Wendy is excited when she spots a cat charm in Mrs. Bast's booth, but Mrs. Bast refuses to sell it to her. She warns Wendy that it isn't a cat charm-- it's a werecat charm and it's dangerous. Wendy doesn't care, she grabs the charm, throws down some money, and runs. That night, at the stroke of midnight-- Wendy starts to change.

Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukoe-the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents,...

Sixteen-year-old Nor, who comes from a long line of witches, prefers to hide her ability to communicate with nature and lives in constant fear of the return of her abusive mother.

Posing as a royal to rob the nobles blind, seventeen-year-old Vanja Schmidt is thrilled by her luck until she crosses the wrong god and is cursed to turn into the jewels she covets unless she can pay back her debts--quickly.

Maxie embarks on a quest to collect five charms for her magic spell.

Twelve-year-old Korean American Emma uses her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend's parents together so they do not move away.

Eleven-year-old June must juggle friendship, first love, and the fallout from a newly discovered family secret involving the entire town--all while under a truth-telling spell.

A top-secret computer chip has been stolen from Rackham Industries and a mysterious charm bracelet is mailed to Nancy. And each charm represents a different crime. Can Nancy, with help from Bess and George, deal with River Heights' latest crime spree and her romantic crisis at the same time?

"Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried--what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they...