Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.

Shortly after he gets the perfect dog, Riley, 11-year-old William must fight for his dog's life after Riley is taken away because he chases and injures an elderly neighbor's old horse.

Hoping to attract the attention of a special boy before the Valentine's Day dance, Amy instead suffers public humiliation then, with the help of club members Morgan, Carlie, Emily, and Chelsea, she finds a way to show God's love to other lonely people.

When her mother's abusive ex-husband returns and Emily and her mother flee Oregon, Emily's friends in the 622 Harbor View Club pray for her and devise a rescue plan to ensure that Emily and her family return to Oregon.

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees

Morgan, Carlie, Amy, and Emily become friends when they join together to avoid a bully, and then undertake a project to clean up the shabby trailer park where they all live.

Fifteen-year-old Kara continues to experience hard work, danger, and excitement in the Oregon outdoors, and the exploration of her family's past, as she tries to use the wisdom God gave her.

In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."

Warlord cat Klawde continues to suffer in exile as Raj faces starting a new school, but a further complication arises when both are unexpectedly confronted by figures from their pasts.