"Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old...

The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

Cuando Germán Noble, un manipulador y poderoso empresario, se da cuenta que los haraganes de sus hijos: Javi, Bárbara y Charlie están tirando sus vidas por la borda, decide fingir la quiebra de su empresa para darles una lección, haciéndoles creer que todas sus propiedades fueron embargadas: los deja sin coches, celulares y tarjetas de crédito, los lleva a vivir a un vecindario pobre, los hace cambiarse de apellido y cortar contacto con todos...

An estranged son and his alcoholic father travel from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar sweepstakes prize.

Starting her junior year at an ultra-elite Boston school, sixteen-year-old Sara, hoping to join the popular crowd, hides that her father not only is the school janitor, but also has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

"It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong—but when he’s run down by bullies at his new...

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.