Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels disrespected because she is the youngest in the family.
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimul…
Ten-year-old Andy tries to deal with her parents' divorce and the presence of stepparents, stepsisters, and stepbrothers.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions wh…
Mona is miserable. Her family consists of Sister Figg Newton; Truman, the human pretzel; Aunt Gracie Jo, the dog catcher; and her son, Fido the Second. The only person Mona likes is her Uncle Flore…
High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.
Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Pony…
Families -- New England -- Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction. Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Shipwreck survival -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Islands -- Juvenile fiction.