Chester, a service dog, is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a ten-year-old boy with nonverbal autism, who initially challenges Chester by requiring a different kind of friendship.

When her mother's remarriage takes her family into a much wealthier neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Kristy finds herself surrounded by snobbish girls who compare clothes, make fun of the Baby-sitters Club, and insult her aging dog.

Depuis que Yannick est une vedette, ma vie est méga-bizarre! Il va me falloir beaucoup de patience pour ne pas virer folle... Quand je pense que c'est moi qui l'ai inscrit au concours. Quelle idée!!! C'est bientt Noël et la liste de cadeaux de Galli se résume à une seule chose: Guimauve, le bébé de son chien Mouffe. Mais, pour que son souhait se réalise, elle doit d'abord convaincre son père, qui trouve qu'un animal dans la maison, c'est...

Nothing in Zach Stewart's life has ever been as complicated as the sixth grade. Between preparing for the arrival of his new baby brother (otherwise known as "the little lizard") and keeping up with the baseball team, Zach is being pulled in more directions than he can handle. The only thing he really wants is to adopt a new puppy, but his parents keep insisting that the timing just isn't right. To Zach, it's looking more and more like this new baby...