The 9th book in the New York Times bestselling Villains series tells the tale of the rise and fall of the infamous pirate, Captain Hook--a boy who grew up. Before Peter Pan and Wendy. Before the Lost Boys. There was just a boy named James who wanted to get back to Neverland. As a baby, James Bartholomew fell out of his pram and was taken to Neverland. James is claimed by his parents just shy of seven days--after which he would have officially become...

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

Examines the life of Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, to find out her motivations behind abducting the princess and locking her in a tower to shield her from a cruel world.

No one said being a Padawan would be easy. But should it be this hard? Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi is newly apprenticed to his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, and can't help wondering if their pairing was a mistake. Obi-Wan excels at lightsaber duels, but Qui-Gon wants to focus on meditation. While other Padawans join their masters on exciting off-plant missions, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan stay put on Coruscant. Then Obi-Want discovers clues pointing to unfinished...