communal living

In the 1960s, seventeen-year-old Melinda leaves an abusive home for San Francisco, meets the charismatic Henry, and follows him to his desert commune where sex and drugs are free, but soon his "family" becomes violent against rich and powerful people and she is compelled to join in.

America's involvement in Vietnam adds to the seemingly constant arguing in the Vivante family, whose cousins are among a group of people who have dropped out to live in a commune in Arizona.

Story of a preteen girl named Saskia growing up in a commune in rural New York who after reading inspiring tales of adventure decides on incorporating some excitement into her own life by developing a new friendship and reuniting with her estranged father.

Discusses the philosophy, purpose, and organization of four communal societies-- the Shakers, the Rappites, the Perfectionists of the Oneida Community, and the Society of Brothers.

The language-loving inhabitants of a South Carolina island interpret the falling of the letter "Z" from a beloved monument as a divine warning not to use the letter any longer. But catastrophe is imminent when the other letters in the monument--which contains the entire alphabet--begin falling one by one.

When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.

The rise and fall of Arcadia, a hippy commune, and its lasting impact on Bit, a gifted young man.

Seventeen-year-old Charlie Selkirk's run of bad luck ends when he signs on as a gofer for award-winning photographer Tallasee Tynan and becomes involved in the search for a missing boy last seen at a local hippie commune-- a quest that is strangely linked to Charlie's own mother.