Faced with first love, his parents' troubled marriage, and his younger brother's failing health, a thirteen-year-old boy in 1942 Montana bonds with a lonely dog. Draws from the true story of Shep, a dog who in 1936 began a six-year vigil at a Fort Benton, Montana, train station, waiting for his deceased master's return.

"Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. He's a spirit, and he promises to bring Treasure's beloved father back to life if she'll do one terrible thing for him first. Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back. It's an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny,...

Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.