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After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny become trapped in a cabin by an unexpected snowstorm, which turns into an even greater adventure when they help their neighbors, a baker and his family, recover an old family secret.

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Thirteen-year-old, clarinet-playing, Southern California surfer, Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch, comes from a complex family--her father is Jewish-Japanese, her mother is Cuban, and her parents are divorced--and when her grandfather Saul is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Yumi asks him to tell her his life story, which helps her to understand her own history and identity.

Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.

Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.

A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.

When their wealthy parents are killed in a fire, the three Baudelaire orphans, Klaus, Violet, and Sunny are sent to live with a distant relative, the evil Count Olaf.they soon find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Follows a day in the lives of two children and their families in Brazil, providing insights into the lifestyles, family interactions, foods, celebrations, schools, and other aspects of Brazilian culture.

During the Depression, an impoverished black Louisiana sharecropper is reduced to stealing food to feed his family, and is arrested. While he is in prison, his dutiful wife provides the family support and love.