Josephina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar.

"Lily and her parents move to a new home in New York City. Everything is so new and different, which makes Lily even more homesick"--

"Difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family where she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home"-- Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never...

"A boy makes a connection with a plum tree after moving to a new home"--

Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket, " one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.

When Buster the dog's owner goes away for a few days, he sends Buster to Sagebrush Kennels for Cowboy Camp, where Buster is homesick at first, but then has fun herding balls into the corral, gathering sticks for a campfire, and making wanted posters with his pawprints.

Iris's first sleepover at her friend Walter's house ends early when Iris gets homesick and wants to go home.

A special quilt keeps a little girl from feeling homesick when she sleeps over with her grandparents.

Peter has made the AAA Bantam team and is playing hockey in Edmonton! This shy boy from the North West Territories is having a hard time adjusting to city life. Before long, his troubles follow him on to the ice. Sequel to Interference adn Roughing.