Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.

When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.

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

Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.

Amanda and Kara are cousins and best friends in an intertribal Native American family; but Kara's family leaves the city and moves back to the Rez, making both girls sad--but the summer reunion reminds them that they will always be cousins.

When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.

Katie agrees to be a buddy for the new girl in class even though her best friend Suzanne does not approve.

After moving to a new neighborhood, a girl who is both a worrier and a problem solver meets a possible very good friend next door.

Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.

Amara loves bats, so when she learns there are none near her new home due to habitat loss, she overcomes her feelings of helplessness and inspires her community to take action. Includes facts about bats and bat houses.