With only his dog Scribble for companionship, a twelve-year-old boy mourns the death of his best friend and tries to understand the meaning of strange, otherworldly visitations from the likes of Sam Walton and Nat King Cole.

Home from Jenny House, Chelsea awaits a heart transplant and becomes best friends with Jillian, who is waiting for a heart and lung donor. When one heart becomes available, the two friends find that they are both candidates for the heart.

An all-American girl with Chinese ancestors and a new immigrant from China find little in common when they meet in their fourth grade classroom, but they are both missing their best friends and soon discover other connections.

Bunny Blue becomes very sad when he cannot find his grandmother, but, luckily, Bunny Blue's friends decide to help search.

The Sisterhood, a group of women who have banded together to right wrongs and bring bad guys to justice, enlists their friend, powerful attorney Lizzie Fox, to help when Lily Flowers, an infamous madam whose client list includes some of the country's wealthiest and most influential men, goes on the run from the law, fearing she will be sent to jail while her customers get to go free.

Senor C, an aging author, sets out to write his opinions on the changing world and draws the criticisms and ire of world leaders, ordinary citizens, and friends and family from around the world.

Three friends fall prey to the demands of the Well Witch when they trespass in her wishing well and steal some coins.

When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.

Julia, a Korean-American, and her friend Patrick learn about tolerance, friendship, and patience while working together on a project about silkworms.

The Little Angel of Friendship watches over Patricia, a nine-year-old deaf girl, as she moves from the family farm to the city and tries to make friends with hearing people.