Helen Frost

Henry, deaf from an early age, is wrongly labeled unteachable. In the late 1930s he is sent to an institution, where a conscientious objector working there becomes one of the few people to see him clearly.

Sam and Katie want to befriend a stray dog that neighbors chase off, but one big mistake leaves them wondering how you say sorry to a dog.

Over a summer at the lake house, Claire watches her family change as her older sister Abi grows up and a new baby is on the way.

When the first apple falls, Faith and Peter's family makes applesauce, but this year Aunt Lucy is gone and Uncle Arthur's stories carry their grief.

In 1812 Indiana Territory, Anikwa, a Miami boy, and James, a trader's son, are best friends until war between the Americans and British forces them onto opposite sides.

Two girls who briefly crossed paths years earlier during a carjacking-turned-kidnapping meet again at summer camp and must work through old fears and secrets, told in two interwoven verse forms.

Twelve-year-old Willow longs to mush her family's sled dogs alone to her grandparents' house in remote Alaska, but when she finally does, a crash blinds Roxy, her father's favorite dog, and Willow must find a way to save her.

The students in Room 214, their teacher and the school custodian share their private worries about family, a missing bicycle, a first kiss and fitting in, in poems written in more than twenty forms.

In 1917, outspoken Muriel questions the war and is drawn to her aunt's suffrage work, while her brother Ollie fights overseas and neighbor Emma grieves the brother the war has already taken.

In the 1850s, sisters Jeannie and Sarah are separated when their family is forced off Scotland's Isle of Barra: Jeannie sails to Canada with the family while Sarah stays behind on Barra.

Seven teenagers dealing with crises at home find refuge at Joe's house, their stories told in interlocking sestinas and sonnets.