Ten-year-old AJ has always loved animals. She enjoys playing with her grandma's pets and the pets of her friends. Her greatest wish is to have a pet of her own. After she and her family watch a program about animals in shelters, she asks her parents for a pet. When they say no, she sets out to prove to them she is responsible enough to care for a pet.

Pepper, recently adopted by ten-year-old AJ and her family, is on her way to the veterinarian when her family is in an auto accident. AJ takes Pepper out of the car to check on her. Pepper is frightened by a dog, jumps out of AJ's arms and runs away. Follow AJ, her friends Cory, Su Li, and her parents as they look for Pepper.

AJ is going to camp for the first time. While she is packing her cousin calls and tells AJ there are weird things happening at camp. Lights and strange sounds are scaring the campers. There is a rumor a ghost may be in the Piney Woods around the camp. AJ doesn't believe in ghosts and deides to find out what is really in the woods.

Meet the Characters in the AJ Series