Sammy the squirrel dreams of being a pirate, so when he finds a treasure map he sets out on an adventure to find the treasure.

Inspired by her report on a female pirate, and challenged by a boy in her class, Kylie Jean and her friends decide to form a pirate gang, complete with costumes, a secret hideout, and buried treasure--but when the treasure disappears Kylie makes an important discovery about the local haunted house.

While preparing for a unit on storytelling, the mermaids of Trident Academy learn of a legendary pirate treasure in their own city and Pearl decides to find it, despite a warning that it's guarded by a ghost.

"After Howell Davis sails off with his treasure (and Phoebe's phone!), the kids reveal the trickster's plan to the crew of the Ranger. They meet Captain Calico Jack, but despite Max's warnings, Phoebe angers the captain. She has to figure out how to avoid walking the plank, or else she'll be fed to the fish." --

Young Mildred Hubble, an apprentice witch with a reputation for being the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, smuggles her cat Tabby on a class trip to Gloomy Cove with unexpected results.

"Phoebe has never encountered a pirate like Anne Bonny. First, she saves the girl from walking the plank. Then, she helps save Calico Jack's ship. But now, she's in charge of the ship while the captain's away and is giving Phoebe orders. Phoebe feels like she is out of control, but as she works, she gains confidence in her pirate skills. That is if she can keep her cool with Anne Bonny's latest plan to steal back her rubies." --

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

"The Kidd children--including twelve-year-old twins Rebecca and Bickford--follow mysterious clues that take them from China to Germany, in the hopes of finding their missing father and the treasure that will finally free their kidnapped mother"--

Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town by giving tours and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery. She is waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors, but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.

Carlos and his friends must uncover who is sending death threats to a wealthy eccentric or Carlos' mother may lose her business, and the reader decides which clues they will follow.--Provided by Publisher.