"With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home"--

Katie agrees to be a buddy for the new girl in class even though her best friend Suzanne does not approve.

When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.

Middle-schooler Alma Lucas goes on a quest to return a fallen star to the sky, and along the way discovers friendship, magic, and the strength of her own soul.

Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.

When her parents suggest moving, Amelia Bedelia turns going to open houses and exploring new neighborhoods into an adventure.

When Ruby Moon Hayes, twelve, and her mother move to tiny Fortin, Vermont, Ruby is surprised to make friends at school and in the neighborhood, where a reclusive lady hides a huge secret.

When her mother uproots them again to another home and takes a job as housekeeper, ten-year-old Mavis is determined to find a best friend in Landry, Alabama, where the summer also holds the promise of friendship and change for a sad man, a stray dog, and a timid girl.

Violet is still grieving her mother's death when her father marries the meanest teacher at school, making her move to a new home, and when she finds a Christmas Wish List that her mother had written for her to complete, she works to honor her mother's wishes.