Books in Hyperion Chapters series

Although Kate loves to dream about being a mermaid, she puts her dreams aside when her father, the lighthouse keeper, leaves the lighthouse and puts Kate in charge of steering the boats to safety by keeping the lighthouse lit throughout the night. Simultaneous.

Eleven-year-old Grace write to Abraham Lincoln advising him to grow a beard

Stanley's ice cream business suffers until he meets Zelmo, an alien whose spaceship crash-lands on earth.

A chance encounter with General George Washington in upstate New York during the Revolutionary War leads a young woman to volunteer for a dangerous mission involving the retrieval of valuable papers

Eight-year-old Judy tries to convince her parents and classmates that her brilliant guinea pig can do all the tricks which she says it can.

Regardless of what her family says, Alison is absolutely sure she wants a puppy for her birthday and reminds them over and over that is all she wants, but when her Grandpa brings her his gift, Alison decides that she is absolutely sure that all she ever wanted is the kitten he has brought. Simultaneous.

From ice cream to cookies to cakes, a collection of mouth-watering poems about kids' favorite desserts is presented, with treats from such authors as Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and Karla Kuskin. Simultaneous.

Lucy wants to impress Maya, the exotic new girl at school, so that she will choose Lucy to be her best friend

Dreaming of growing a set of wings so that she can fly, young Alison is unimpressed by gifts of a red cape, a balloon, an airplane ride, and a swing and retreats into her imagination. Simultaneous.

When Northerner Thaddeus Lowe lands his balloon in South Carolina at the beginning of the Civil War, a ten-year-old orphan helps him find a way to use the balloon to help the North

Provides the story of Wyn Mabie, the brave woman who was able to get past the British Army and reach Washington's Headquarters to deliver important American documents that could have changed the course of events of the Revolutionary War. Simultaneous.

When Thaddeus Lowe and his balloon fall from the sky, Ridley Jone's life was forever changed as he was asked to become Lowe's assistant and help launch the Balloon Corp for President Lincoln. Simultaneous.