"More than anything, ten-year-old Weezie wants to please her momma. She babysits her spoiled half-sister, Ruth Ann, and little Jackson. She makes tea for Momma in Gramma Emmeline's beautiful teapot. She even tries to cook dinner. But nothing turns out quite right. And Momma is never pleased. Hard times and a daddy who ran off before she was born seem to have stolen all of Momma's love. If only Weezie could find her daddy, she's sure her life would...

Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas.

Four stories about Amanda and Oliver Pig and their parents, who go outside to play after a big snowstorm.

A 17-year-old minister's daughter who feels her world is crashing down suffers an emotional breakdown which eventually forces her to make some difficult decisions.