When his volatile father is picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars, seventeen-year-old Cal, an aspiring journalist, reluctantly moves from Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, and looks for a story to report, finding an ally (and crush) in Jeremy, the son of another astronaut.

From multiple perspectives, tells of a time capsule project and the middle schoolers who contribute, including future journalist Nora Tucker and newcomer Elidee Jones, whose brother is in the local prison.

Jenny writes an editorial for her fourth-grade classroom newspaper urging that her beloved cat, Munchkin, become the official school cat, despite his mischievous behavior before and during a Valentine's Day pet party.

Reporters for an experimental middle school's student newspaper face an ethical dilemma when they uncover a shocking secret about their eccentric principal that could tarnish the reputation of their beloved Kaboom Academy if revealed.

In the Paris apartment of the famous French intellectuals Celestine and Aristide Arosteguy, an astonishing discovery is made the grisly, butchered remains of Celestine, partially eaten. Her husband, sought by police for questioning, is nowhere to be found. Naomi Seberg, a young journalist, embarks upon a quest to uncover the truth of Celestines death and Aristides role in it. She travels to Tokyo to interview the suspected cannibal, while her boyfriend,...