"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive...

In the first new Stella book in four years - in a series that has sold two million copies in ten languages - Stella introduces little brother Sam to the pleasures of reading. Sam is as busy and worried as ever, and Stella almost always has her nose in a book these days, but she finds time to help him out, while sharing her new pastime with contagious enthusiasm. Sam has gathered a wagonload of branches to build a doghouse for Fred, and he wonders...

Becoming sick of the endless hot weather in their Pasadena home, Jordan and Nicole Blake wish for a real winter and are delighted with an Alaskan family vacation, until they come face-to-face with the abominable snowman.

Fourteen-year-old Bo, a boat person from Vietnam, and his cub Bear set off on a journey through Toronto to save his severely disfigured sister from a travelling freak show.

Wanting to keep his sister safe from all the elements that could do her harm, like monsters and beasts, young Ben fearlessly takes on all the challenges of the day to complete his task and live up to his courageous reputation.

When Father comes home at the end of a sorely trying day, he finds all the family fighting and scolding after a sequence of events for which no one is willing to take the blame.

A girl tells her younger brother all of the rules he must follow in order to befriend a dragon.

Stripe's mischievous little sister leads him into prickly cactuses and a muddy swamp before he finally has to rescue her from a dangerously high tree limb.

At the beach, Pinkalicious and her brother help a tiny mermaid, a merminnie, to go back home.