mother-daughter relationship

Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.

When Katie's mother feels unwell on the day before Mother's Day, Katie wants to do everything she can think of to help her mother get well--but she forgot to get a present.

While spending the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home in Maine, thirteen-year-old Ali stumbles upon the secret to the childhood tragedy that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.

Mary Addison has spent the last six years of her life locked up in juvenile detention, convicted of killing a white baby who was left in the care of Mary's mother. Now fifteen, the African American teen finds herself pregnant and at risk of having her own child taken away. Desperate to keep her baby, Mary makes a startling confession--she did not kill the baby in her mother's care. But with a conviction hanging over her head, it might be hard to convince anyone she's telling the truth.

Maisie can't wait to attend her first fancon and hopefully meet her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like her. She soon meets Ollie, a cute volunteer working the con who is just as nerdy as she is, and the two embark on a whirlwind one-day romance.

Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her brother Caleb helps her sort out her feelings and understand that Sarah will always love her.

Ten-year-old Julia and her family are spending their summer on the Shetland island of Unst, where her father has been hired to automate an old lighthouse. Julia's mother is a marine biologist and she hopes to spend the time finding and studying the elusive Greenland shark, a species that can live up to 400 years, but that has only been seen a few times. As her mother returns empty-handed each day and her grant applications rejected, Julia sees her fall into despair and begins to worry. When her mother's behavior takes a turn for the worse, Julia takes drastic action to find the shark on her own and places herself in grave danger.

A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.

When her mami meets someone new, Juana worries that everything will change.

"Ships are disappearing in Trolberg Bay, and our favorite blue-haired adventurer, Hilda, is on the case. With the Wood Man and Frida by her side she sets out to find out what kind of creatures could be causing all this havoc. Speaking of creatures, why are animals fleeing to the old windmill? Hilda must solve both mysteries to save the town from danger!"--Back cover.