juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues)

"The boy from "Building Our House" takes [readers] through a typically boisterous homeschooling day with his big family"--Provided by publisher.

Daniel has only two friends, is unusually tall, is picked on by teachers, and does not look like anyone else in his family, so when he learns his mom saved a newspaper clipping about a meteor that landed nearby on his birthday, he embraces his pretend alien heritage and launches a mission with his two friends to return to his home planet.

Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.

"Gertie is a girl on a mission to be the best fifth grader ever in order to show her estranged mother that Gertie doesn't need her--not one bit!"--Provided by publisher.

"When a baby sea lion's mother leaves him at the lighthouse, the lighthouse family enjoys caring for him until she returns"--.

"Chu and his family are going to the beach! Chu is excited. He will get to play in the sand and wade in the water. But what will happen if Chu sneezes at the beach? And what will happen if he doesn't?"--Publisher.

"Introverted, daydream-prone Zoe is afraid her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one"--.

Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.

"With some help from her siblings and friends, Molly is able to face her OCD and be strong enough to get help for it"--.

"Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--.