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When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator.

Four teenage girls from very different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club.

Best friends for eleven years, Holly, Savitri, and Holly's twin, Corey, are a unit, freerunning through Chicago as if they were superheroes until a random act of violence takes Corey's life and, as they tell in their separate voices, Holly seeks the murderer and revenge while Sav feels left behind.

Since moving to Chicago, seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman has been plagued by mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her best friend Webb.

When a car accident kills her best friend Jimmy, with whom she has shared everything from childhood escapades to breaking into the professional theater scene in Chicago, seventeen-year-old Morgan must find her own way of coping with his death.

Chicago high-school juniors Scottie, Amanda, Tay, and Bella, rely on their friendship and their shared passion for knitting to help them as they navigate their relationships with boys.

Mo Fitzgerald risked her life to stop an ancient prophecy and avenge her best friend's murder and now, she only wants to keep her loved ones safe but the magic--and the Chicago Mob--have other plans, Luc is back, asking for help, and a second chance, Colin, her strongest protector, is hiding a shocking secret, and inside Constance, the magic is about to go terribly wrong.

Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice, a life in Chicago with Colin, but as she tries to keep her magic and mortal lives separate, her father returns from prison and as the Seraphim regroup, war breaks out in both her worlds.

As the end of high school draws near, Chicago teenagers Scottie, Amanda, Bella, and Tay struggle through the stresses of college applications and service projects and wonder if their friendship will survive after graduation.

Third-grader Anna has had trouble making friends since her family moved from a small town in New York to Chicago, but a group project at school leads to new opportunities, including friendships, a club, and a garden she can work in, just like in her last home.

Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Samantha Henderson, eager to learn about life and to get away from her father's political campaigns and her stepmother, refuses to give up on her new boyfriend, "X," even after he proves to be trouble, damaging her friendships and introducing her to drugs.

Kaya, Anna, and Reed hope their pumpkin, Herbert, will take home first prize at the Windy City Pumpkin Fest, but when Herbert suddenly disappears, the friends must catch the thief in time for the festival.

Twelve-year-old Mar?ia Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Mal?u) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

When Anna learns that bees are in danger because of pesticide use, she tries to alert her neighbors and friends to the problem.

"When lights start flickering and temperatures suddenly drop, twelve-year-old Tessa Woodward, sensing her new house may be haunted, recruits some new friends to help her unravel the mystery of who or what is trying to communicate with her and why"--Provided by publisher.