Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister spending a year in England, use clues in their ancestor Sherlock Holmes' casebook as they try to solve the mystery of a monster threatening a peaceful country village where a documentary film is being made.

Seventh grader Oliver, a Civil War buff and weekend reenactor, is partnered with two misfits---Ella, who is on the verge of failing all her classes, and Kevin, who is Oliver's lunch companion. Together they are tasked to create a documentary about the wartime experience of a Civil War contemporary. But while they conduct research in local historical societies, collaborate on a script, and edit the film, they both discover unexpected secrets about...

The school year is almost over and it is time for Westside Middle School's annual camping trip, something that Trevor Jones would desperately like to get out of as he is terrified at the prospect of coyotes, bears, dining halls, and eighth graders--and his cabin is supposed to be haunted.

Chronicles the race for seventh-grade class president at Westside Middle School as suddenly-popular documentary-film subject Trevor Jones faces his best friend Libby Gardner and Cindy Applegate, the official school gossip.