Search

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters; and includes a short essay comparing Austen's Elizabeth and Mr.

Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding if she wants to put down roots and find true love.

When Tita is prohibited from marrying Pedro, he marries Tita's older sister, Rosaura, instead and Tita is crushed.

The summer camping trip the Austins take when Vicky is fourteen years old is an eventful one, thanks to Zachary and Andy, two completely different boys she meets on the trip.

After the Earth Shaker, a massive quake that left her home city of Los Angeles destroyed in all but name, Pen sets out into a wasted, post-apocalyptic Earth, guided by only a batted copy of Homer's "Odyssey.

When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.

Dawn is crushed by the disappearance of Michael Sutton and his betrayal of their love.

A girl gives thanks for her family's love, caring, and kindness, and likens each family member's hands to a symbolically significant flower or tree.