Relates seven cases in which the Hardy brothers use police technology to track down criminals. Details of these techniques and procedures are given in the last five chapters.

A story told through the eyes of a big brother shares how they have an important role to play to introduce new babies to the world.

When three billy goat brothers reach the bridge to the meadow, a slobbering troll blocks their path. The brothers are no fools -- but how do you trick a troll?

Roly Poly the polar bear never wanted a brother, but then little Monty arrives and Roly Poly has to adjust to his new sibling.

Continues the story that began with The Birchbark House, one Ojibwe family's journey through a hundred years of American history.

She's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, which is a talent some would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra is she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son. Once she arrives at the legendary stone...

In 1941 twelve-year-old Karl is proud to be a member of the Hitler Youth, but when his father is killed on the Eastern Front everything changes--his family moves to the country to live with his grandparents, he encounters a brutal Gestapo officer, and he begins to realize that his sixteen-year-old brother has joined a youth group who opposes the Nazis.

When a young mouse named Archie is jealous of his big brother Oliver's party gift bag, his mother suggests that Archie gather his own bag of treasures. But when Archie's bag is stolen by a magpie, both brothers discover that giving can be just as rewarding as receiving. Includes discussion points for parents and teachers.

After a family emergency sends twelve-year-old Will and five-year-old Jamie to Scotland, a "magic eye" book takes them and their cousin Nan on a journey through their family's violent history.

When Charlie's older brother Joe is called up in 1942, Charlie learns about the tedium and dangers of war through Joe's letters--and his brother's bravery in dealing with a spy as D-Day approaches, finally gives Charlie the strength to stand up to the local bully.