Most people in North America have a story in their family history of moving to a distant land.

A young boy who lives in the city with his grandmother has seen much, including people, buildings, subway cars, and more.

Lord Cat lives on Hunger Mountain, but he has never known deprivation of any kind.

Julia Marks is extremely short compared to other children in her middle school.

In the First World War, three soldiers who are part of a fictional Canadian platoon,

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Jade is a junior at an affluent, private, mostly white high school.

When young Viv moves to a new home along the South Carolina coast, she feels disoriented

The book is entitled Triangle, but it is square in shape. A coincidence?

In August 2015, Sura and her five children, along with their cat Kunkush, fled Iraq

Though children may be exposed to the Lord’s Prayer at home, school, and church,

When 10-year-old Obayda’s father loses his leg in a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan,

Back in 2011, Phil Vischer of VeggieTales fame produced the first in a 13-DVD series

One day, a policeman entered the school and told Sarah to leave and never return.

Fourth-grader Laney Grafton doesn’t quite fit in at her school.

Grandpa lives with Sophie and her parents.

Eleven-year-old Genie and his older brother Ernie are sent from their Brooklyn home to stay with their grandparents

On a southern Alabama farm, young John Lewis looks forward to the coming of spring

Written in the style of a picaresque novel—novels that “center on a protagonist who is not well born or aristocratic”

Eleven-year-old Jules and her 12-year-old sister, Sylvie, make up a game called “maybe”

Problems are a part of everyday life, whether you are a preschooler or a grown-up.

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese realizes that her family is “all broken and scattered every which way.