Abandoned by her father at a young age, half-Japanese, half-Italian middle schooler Amber Miyamoto must dream up a way for her and her sister to make it on their own while making friends at her new school.

The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

Melody's mother died shortly after Melody was born, and compared to the remarkable person her mother was according to her father's stories, 10-year-old Melody feels completely unremarkable, so when Melody discovers she'll be getting a new stepmother soon, the one birthday wish she has, to have a talk with her mother, may just result in her receiving the most important birthday gift of all.

Willa, a romantic girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cod's most popular wedding planner.

After her first day of middle school is ruined by a dress code violation, Margie Kelly begins to notice blatant sexism and decides to protest the school's gender inequality.

When her mother and younger sister are killed in a house fire, eleven-year-old Cara struggles to find a way to deal with her emotions and to reach out to her grieving father.

Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her father's opposition.

Charlotte faces new struggles with her father wanting to move again and her girl group arguing over a potential new member.

"While in a haunted Colorado hotel for her father's ghost-hunting television series, Karma Moon must battle her anxiety, interpret the signs of the universe, and get footage of a real ghost--you know, the usual"-- Provided by publisher.

Told from two viewpoints, STEM-oriented Sutton and imaginative, artistic Luis, ages nine and ten, must find some common ground when her father and his mother start dating seriously.