farm life

As she adds to the letter she is writing home, Rosie expresses her changing feelings about her visit to her grandfather's farm.

Twelve-year-olds Ruby and Simon have been growing apart since their parents moved them to a Wisconsin farm, but weird weather events that seem tied to Simon's emotions bring a stranger into their lives who introduces them to the Makers of Storms Society, strengthening the bond between the twins.

In 1940, tragedy forces Lou, her little brother Oz, and their invalid mother to move to the mountains of southwestern Virginia to live with their great-grandmother, but a courtroom battle could determine the fates of the entire family.

"Eben Holden, a homely retired man, is the hero of the story and he is the archetype of 'the wise old man.' He is practical, able, kind, unselfish, full of good humour and optimistic--everyone loves and trusts him. The story chronicles the flight of Eben Holden and young Bill from Vermont to Paradise Valley and his role in Bill's childhood and coming of age in the Brower household. It is also about the coursthip of Bill and Hope Brower."--back cover.

When fourteen-year-old Benita's wealthy family goes bankrupt as a result of the Depression, they go from their luxurious life in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to a primitive island, with the wild scheme of starting a coconut plantation.

When their father loses his job during the Great Depression, a brother and sister are forced to live with their hated cousins on a farm in North Dakota.

In 1816, sixteen-year-old Mary O'Shea accepts her married sister's invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world beyond her beloved family farm on Mackinac Island, Michigan.