Ten-year-old Darby Bannister has difficulty adjusting to a new environment when she moves with her family from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta in the middle of World War II.
Bo copes with the pressures of moving from California to Wisconsin, keeping his grades up so that he can remain on the gymnastics team, and competing against a talented but temperamental teammate. Includes a glossary of gymnastics terms and information on competitive boys' gymnastics.
When ten-year-old Laura moves with her family to yet another new farm, Laura slowly begins to build connections to the place, to her family, and to herself.
Presents the adventures of Dorothy, the middle child, as she and her family move to a new house, she and her brother and sister go to a new school, visit their grandparents in Florida, and she makes a new friend.
When ten-year-old Jason moves from New York to Los Angeles, he finds himself telling wildly exaggerated stories about being a junior photojournalist and investigative reporter.
James's difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger.
While worrying that her mom is plotting to move the family from their Chicago home, thirteen-year-old Alexis also wonders about the mysterious young man who seems to be shadowing her and her friend.
After moving to his mother's small hometown in Vermont, twelve-year-old Riley must reconsider his feelings about war and heroes when he meets a man who refused to fight in Vietnam and makes a discovery about one of his own relatives.
At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team, makes new friends, and faces her guilt.
