The March sisters -- Beautiful Meg, headstrong Jo, delicate Beth, and spoiled Amy -- live in genteel poverty against the backdrop of the American Civil war, as they face their first Christmas without their beloved father, who is serving as a chaplain in the Union Army. We follow the sisters as they grow from children into women, mothers, and wives and experience all of the trials, tragedy, loss, and love that life encompasses along the way.

A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions with relatives and neighbors.

For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.

The two engagement parties of Shelby Cambria and Fred Stiftel, one in South Carolina and one in Chicago, bring about changes in the lives of all concerned. Both bride and groom are only children, and their parents want the best for them. The Cambrias' dearest wish is for their daughter to be happy. If Shelby wants to marry Fred, they will not stand in her way, although they hope her friends will not think she is marrying more than a few degrees beneath...

Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley’s wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and cherish—’til death did them part—for tanned and toned young Barbie brides. If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasn’t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les’s world and push her to the edge. She’s had enough...

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. Considered a classic in the Sci-Fi genre, this novel won the first Nebula Award and shared the Hugo Award.

Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.