep taking care of the dogs she loves without hurting her friendships?

Emma's pug, Cupid, has a hidden talent: He is a master at matchmaking! Her pet seems to have a nose for spotting which two people belong together. With the big school dance coming up, Emma decides to use Cupid's powers to find her best friend, Hallie, a date. But as Emma tries to navigate crushes and secrets, she finds that things are a lot more complicated than they seem. And what if Cupid also has a surprising match in mind...for Emma herself?

When Sam comes home one day to find two mystery pugs left on her porch, she's sure it's destiny. She's always wanted a dog of her own, even though her parents say that their catering business keeps the family too busy for a pet - let alone two! But Sam has to take in the sweet, abandoned pups...at least until their real owners turn up. Only she's not quite prepared for how hard it is to wrangle two frisky dogs, especially when she sneaks them into the parties her parents cater.

Gemeinsam unaufhaltsam! Gabriels zweites Schuljahr in Crookhaven beginnt mit einer verblüffenden Entdeckung: tief unter dem See liegt ein vergessenes Labyrinth, das einst für die schwierigsten Schulprüfungen genutzt wurde. Längst wurde das Labyrinth stillgelegt - doch Penelope hat einen Hinweis darauf gefunden, dass sich dies wohl die Namenlosen zunutze gemacht haben! Gabriel und seine Bande folgen der Spur, die sie auf verschlungenen Wegen, voller Hindernisse, ins Zentrum des Labyrinths führt. Dort befindet sich etwas, das sie alle verzweifelt suchen.

In Gabriels drittem Schuljahr in Crookhaven ist es für ihn und seine Freunde noch wichtiger als je zuvor, an das Gute, die Freundschaft und an sich selbst ...