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When Amelia, still adjusting to life in her new neighborhood, finds out that her mother may be moving them again, she feels that her life can get no worse.

Abby invites the new girl in town, Hannah, on a week-long camping trip, but their new friendship is quickly strained by spending so much time with Abby's family.

Twelve-year-old Caddy's world turns upside down with the early arrival of a new baby, which leads her father, Bill, to temporarily become a stay-at-home "mom," at the same time that her best friends since kindergarten, Ali, Beth, and Ruby, begin to grow apart.

In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline becomes frustrated that her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are suddenly acting too grown up to enjoy winter fun with her, and her hurt feelings lead to dangerous decisions.

Sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, having been in an altercation with a driver who threw garbage at her, decides to change her life and become a crusader for the environment, but finds her new passion met by resistance from her family and friends and taking a dark turn.

The forbidden love between Callum, who is a member of the second class citizens the naughts, and Sephy, who belongs to the ruling elite called the cross, is tested when Sephy and her mother are nearly caught in a terrorist bombing and Callum's father is the prime suspect.

Olivia is uncomfortable during her first sleepover because her friend Ching Ching lives with both parents and three brothers in a large home, where the rules are very different from those in the apartment Olivia and her mother share.

Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little.

Other than their first names, Naomi Marie and Naomi Edith are sure they have nothing in common, and they wouldn't mind keeping it that way.

"The story of a girl who moves to a new town and meets an unforgettable family--one that will change her and her mother's lives forever"--Amazon.

Dealing with her mother remarrying to a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is told that she must help her elderly neighbor Iris Gillan, who is also getting ready to move to a nursing home.

". . . now that Naomi Marie's mom and Naomi E.'s dad are married, the girls have learned to do a lot of things together, like All-Family Sunday dinners, sixth-grade homework, navigating the subway system by themselves, and visiting their favorite bakeries.

"Lizzie St. Claire wants to be invisible. Forced to move out of her home, she and her mom now live in a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they can get back on their feet.

"Farida lives with her family in Khartoum, Sudan. For Farida the 1960s are a time of fun and adventure, from riding the train to a remote village by the remains of Nubian pyramids to seeing the twirling dancers of the Mawlid festival.

Publisher Annotation: Karen feels like an ugly duckling. She already has to wear glasses, and now her baby teeth are starting to come out, too.