Thirteen-year-old Nyle learns about relationships and death when fifteen-year-old Ezra, who was exposed to radiation leaked from a nearby nuclear plant, comes to stay at her grandmother's Vermont farmhouse.

A young boy recounts his efforts to adjust to the accidental death of his best friend.

The Fieldmouse children find a way to make new friends when they move to a new house.

When his best friend Robbie starts acting strange and hanging around older boys, ten-year-old Jeremy spends more and more time next door with old Mr. Applebaum, whose ability to fix anything has filled his garage and yard with amazing junk.

Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.

Sad because her best friend, Annie Bananie, is moving away, a little girl remembers all the fun they had together.

In helping his new friend and classmate Marla solve her problems with her unpleasant home life, eleven-year-old Willie finds a greater acceptance of his perfectionist father.

Two boys make up a series of treasure hunts for each other , with disastrous and hilarious results.

"The illuminating journey of a very special mouse, and the unexpected friendships he makes along the way"--

Her third grade year is a sad time for Amber, because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.