Denzil is ready to run away from home because he thinks that his baby sister is receiving all the attention, until he discovers how proud he is to have a sister who is the most disgusting monster around.
When ten-year-old Adine's mother has a new baby, eccentric Aunt Irene comes to stay and shares Adine's bedroom--an event which requires a great deal of adjustment.
When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores.
During the summer after seventh grade, Cassie sees her close-knit family life in Bethany Beach, Delaware, changing drastically as her older sister has a baby, reveals the true nature of her husband, and announces the breakup of her marriage.
Having spent his fifteen years happily alone with his mother, Chip finds his familiar world threatened when she becomes pregnant, refuses to name the father, and confronts him with his own possessiveness.
Each of the barnyard animals takes a curious look at the strange-looking box with red wheels in the garden. Then suddenly whatever is inside the box moves.
