family

Jesse is unhappy about traveling to the Philppines for his grandmother's funeral, mainly because he had something in common with scary old Lola--he can see dead people and other scary things nobody else can see. Being in her house and attending her funeral are going to make that hard to ignore.

A young boy starts a new life after his father's death.

A shipwrecked family learns to live off the natural vegetation on their island and refuses to leave when a ship arrives to take them home.

Julia's fifteenth year is filled with jealousy, forgiveness, first love, and artistic satisfaction, all against a background of loving support from her adored uncle, adopted grandmother, and other family members.

A collection of jokes about members of the family.

Seventeen-year-old Juan Guillermo feels aloof from the rest of his family, until he spends time with his grandmother, a landowner in rural Colombia, is caught up in the fighting between the guerillas and the army, and comes to realize the importance of family ties.

Jane Jones and her daughter, Rebecca, travel across the country after a devastating fight between Jane and her husband, Oliver, and, in the course of their journey, Jane and Rebecca both find a sense of hope and fulfillment while Oliver begins to see the world through his wife's eyes as he sets out in search of his family.