Lyle the crocodile experiences many changes in his life when his mother moves in with the Primm family and Mrs. Primm announces she is expecting a baby.
Momma describes the special people and surroundings of her childhood, in a place where the edge of town met the countryside, in a time when all the children at school were brown.
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
Thirteen-year-old Ricky Hernandez has a fast pitch and dreams of making the freshman baseball team, but he is poor and can't afford private lessons. Ricky's mother persuades their neighbor who played in the World Series to coach Ricky.