Cecilia Galante

Twelve-year-old May is living in a desolate situation with only her grandmother, who is depressed about the absence of May’s mother, and her father, who works long hours and is almost never around....

There's nothing 10-year-old Lily Sinclair likes about her new life in the city with her single mom....

Julia just graduated as her high school valedictorian, has a full ride to college in the fall and a coveted summer internship clerking for a federal judge....

When 12-year-old Hershey must run away with her mother to a women's shelter, she wonders how, among other things, she'll compete in the town talent show with her best friend, Phoebe...

Best friends Agnes and Honey live at Mount Blessing, a religious commune....