Sally Warner

Taken from eighteenth-century Finland by her father, teenager Eleni eventually finds a home in Scotland, receiving help along the way from brounies, fairies, and other creatures she has the ability to see and talk with.

When Alfie's neighbor, Hanni, gives Alfie a little gray kitten, she wants to take it home to be her pet, but must first prove to her family that her allergies to cats are gone.

Second grade has been going great. Alfie no longer has the jitters like four weeks ago, and she thinks that Mr. Havens, their boy teacher, isn't so bad at all. She even has her "group of three" friends, Arletty and Phoebe, although she thinks all the girls are her friends. Alfie just wants everything to freeze the way it is. But then Lulu, Alfie's best friend from the first grade, announces that she's having the best sleepover ever. It'll be so much...

When her parents separate, eleven-year-old Ivy must cope not only with their impending divorce but also with the unexpected impact it has on her relationship with her older sister.