Main Characters
In The Eyes and the Impossible, this dog runs at impossible speeds and serves as an Eye of the park.
Johannes
Johannes roams this park, filled with decaying statues and overlooked beauty, considered a secret world by its animal inhabitants.
What is the park?
The orca calf in Orca Rescue! was found in waters far from her pod after losing these key family members.
What are her mother and pod?
Ruby Finley’s scientific mind gives her an advantage when confronting beings from this unknown place.
What is outer space?
Johannes’s journey teaches that even freedom-loving spirits must sometimes make this painful choice for the greater good.
What is sacrifice
In A Rover’s Story, this rover experiences human-like emotions while exploring Mars.
The Last Mapmaker voyage leads to the mysterious Sunderlands, rumored to hold this treasure connected to a famous myth.
What is the mapmaker's treasure
In The Eyes and the Impossible, Johannes relies on these two birds to send messages and gather distant news.
What are pigeons and seagulls?
In Finally Heard, Lina battles not only social pressures but also anxiety caused by this painful type of memory.
What are bullying memories?
Sadie Chu discovers during the Blackwood Arena battles that true leadership requires this balance of traits.
What are strategy and empathy?
In Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena, this sibling is more strategic and plans carefully.
Who is Clip
In The Ogress and the Orphans, the once-thriving town falls apart after suffering this major catastrophe.
What is a library fire
In Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion, Ruby realizes the strange insect's behavior defies the usual laws of this scientific discipline.
What is entomology?
Luz Véliz shifts her focus after her injury toward this creative new outlet.
What is computer coding/robotics?
Res, though created only for missions, discovers this unprogrammed emotion through his relationships with human engineers.
What is love?
In Shine On, Luz Véliz, this girl must find her new passion after a sports injury.
Who is Luz?
In Finally Heard, Lina struggles to adjust not just to a new school, but to a culture where this aspect of her identity feels invisible.
What is her Chinese American background?
In The Ogress and the Orphans, townspeople’s fear of this gentle being mirrors their larger problem: the loss of trust.
Who is the Ogress?
In A Duet for Home, June must find her voice — literally and emotionally — through this unexpected partnership.
What is a duet with Tyrell?
The Ogress and the Orphans reveals that when a community loses its library, it also loses this critical social element.
What is shared knowledge and compassion
In Muhammad Najem, War Reporter, Muhammad risks everything to document this country's civil war for the world.
What is Syria
The Last Hope in Hopetown is not just a refuge, but hides these types of supernatural beings among its citizens.
What are vampires?
Rescue teams studying Springer’s behavior had to monitor these two biological signs to determine her health.
What are breathing patterns and vocalizations?
In The Last Mapmaker, Sai's secret about her background involves hiding this shameful truth from the upper class.
What is her low social status (her father's criminality)?
Muhammad Najem’s story reminds readers that raising your voice against injustice often demands this quality even at a young age.
What is courage