parent and child

When his parents yell, Quinn escapes in his "quiet ship," but, one day, the ship is broken and he must find a way to stop the fighting.

"Parents describe the breadth of their love for their children, including in soft sunlight and rain-drizzled night, by stars and firelight, and fall's red trees and winter's frost-etched breath"--OCLC.

Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes); naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something sinister is behind this particular game.

Even with her father as principal, Asa Andersen is certain that sixth grade will be perfect, until a new boy in school starts making fun of her name and the baby her mother is expecting is born prematurely.

Janie's parents move to the suburbs so she can go to a better school, but when she discovers that all the other students are richer than she is, she feels out of place--until she realizes that there are more important things than money.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.

An almost six-year-old girl listens as her mother and father describe her six previous birthday celebrations.

Marcy's father Arthur, and adventurer, disappears in Egypt, prompting a reluctant Marcy to follow in his footsteps. Standing before long in front of the Great Sphinx, Marcy must find a way to answer the Sphinx's riddle to free her father, trapped inside.

Gondra, a little dragon, celebrates her uniqueness while talking with her parents about differences between her father's homeland in the East, and her mother's in the West.

". . . now that Naomi Marie's mom and Naomi E.'s dad are married, the girls have learned to do a lot of things together, like All-Family Sunday dinners, sixth-grade homework, navigating the subway system by themselves, and visiting their favorite bakeries. Until sixth grade in a new school presents a whole new set of surprises and challenges"--Provided by publisher.