The document provides brief summaries of several books or stories, including a man who makes a deal to live forever after his friend's death in a plane crash, a book about keeping a family together that may terrify readers, a story about two brothers with a secret set in the Bronx, a nonfiction account of a 19-year old soldier's year of combat in Iraq, books by football player authors Tiki and Ronde Barber, an eighth grade football season complicated by a new science teacher coach, a homeschooled boy entering middle school and his adventures, and a story of a girl falling for someone or something named Cynda.