A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.

Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.

A family keeps forgetting the things they need to take to the beach.

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

When she cannot find her favorite stuffed toy, a young girl asks her mother, father, and older sister for help.

"When Brystal Evergreen stumbles across a secret section of the library, she discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and learns the impossible: She is a fairy capable of magic! But in the oppressive Southern Kingdom, women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so Brystal is swiftly convicted of her crimes and sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But with the help of the mysterious Madame...

A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.