Lynne Rae Perkins

Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.

"Alix and her older sister, Jools, have never been to the ocean. When their parents take them to spend a week by the shore, Alix is nervous about leaving home--but excited, too. At the beach, the sisters make friends, go exploring, and have adventures big and small"--

"Violet and Jobie, sibling mice accustomed to living comfortably in a human home, find themselves uprooted and must quickly adapt to an unfamiliar world"--

Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.

"When the world feels too big, loud, and busy, a young girl imagines a museum where she can organize little pieces of it and wonder about them." --

A boy and his dog learn about each other, go to school to learn more, then explore the world around them as they study science, geography and even foreign languages together.

Hoping for trees or a flower garden, Tiffany transplants and cares for some seedlings that she finds and is surprised by what they become.

It takes a visit to her aunt's house to make Janet appreciate her parents and their unusual way of looking at everything.

Recounts the life of John Chapman, the legendary Johnny Appleseed.