Eleven year old cousins Linny and Hilary find themselves transported back to their old Brooklyn neighborhood to a time just before Linny's mother died and Hilary's father left home.
Mortimer Brewster is appalled when he learns that his charming little old aunts have been poisoning their elderly gentlemen boarders in what they believe is an act of kindness, and burying them in the cellar with the help of another nephew who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt.
Halloween brings out the worst in fourth-grader Henry Wolowitz and his invisible, squash-eating friend Inkling, as Henry tries to go trick-or-treating while keeping Inkling from eating all the jack-o-lanterns.
Junie, Celia, and Danielle, three ethnically diverse high schoolers in Brooklyn, form a friendship while cooking dinners together and helping one another sort through their romantic entanglements.
In early twentieth century Brooklyn, Ruby endures many hardships including the flu epidemic, the death of family members, and even starvation, until her pitching talents open new opportunities in the changing world of sports for women.
Set in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II, and in the shadow of Ebbets Field, a young boy is confronted with an emotional tangle of choices that involve baseball, friendship, and family.
