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When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley.

When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.

Spurred on by his best friend, twelve-year-old Thomas uncovers two major family secrets: that he was adopted, and that his perfect-seeming family is part of an other-worldly organization.

Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd unexpectedly travels through time to the eighteenth century, and she must find out why her mother lied about her date of birth to hide her ability, research her history, and work with Gideon, another time traveler.

Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers.

Since learning she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, nothing has gone right for Gwen and she holds suspicions about both Count Saint-German and Gideon, but as she uncovers the Circle's secrets she finally learns her own destiny.

Thirteen-year-old Ellie misses curfew by going to a park with a boy she just met, gets caught lying to her father and stepmother, and is put in a dangerous situation in London by her two best friends.

During World War II, twelve-year-old Harry Tucker finds a suitcase he believes belongs to a German spy and does his best to keep his family safe and turn the spy in to British officials.

A family of men live together in a seedy house in North London. Into this slightly sinister atmosphere the eldest son brings his wife Ruth for a visit.

Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, friends since serving together in World War II, deal with the problems of love, lust, and the other challenges of raising their families in 1970s London.

Continues the adventures of the very small bear who becomes part of the Brown family of London.

Janet records her trials and tribulations in her diary, including how she finds a summer job, the changes in her mother and best friend as they fall in love, and how she approaches her own seventeenth birthday.

In 1816, sixteen-year-old Mary O'Shea accepts her married sister's invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world beyond her beloved family farm on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

A London baker's daughter rushes to Lisbon to search for her sweetheart who is fighting in the Peninsular War, leaving behind a distraught family that concocts a scheme to show their support of her action.