Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.

"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means" --

Snowflake is special; he's the only white gorilla in the world. Captured in 1966 in Equatorial Guinea and brought to live in the zoo in Barcelona, Spain where he became an instant celebrity. He is the zoo's main attraction, children love him, but the other gorillas don't see what's so charming about this weirdo being the center of attention and they give Snowflake a hard time. With the help of Ailur, a Buddhist black panther reincarnated into the...