When the Tap-Out, a lengthy California drought, escalates to catastrophic proportions, Alyssa's quiet suburban street turns into a war zone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.

Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God. Annotation: Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God.

Axi Moore, sixteen, is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone that what she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson, seventeen, who she met on a cancer ward, and also happens to be madly in love with. When Axi impulsively invites Robinson to come with her on an unplanned cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life....

Young army vet Michelle Sanderson returns to Blackberry Island Inn, the home she left long ago, to claim her inheritance and recuperate. But she finds Carly Williams, her former best friend, running the inn and the business on the verge of financial collapse. To save the inn, the two women must put aside their feelings and work together, but can they overcome the betrayal that has come between them?

Meet Whitney, Taylor, and Charisse, three women who have been best friends since high school. However, this devoted troika is about to discover a wave of unexpected troubles.--Cover p.[2].

George, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn...

After high school juniors Spencer, Emily, Hanna, and Aria think they have seen Ali, their missing and presumed dead friend, they pursue clues from a mysterious stalker, trying to find out if she is still alive.

Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer Danielle's success is due to the puff pieces she churns out. Freelance critic Julius can barely make ends meet. Into this mix comes Bootie, Marina's college dropout cousin, who is just the catalyst the three friends...

As punishment for stealing a goat, Tara Brennan's parents send her to the sleepy little town of Willow Falls to stay with relatives. Due to another bad idea, Tara finds herself beholden to Angelina D'Angelo. If Tara can't collect thirteen mysterious objects for the old woman before she turns thirteen, the consequences will be bad. But Tara's friends are there to help, even when their adventures take them to places they never thought they'd find.

The happily married owner of two successful boutiques, Jade longs to begin a family. But when she discovers that her husband has an illegitimate son and wants her to help raise him, Jade's life turns upside down. She flees to her childhood home, a rambling Iowa farmhouse with room enough to breathe. There - while her mother's health grows fragile - Jade begins to question everything she thought she knew about family, love, and motherhood.