juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues)

"Gertie is a girl on a mission to be the best fifth grader ever in order to show her estranged mother that Gertie doesn't need her--not one bit!"--Provided by publisher.

"Chu and his family are going to the beach! Chu is excited. He will get to play in the sand and wade in the water. But what will happen if Chu sneezes at the beach? And what will happen if he doesn't?"--Publisher.

"Introverted, daydream-prone Zoe is afraid her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one"--.

Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.

"With some help from her siblings and friends, Molly is able to face her OCD and be strong enough to get help for it"--.

"Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--.

"In this ode to all the things we gain and lose and gain again, seventeen-year-old Penelope Marx curates her own mini-museum to deal with all the heartbreaks of love, friendship, and growing up"--Provided by publisher.

Daniel has only two friends, is unusually tall, is picked on by teachers, and does not look like anyone else in his family, so when he learns his mom saved a newspaper clipping about a meteor that landed nearby on his birthday, he embraces his pretend alien heritage and launches a mission with his two friends to return to his home planet.

If her town is to be evacuated due to flooding, high school senior and class clown Keeley wants to cheer up her friends and pursue her big crush.

Finley Hart is sent to her grandparents' house for the summer, but her anxiety and overwhelmingly sad days continue until she escapes into her writings which soon turn mysteriously real and she realizes she must save this magical world in order to save herself.