by Anica Mrose Rissi (2015)
Anna has looked forward to her class field trip to the zoo, but from the time they board the bus she is pulled between her long-time best friend, Sadie, and new best friend, Isabel, who argue about everything and want Anna to take sides.
Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Describes childrens' anxieties and intent to help when he learns his father has lost his job. It is a tool for parents to use to help allay the fears and anguish that a child perceives their parents suffer when one has lost his or her job.
Jeanette Ingold
Tess, a violin prodigy who has been playing since age three, throws away all her training and talent to start a new life with her father in Montana, where she realizes having a normal life isn't always so normal.
Betsy Byars
Disasters befall the Blossom family as Pap falls into a dumpster and can't get out, Junior tries desperately to make a success of his secret invention, and Vern dreads letting a new friend meet his unusual family.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Life is never quite the same again for eleven-year-old David after the arrival of his new stepsister, a student of the occult.