responsibility

When fourteen-year-old Annie buys a horse at an auction of mustangs she is thrilled to finally have a horse of her own at Colorado's Top Tier Stable, where she volunteers in exchange for riding lessons--but then someone sets the barn on fire, and Annie struggles to save the horses boarded there, and find out who is responsible.

Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.

When the principal is away for a weekend, Hank is picked to take care of his pet frog, and when it escapes Hank struggles to prove he is responsible.

Star has moved his herd of refugee pegasi to the coast to escape the Mountain Herd and the bitter memories of the past, and as head stallion it is up to him to protect and lead them--but the freezing storms of winter are coming, old enemies are seeking revenge, and an ancient adversary has awoken from sleep.

When Poppy's parents finally let her adopt a puppy from the shelter, Poppy discovers that there is a lot of responsibility and work involved in a puppy, but fortunately her best friend, Millie, is there to help.

The lion king's Timon and Pumbaa show students how to identify and practice good character traits such as honesty, kindness and responsibility.

Twelve-year-old Todd Butroche has been rather distracted by a girl in middle school and other concerns, and the Toddlians, the tiny civilization created by his benevolent grossness, are convinced that he is angry with them--especially when they are confronted with a vile red thing (a moldy apple) and its horrifying inhabitant (a worm).

A child denies the blame for a number of mischievous adventures around the house and the yard.

Kameeka yearns to continue her hula hooping competition with her rival, Jamara, rather than help prepare for Miz Adeline's birthday party, and "the itch" almost ruins the party before the girls learn who the real winner is.