First-grader Jessica, a big worrier, is especially afraid that she will make a mistake when she is reading in front of her class and parents on Reading Theater Day, but after lots of practice reading to her dog Wiggles, she performs perfectly.

After Judy obtains a mood ring, she tries to convince herself and her third-grade classmates that she can predict the future.

"Sara Crewe, ten years old, leads a delightful life. Her father, a British officer, provides her with all the comfort his wealth and charm allow. When he dies, a cold-hearted schoolmistress turns Sara into a drudge. How does she cope? Sara is unquenchable. Her father taught her that ever girl is a princess, rich or poor. That gift - along with grace, spirit and imagination - give her serenity and puts the fall from riches to rags in perspective."--Container....

Dante, a prisoner sent from fifteenth-century Italy into the present time as punishment, meets and falls in love with Abby, a high school senior who may be the only one who can save him.