Upon her grandmother's death, seventeen-year-old Cat must move to New Orleans with her bipolar mother, where she is haunted by strangely familiar visitors who know more about her than they should.

Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, including Emily, who thinks she's a dog. Gran's house is about to be demolished, so anything goes, whether it's drawing maps on the walls or sawing off the knob at the bottom of the banister for a smoother ride. When Kip bashes through an old closet, he discovers the binder his late father kept as a teenager. He's bewildered by what he finds: puzzling lists, hair...

"When Archie's beloved grandpa is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Archie tries to slow the progression of his grandpa's memory loss through shared role-playing fantasies. But he has to face the reality of what he's losing"--

With loneliness as her closest companion, Mem feels as if there's a Beyondness calling for her...in the flickering of a candle, in the swift caress of the wind, in the swaying of the elm tree in the schoolyard. A year after her mother's mysterious disappearance, Mem finds her mother's hidden journal that repeatedly mentions a mystical place called the Kingdom of Jag. She then suspects Beyondness is in fact her mother calling for her to come find her....

"Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more. Lenny doesn't know what to do, but with a little help from grandpa's old friends, perhaps he can find a way to help him remember"--

Kiera and her grandmother have always been very close, so when Grandma's brain forgets how to remember and she must go to a nursing home, Kiera finds a new way to connect.