Willa, who wants to feel extraordinary, thinks that she's in love with the father of the boy next door until she realizes that her "ordinary" true love is the boy himself.

Emma learns to accept "different strokes for different folks" when her aunt and uncle come to take care of her and her brother.

An eleven-year-old cellist learns about life from her eccentric family, her first boyfriend, and the composer Mozart.

Tomorrow's Wizard

by Patricia MacLachlan

Published 1 March 1982
Tomorrow's Wizard, his unorthodox apprentice, Murdoch, and a wise horse make five important wishes come true in ways that surprise the wishers.

Cassie Binegar

by Patricia MacLachlan

Published 1 January 1982
During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.



Mama 1 Mama 2

by Patricia MacLachlan and MacLachlan

Published 23 March 1982
A young child lives with a foster family until her own mother is well enough to care for her.