domestic fiction

Brewster Gaines loves making videos to post on YouTube, and his one goal in life is to make a video that gets a million views. He asks charismatic new kid Carly to star in a ten-second video, but things soon get out of hand when Carly's intimidating friend Rosa joins them. Brewster soon finds himself joining forces with four other young artists to produce a trailer for an epic fantasy film. As the kids try to finish the trailer on time, Brewster learns some important lessons about friendship, family, and going viral.

When her divorced mother--seeking to gain sole custody--asks her to compile a list of bad things her father does while she and her little sister, Bea, are staying with him, twelve-year-old Justine goes along with it, writing in her secret notebook. However, when the court case draws near, Justine finds herself writing a complete lie just to help her mother's case. Now Justine has to wonder about her mother's behavior, and her own, and must find the courage to tell the truth.

In the aftermath of World War I, two orphaned friends set off in a narrowboat from England as each hopes to find a missing part of themselves in France.

Seventeen-year-old Jess Morgan discovers her great-great-aunt's diaries, leading her on a quest to uncover whether Aunt Anna was actually a Romanov princess. Includes author's note.

Federico, who comes from a mixed-race family in Porto Alegre, Brazil, passes for white, while his brother has darker skin. Growing up, Federico receives privileges because of his skin color that his brother does not and he grapples with the inner angst this causes in his life. In 2016, Federico takes a job with a government agency overseeing the race-based quota system at universities, which some exploit through their black ancestry and others are denied access because of their light skin color. Through his experiences, Federico tries to make sense of the role prejudice and race have played in his life and in the world around him.

The upper-crust Casey family, Johnny, Ed, and Liam and their wives and children stay in touch through regular family celebrations, organized and fostered by Johnny's wife Jessie, who insists everyone is happy. When Ed's wife Cara suffers a concussion and begins compulsively sharing family secrets at a gathering, the Caseys' perfect facades begin to crumble and they're forced to face their realities.

Fifteen-year-old Miriam Horton, the daughter of a famous Baptist minister, joins her family on the road every year for a series of revival meetings that her father holds where he heals desperate people. One season Miriam sees an act of violence. When the family returns home, Miriam discovers she can heal as well--even though her father and the church say a woman isn't able to heal. Now Miriam must decide between her family, her religion, and her power that could save others but destroy her.

Eliza Naumann is used to being the unremarkable member of her family, but when she wins a series of spelling bees, her once distant family begins to lavish praise on her, bringing about surprising complications.

After altering the universe in order to help their families, best friends Sal and Gabi find themselves working together to fix the damage they have done.

Reta's happy life is torn apart when her eldest daughter drops out of school to sit on a street corner, silent but for the sign around her neck that reads "goodness" and as Reta searches to find what drove her daughter to such a desperate statement, she learns important lessons about love and hope.