Joey has trouble accepting his new stepfather, but the constant love of his father, mother, and stepfather finally convince him that there is love enough to go around for everybody.
With the advice of her stepfather, eleven-year-old Katie takes on the job of feeding an abused junkyard dog and building it a doghouse for shelter during the hard winter.
Seventeen-year-old Richard discovers the incredible details of his stern and remote stepfather's hidden past when he is left a manuscript to read while his stepfather is away in Australia.
A thirteen-year-old and her recovering alcoholic stepfather forge an awkward father-daughter relationship as she embarks on a quest for popularity and romance and he struggles with the loss of his job.
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.
When his stepfather conspires to keep thirteen-year-old Peter at a mental institution, Peter begins to piece together secrets about his past with the help of his younger brother's strangely prophetic dreams.
Thirteen-year-old Layla Jay finds her interest in religion piqued by a handsome visiting preacher staying in her family's home, but when the preacher falls for her mother, Layla is forced to acknowledge her disappointment with God and her reckless mother.
Fourteen-year-old Cooper must face a monster trapped for two centuries in a well near his stepfather's Maine vineyard or risk everything that he holds dear, including his girlfriend, Megan.
