After Astrid tells her father that she wants to be an astronaut, he tells her of all the things that astronauts have to do.

Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

When Lucy insists she does not need a nap before accompanying her dad on errands she discovers that she is more tired than she realizes.

When Alice agreed to appear in a reality cooking show with her father, she had no idea she'd find new friends that would help her run down a saboteur before the entire competition is ruined, all the while tackling some of the hardest cooking challenges of her life.

Hannah asks for a gorilla for her birthday, and her wish comes true in a special and unusual way.

"Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive until she can earn enough money to run away. One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch--a task her father takes very seriously. It's a cold, lonely task, and a few times, Alva...

When her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Molly moves from Indiana to California, to live with her newly discovered father, a Hollywood megastar, and his pampered teenaged daughter.

Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.

After passing a crash course at the Academy Absconditi, a boarding school for future assassins, spies, and strategists, November puts her newfound skills to work as she searches for her missing father.