families

Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.

Three very busy families engage in such activities as school, soccer, piano playing, and cooking.

In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.

When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.

Describes the coming of age of Eugene Gant, his boyhood in North Carolina and his growing passion to experience life.

Julia's fifteenth year is filled with jealousy, forgiveness, first love, and artistic satisfaction, all against a background of loving support from her adored uncle, adopted grandmother, and other family members.

Jane Jones and her daughter, Rebecca, travel across the country after a devastating fight between Jane and her husband, Oliver, and, in the course of their journey, Jane and Rebecca both find a sense of hope and fulfillment while Oliver begins to see the world through his wife's eyes as he sets out in search of his family.