Nita's mother hunts monsters and, after Nita dissects and packages them, sells them online, but when Nita follows her conscience to help a live monster escape, she is sold on the black market in his place.--

Holly and her mother, Nellie, pick berries all summer in order to make enough money so that Holly can get a coat to wear to school in the winter.

When a young girl's fish-wrestling, spider-wrangling mom becomes an illness-fighting mom, they explore together what it means to be strong, brave, and fierce.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

"Seventeen-year-old Mira Fuller-Jensen was adopted by her moms at birth. All she knows about her biological mother is that she was a high-school student from India who went back to India after giving birth. Although Mira loves her moms, she's always felt like a misfit in her mostly white community. That starts to change when Nikhil Verma transfers to her school from Mumbai. They become fast friends and he helps Mira connect to her heritage through...

Sisters Beck and Avery travel to an isolated Arizona town to investigate its connection to their mother's death, but uncover more than they anticipated. Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigative reporter. She finds herself unable to stop herself from slipping into memories of happier days, clamoring for a time when things were normal. So when a mysterious letter in her mother's handwriting...

When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.

Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.

"Margot doesn't know anything about her family, beyond her quiet life with her mother. But she wants more and when she finds a clue that leads her to a town called Phalene, she leaves to investigate. Only Phalene and her family history are full of secrets, some that may prove more dangerous and deadly than Margot ever could have bargained for"--

Eliza finds a special stone on the beach and, certain it is an egg, brings it home but even after a stone bird hatches, her mother is sure Eliza is mistaken.