Hood, Ann

An old coin in The Treasure Chest transports twins Felix and Maisie to the island of St. Croix in 1772, where they meet seventeen-year-old Alexander Hamilton who is about to embark on a journey to New York.

Maya Lange, owner of the Red Thread Adoption Agency, guides six sets of prospective parents through the process of adopting Chinese children, and through the journey they confide to her while she confronts the loss of her infant daughter in a freak accident.

After her father leaves and marries the glamorous Ava Pomme, Madeline blames her mother for their difficult new life, but in spite of the twelve-year-old's efforts to achieve sainthood, it takes a summer trip to Italy to put her family into perspective.

Twelve-year-old twins Felix and Maisie choose to stay with their mother when their parents get divorced and move into the attic of a historic mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, where they discover a hidden room filled with secrets.