A twelve-year-old boy and his dog become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.

As Tink Aaron-Martin writes an encyclopedia of her life, she also tells the story of the summer leading into her eighth-grade year.

"Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all?"--Provided...

Can a secret break up the friendship of five fourth-grade girls and prevent them from finishing an art project?

An eighth-grade girl with Asperger's syndrome tries to befriend her new neighbor, facing many challenges along the way.

The Carter family, known as the Animal Rescue Team, springs into action when an unknown animal digs a hole under the shed at the community garden, and the mailman keeps getting dive-bombed by crows when he tries to deliver the mail.

When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

Biracial twin sisters--one who presents as black and the other as white--are determined to put the ghosts of the past to rest and to uncover the truth behind their parents' murders in the Jim Crow South.

After breaking up, the colors must re-evaluate what it means to be a family.

Already so worried about the big second grade test that his stomach is upset, seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte, whose parents are African American, Meherrin Indian, and Hispanic, gets stuck on the question about race.