As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Witting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather.

"Thirty years after their disappearance, the previously frozen Willoughbys have thawed out and returned from the Alps, to the consternation of their children and grandchildren"--Title verso page.

Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby - and the house is in chaos.

I was invited to sleep at Reggie's house. Was I Happy! And with an agenda for the evening that includes a special showing of the junk collection, a wrestling match, a pillow fight, magic tricks, checkers, dominoes, a magnifying glass, and ghost stories, who wouldn't be excited? In the end and in an entirely unexpected way, however, the night proves a happier one than even Ira imagined. One of the most welcome of all experiences is finding out that...

Caleb and Anna, captivated by the mail-order bride their father has invited to come live with them in their prairie home, hope that she will stay. Presented in large-print format.

Most people in Willow Hill think Darya is the prickliest of the Blok sisters. What they don't realize is that on the inside, Darya is soft and gooey from feeling everything, all the time. When Darya turns thirteen, the goo gets stickier -- and as Darya's Wishing Day approaches, all she wants is to forget the silly tradition ever existed. Except... she can't. Ten years ago, a wish made by Darya's mother splintered their family into pieces. Last year,...

Two cousins decide to escape the house while waiting for turkey time, and have to traverse the "Hall of Aunts" and pass the teenage video game-playing "Zombies" in the dark basement before they reach their destination-- the swing set outside.

Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it?

Lenny follows Olivia for a school project and learns about her life with her stepfamily.

After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big, comfortable chair that all three of them can enjoy. -Taken from back cover.