When popular Lizzie Lovett goes missing, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne, a lonely misfit, finds herself becoming obsessed with solving the mystery.

All the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.

In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from...

Bear is a postman who never gets letters of his own. That changes when he decides to throw a Christmas party.

Written when the author was ten years old, tells of a dog and a boy who are both lonely until they are included by others.

"Little Brown is grumpy and lonely at the dog park, until he decides to take matters into his own hands."--

Lonely Andy, who has moved with his family from America to Ireland, discovers a leprechaun and is granted three wishes. But will the wishes make Andy feel any better?

Oliver wants to drink tea with a friend. Philbert, who loves tea, tries to get Oliver's attention.

A girl befriends a monster and learns about loneliness, friendship, community, and coping with loss.

A lonely young prince finds a way to escape the palace and experience the real world.