families

A young girl with ambitions to be a writer tries to adjust to her widowed mother's remarriage.

Young Mary Elizabeth relates the humorous misadventures of her brother Louis and the other wacky members of her unpredictable, very odd family.

The adventures of Russell, his family, and friends, as he gets ready to celebrate his sixth birthday.

After moving to Virginia, Hallie is eager to start a new life. Her secret dream to be part of the popular crowd are dashed when kids make fun of her. When tragedy strikes, Hallie realizes what is truly important to her.

Ten episodes in the life of a nine-year-old boy growing up in Yonkers during the early 1940's.

Pearl Andreas dreams of going to college and becoming a doctor, but with mounting family problems and discovering shocking truths of her heritage, her dreams seem to be slipping away from her.

Examines the notion that American families in the 1950s exemplify the ideal kind of American family, arguing that there has never been a "golden age" of the family in America or elsewhere. Explore the definition of a family and the roles of each kind of member of a family.

Follows the lives and experiences of one family from the time of the Great Depression to the twenty-first century, centering around Myra Lamb, a young girl who has the extraordinary talent of connecting with animals and people around her.

Contains eleven short fiction stories in which author Maile Meloy explores the lives of characters caught between innocence and experience, fidelity and desire, and impulse and stability.

Fifteen-year-old Shiraz tries to imagine a life for herself beyond the limited expectations of family and peers in her working-class English neighborhood.