When her prim and proper grandmother shows up with a boisterous new husband, ten-year-old Molly and her mother really dislike him, but after a series of confrontations, they learn to see both him and themselves in a new light.
Barney the dog spends a busy Sunday with his grandparents and their animal neighbors, attending a church breakfast, playing bingo, and fighting a stubborn washing machine.
At the end of the school year, Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven to help their grandfather defend a hidden artifact of great power from the Society of the Evening Star.
After the death of their parents, Lisette and her brother Riley go to live with their grandparents in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia where they experience a series of adventures that bring new dimensions to their lives.
Raised by her grandparents, seventeen-year-old Jasmine, the result of a biracial one night stand, has never met her father but has a good relationship with her mother until she sees her mother's boyfriend kissing her best friend.
Inspired by his grandfather's last words and guided by a girl who believes they are saints, fourteen-year-old Archie sets out on a spiritual quest that takes him from southern Appalachia to the Cloisters Museum in New York City.