Eleven-year-old Edgar and his mother move to Dawson, a town in Yukon, Canada, for a new start, but when Edgar fears his mother's destructive behavior will force them to leave, he turns to a dog named Benjamin to help him stop the worst from happening.
Shiels's prefectly organized world is rocked when Pyke, an interspecies transfer student, comes to her high school. Although he is utterly outside her comfortable, perfectly laid out plans, there's something about him she can't seem to stay away from. And Shiels find herself risking everything to discover who she truly is.
Sixteen-year-old Stan can think of nothing but making the junior varsity basketball team until he discovers Janine Igwash, and while his thoughts of jump shots are quickly replaced by images of Janine's spiky hair and the mysterious tattoo on her neck, the tension at home grows with his mom's new feckless boyfriend and his dad's sudden arrival with Stan's four-year-old half brother.
Young Owen Skye learns about death, life, and love through a series of misadventures with his older brother, Andy, his little brother, Leonard, and the beautiful, piano-playing Sylvia.
