Starting the basketball season after their football championship, Ben McBain and his crew are challenged by newcomer Chase Braggs, whose point guard abilities outstrip Ben's and who attracts Lily's attention while Ben is busy practicing.

Merl the cat has a perfect home until the arrival of a puppy.

After a lonely scarecrow saves a small, scared crow that falls from midair, the pair forge an unlikely friendship that is tested by the changing of the seasons.

After her best friend moves to Paris, a devastated eleven-year-old Olivia Jones picks up the pieces of the summer as she befriends her cousins when they move into the neighborhood and they join a service club, making friendship bracelets at the local hospital.

Amy Flowers is upset when her friends get assigned to work at a community garden while she gets stuck teaching first graders about health with mean Fiona and annoying Preston, but she is confused when Fiona starts acting nice.

While Alison blames herself for a devastating car accident, her estranged husband fantasizes about Alison's best friend, Claire dreams of a different life in spite of a successful career, and Ben envies Alison's seemingly idyllic marriage.

A psychological thriller set in New York and at Oxford University follows a group of six students as they play an elaborate game of dares and consequences with tragic results.

Having seen what being left out is like, children convince their teacher to let them build a buddy bench so other kids will know who wants to play.

What will Cyril do when he discovers that his best friend is a rat and not another squirrel?

"Sixth-grader Wes Henderson sets out to save the Oaks, the neighborhood where he's lived his whole life, from being sold to a real estate developer"-- Provided by publisher.