When an orphan boy comes to live with her family, eleven-year-old Junehee begins to realize that the demands placed on Korean women can destroy their lives.

The Alden children solve a mystery and find long-lost treasure which belongs to an old Indian woman.

A tongue in cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, in which the four Willoughby children set out to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around the world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.

Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.

In the Melendy family adventures are inevitable. Best of all in the friendship with Mark Herron, which begins with a scrap-drive and comes to a grand climax on Oliver's birthday.