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Lenth grew up in a lie. Apparently, there's more than five people in the world. Four brothers live their lives in an enclosed habitat as directed by the silent Rubberman above them. When they disobey, they get shocked. This is normal. It always has been. But when a brother dies, they learn of death. When he is replaced by someone new, they learn they are replaceable. When the ceiling above the ceiling cracks open, Lenth plans a journey beyond the known universe: A third floor. Up.

Introducing the second book in the The Enchanted Files! Told in diary entries and more, it's a new magical, modern-day comedy series by the master of funny fantasy and bestselling author of My Teacher is an Alien: Bruce Coville! Meet Gerald. Gerald is a griffin—a creature with the body of a...

Today is Halloween! Zoe seizes on the opportunity to prove to her mother how grown-up and responsible she is by chaperoning Mrs. Lee's niece on her trick-or-treat trip to the neighboring town alongside Harvey and Lassie. Zoe and Harvey are soon overwhelmed by the little girl's unpredictable behavior and soon lose track of her! Fortunately, Lassie is on hand to save the day.

While Harvey is on vacation in the Caribbean for the winter, Zoe has to help her father to secure the park before the arrival of a blizzard. When Zoe leaves the rangers' station to save a wolf-cub, she becomes trapped in the snow storm. Fortunately, Harvey is never far away and Lassie, as ever, is there to help.

It's Harvey's birthday and his mother offers him his maiden flight in a hot-air balloon. Of course, Harvey instantly thinks to invite Zoe along to share his dream-come-true! While Harvey is over the moon, Zoe is afraid and she shares her fear of flying with Lassie. She cannot however bring herself to confess her fear to Harvey and runs away just before take-off.

Now that Zoe and Harvey are old enough to take part in the Grand Mountain treasure hunt to celebrate the founding of the park, they are determined to win the race with Lassie's help. While Zoe shows her headstrong nature by turning down her mother's help, doubt soon sets in when her big rival, Samantha, somehow manages to stay one step ahead of our heroes on each challenge.

After Lassie helps a young horse-rider to control her unruly mustang, Zoe and Sarah take her in as the horse rests up. But when two brothers turn up in the valley in search of their stolen mustang -presumed culprit: a young girl- Zoe realizes it's her new-found friend, who has now suddenly disappeared. Lassie encourages Zoe to listen to her heart and our heroic trio sets off in search of the girl.

Olive and her father listen as Zoe relates how she and Lassie were trapped by a forest fire after Harvey had left them to seek help. While young Lassie demonstrated her extraordinary devotion to help the young Zoe from her predicament, our heroine once more demonstrates her mettle when Olive's puppy gets lost in the park and Zoe is called upon to find it.

Harvey enters a science competition and comes up against Samantha whose project has as its centerpiece a family diamond. When the diamond disappears, Lassie becomes the suspect. Fortunately her friends, and Harvey's ingenious invention, save the day!

Business at Mrs. Lee's store takes a hit when the hotel opens a new boutique. Zoe decides to enter the Park soapbox race emblazoned in the store's colors to help advertise Mrs. Lee's shop! But racing against her arch-rival Samantha, Zoe and Lassie have their work cut out for them to stay in the race.

Zoe, Harvey and Lassie try to stop Samantha and Nick exploring an old gold mine whose access has been re-opened following an earthquake. Zoe and Lassie end up trapped with Samantha at the bottom of the mine. Here Samantha confesses that she had come in search of a stolen statue to save her father's honor.

Zoe and Harvey set out to investigate theft from the park archaeological site. The pair soon finds themselves in big danger and Lassie is faced with a huge dilemma when she finds she cannot save both of them. Lassie has to use great cunning and aplomb to save the kids from their predicament while also putting a stop to the thefts.

Zoe decides to pursue the family tradition by winning the Park's legendary blueberry pie competition. To achieve this she has to bring a special personal touch to the family's award-winning recipe. But when Samantha arrives with the recipe by a top-chef in hand, Zoe begins to doubt she has the ability to find her own special twist to make her pie the best.

Thanks to Lassie, the children avoid a landslide on the hill overlooking the visitor center. Looking down they realize the building has been damaged. With the center now closed for safety reasons, Beth has no choice but to take new work away from the park. While Zoe and Harvey are crestfallen at the prospect of their separation, Lassie gives them hope.

Zoe's beloved aunt Kim is passing through the valley and surprises Zoe by taking her camping with Harvey and Lassie. On the way, Zoe insists they set up camp higher in the mountains to be closer to the stars. Kim acquiesces on the condition that the children take great care because the trail to the new destination can be perilous. After a night under the stars, Kim is bitten by a snake.

Graham has to take the helicopter out to search for a reckless snowboarder in danger and, because Graham has promised to spend the afternoon with his daughter, Zoe and Lassie set out with him. While the rescue mission is not what she expected of the afternoon, Zoe discovers her inner sense of duty, like a true ranger, when, alongside Lassie, they pull off the rescue together.

When Graham informs Sarah that the bat colony living in the gulch is behaving strangely, Zoe, Harvey and Lassie set out on a recon mission to find out why. Sarah also joins the kids and as they climb down into the depths of the gulch, Sarah has to face her biggest fear.

After Lassie wards off a dangerous wolf attack, Graham asks the kids to take care and avoid the park for the time being. But when Zoe, Harvey and Lassie discover an injured fox in her yard, she understands the fox has come seeking help. Zoe decides to follow the fox despite the danger.

It’s "Adopt-a-Puppy" day and Zoe and Harvey host Olive and her father who have come in search of a new family friend. But the puppy Olive falls for does not turn out to be as courageous and Lassie-like as her father would have liked. Zoe relives the first time she met her beloved dog, at the same time as her best friend Harvey, who had just arrived in the valley!

When Lassie spectacularly rescues a herd of escaped zebras, a circus director is so impressed by her performance that he insists that Lassie join his troupe. Naturally, he comes up against Zoe's refusal: Lassie is not a circus animal; she is a member of the family. When her beloved Lassie disappears, Zoe is convinced that the circus director is behind the disappearance.