Friedman, Laurie B.

Herman Rosenblat, sent to a Nazi work camp at the age of sixteen, had encounters with a local girl who brought him apples every day through the fence, and years after being released from the camp Herman meets a familiar looking older girl named Roma.

Mallory's two best friends' parents are getting married, and Mallory fears that she will become a third wheel when Mary Ann and Joey become stepbrother and stepsister.

After a difficult year, Mallory plans a month-long celebration of her ninth birthday in hopes that her next year will be wonderful.

After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.