Wandering lost in the depths of the Minnesota wilderness, Carl and his cousin stumble upon a shack and its mysterious inhabitant--a man who hides his mutilated face behind a mask--and form a unique bond with him

A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.

Things get out of hand when a stockbroker neighbor convinces a twelve-year-old boy to expand his summer lawn mowing business.

"When a sleazy reality television show takes over Ethan's arts academy, he and his friends concoct an artsy plan to take it down"--

Wanting to travel back a few years to a time when her mother almost moved to glamorous Hollywood, Ava Larsen is accidentally sent to 1891, where she struggles with the period's complete lack of digital technology.

In small-town Wicapi, Minnesota, in 1991, twelve-year-old Justin struggles to pick up the pieces of his life after the unexpected death of his father.

Contains two Betsy-Tacy stories, including "Betsy Was a Junior," in which Betsy, Tacy, and Tib have fun their junior year dating and participating in sorority activities; and "Betsy and Joe," in which Betsy's senior year in high school is complicated by Tony and Joe, who become rivals for her affection.

"Merry Christmas and Happy Ice Queen! Fourteen-year-old Josey and her ten-year-old, video-game-obsessed brother, Mason, live in Baudette, Minnesota, the Walleye Capital of the World. Their family owns and operates Baxter's Bait Shop, a town landmark. Every year before Christmas, Baudette hosts an ice-fishing tournament called the Ice Queen that draws thousands of anglers and generates a lot of money for local businesses. First place prize for catching...

When Kirsten's neighbor and friend, Erik Sandahl, disappears, everyone believes he is skipping out on the money he owes Uncle Olav, but Kirsten believes that something is terribly wrong and sets out to clear her friend's good name.