single-parent families

Fifth grade is tumultuous for Alice as she tries to help others through the many changes occurring at home and in school, including learning about sex when Rosalind gets her period and shares a book that explains what is happening.

Siblings James and Alice move to Yellowstone with their mother and encounter bison, prospectors, and the Bannock tribe while learning to protect each other and the environment against Billy "Bloody" Knuckles.

Professional chef Daisy and her teenage daughter Coco take the same flight to Paris as Andrew and his son Webb, and although Daisy scoffs at Andrew's flirtatious glances and note, the two single parents will meet again due to a relationship that began between their children after a luggage mix-up on the plane as well as an art exhibit that Andrew is working on and Daisy is catering.

A photography-loving fifteen-year-old and a Greek grocery clerk in Manhattan meet and help each other assert themselves with their parents.

Jared, Mallory, and Simon Grace challenge the ogre that has kidnapped their mother.

When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.

When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

Introduces how to prepare for faerie investigations and faerie world basics, then provides sections on 31 faerie species plus an addendum by Jared Grace.

Eighteen-year-old Barry competes in a non-sanctioned boxing match in hopes of helping his recently-widowed mother, unaware that his best friend and manager, Alby, has his own desperate need for a share of the purse that may put their friendship on the line.

Transports the reader to the world of competitive Scrabble as seen from the honest yet funny viewpoint of a boy who's searching for acceptance and for a place to call home.