domestic fiction

Lily is chronically ill, but while her parents are welcoming a new baby she sneaks home from her grandmother's house and, aided by animal friends, combats the demons who have moved in.

Eleven-year-old Saba's greatest desire is to have a mobile phone like all of her friends at school. However, when she asks her mother for one, she refuses, saying she doesn't need one, leading Saba to embark on a campaign to change her mother's mind.

Saba's father Irakli takes him and his older brother Sandro away from the fighting in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia to safety in England. Now, two decades later, the men are haunted by the homeland and family they left behind. When Irakli returns to Georgia and then disappears, Saba sets out on a journey to retrace his father's steps and learn the truth about what happened.

A teenager named Saba worries about economic strife threatening her family.

Sal is excited to start first grade, but she's less than thrilled when she learns Griff, her best friend, is in the other first-grade classroom and has the most popular teacher. Then, a series of mishaps leads Sal to think everything about school is a diaster. With the help of her family, friends, and teacher, Sal learns how to adjust to all the new changes and finds a way to get back to feeling like her old self.

Bai Jian, abandoned by his mother, and moving around constantly with his unstable father, searches for a home and place to belong.

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people ... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

Camila tries out for a play and is disappointed not to get the leading role. However, she works hard with the cast and learns that she can still be a star.

Camila dreams of being a star and, after learning about children who break world records, decides she will do the same--but how? Includes glossary, glossary of Spanish words, activities, and discussion questions.

Ash has always known he was both a boy and intersex, which was never a problem until he developed a period that bled through his soccer uniform. Now, he's been kicked off the team and his mother is pressuring him to present as a female. With only his friend and crush Michelle for support, Ash knows he'll need to search outside of his family and school to find the help he needs.