Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons--who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children, although their precise location on the family tree is still a mystery--from their accursèd fate. Her...

"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies. As seasons pass, supplies run out, and fending for himself grows more desperate, Remy sets out on foot, unprepared for the...

Man-cub Mowgli lives in the jungle with his animal friends who have much to teach him about the ways of the world, so when a rainstorm arrives, he listens to Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther.

Mowgli is a boy who has been raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. When the wolves hear that the fierce man-hating tiger Shere Khan has returned, they decide to send Mowgli to a local "man tribe" for his own safety. With the help of Bagheera the wise panther and the happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, Mowgli meets and befriends many jungle animals as he makes his way to the village.

Deep in the African jungle, a mama gorilla names an orphaned baby boy "Tarzan" and adopts him as her own. Tarzan develops all the instincts and prowess of a jungle animal. But with the sudden appearance of Tarzan's own kind, two worlds are about to become one.

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border while earning a living as a chauffeur. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces

"A wild, nameless girl the townspeople call Wee Sister Strange roams through forests and marshes and bogs in search for a bedtime story"--

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, ignores the advice of his friends Bagheera and Baloo and goes off by himself in the jungle.

"With is a tale, full of unexpected twists and turns. What starts out as a suspenseful recounting of child abduction evolves into a story of Robin Kerr growing up in the wilds of the Ozarks, left to fend for herself on a remote, inaccessible mountain-top. Without 'human' company for a decade, forced to live off the land, Robin is never alone; her animal companions grow more numerous year by year, and the 'live ghost' of a young boy who once lived...