In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.

Poor Hermit Crab! He's outgrown his snug little shell and has to find a new home. And he does, with help from some friends who make the move less scary. Children facing change in their own lives will relate to Hermit Crab's story-and learn a lot about the fascinating world of marine life along the way. Hermit Crab's problem is that he keeps outgrowing things. When he outgrows his first shell-house, he's a bit scared. The next one he finds is big enough...

Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.

When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door, he and Mudge help calm her fears.

"From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are -- and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never...

Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.

When her mother breaks up with yet another boyfriend, Calliope meets Jinsong at her latest middle school, who becomes her friend despite her Tourette Syndrome and the embarrassment it can cause.

Set in turn-of-the-century Deep Valley, Minnesota, this is the first in the well-loved Betsy books first published in the 1940s. Before Tacy moved into the house across the street, there was no one on Hill Street who was Betsy's age. Now that has changed, and a great friendship evolves.

A story about a girl who lives in rural northeastern Saskatchewan. Her family is moving in the summer to Toronto and the girl's teacher helps her find a way to remember everything she loves about her home.

Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.