families

Twelve-year-old Pearl Li tries to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her crocheted amigurumi dolls.

When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakastani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.

Sixteen-year-old Amy, her cousin Ben, and Teddy, longtime friends until the previous summer, must put aside their differences and confront truths that tie their families to tragedy when Teddy's sister disappears in River Run, Kentucky.

Follows a family's day at the beach with rhyming text and whimsical illustrations.

Stuck in summer school and grieving over her grandfather's death, everything seems to be falling apart for Lolo Weaver, so she hatches a plan to fix things by stealing back her grandfather's dog, whose new owner happens to be a new classmate from summer school.

"After a rocky first year, Anna's family have settled into life in California--their small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: their visas have expired. Anna's world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like 'undocumented' and 'inequality.' She longs to share the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life with a friend, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone. As Anna grapples with the complexities of being undocumented, the strain that it places on her family, and the loneliness of keeping it all to herself, she has to wonder--if America is the promised land, why does everything she's hoped for feel like a lie?"--From the publisher's web site.

Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.

Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.

"On their a cross-country camping trip, Greg Heffley and his family find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise and when the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffley's wonder if they can save their vacation--or if they're already in too deep"--OCLC.

"When an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley's family a chance to make big changes to their house, they soon discover that renovations may not be worth the effort"--OCLC.