Scipio, the “Thief Lord” who leads a gang of runaway children in Venice, rides a magic merry-go-round and becomes an adult.

Tristran Thorn learns he is the son of a Faerie princess and the rightful heir of Stormhold.

The Once-ler, who cut down all the Truffula trees, gives the last seed to the boy and tells him to plant it.

The army storms the vice president’s house, killing all the terrorists, and Roxane Coss is saved.

Twelve-year-old criminal genius Artemis Fowl wins his battle with the fairy police, LEPrecon, by escaping their time-stop and collecting a ton of fairy gold as ransom for Captain Holly Short.

Young adventurers Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley track down Jane Finn and the secret treaty she hid when the Lusitania sank.

Lettie Hempstock sacrifices herself to save the seven-year-old narrator from the hunger birds, and she is taken into the “ocean” at the end of the lane, the pond behind her farmhouse, to heal for many years.

Bryce Loski, who spent years avoiding Juli Baker, finally realizes how special she is.

Kate Mularkey dies of inflammatory breast cancer after reconciling with her estranged best friend, Tully Hart, whom she asks to look after her family.

Hazel, the leader of the Watership Down warren, grows old and sees a visitor, the Black Rabbit of Inlé’s messenger, who invites him to join his Owsla.