After the death of his father, Achille becomes afflicted with dysphemia, but he is also gifted with great creative intelligence. In their attempts to solve the boy’s problem,...

There’s much cheering and rejoicing in the small city of Neustadt. After all, Bibi Blocksberg managed to save two kids from certain death by a spontaneous act of minor wizardry,...

Ten year-old Jessica is heartbroken when just before Christmas her best friend moves to another town. Her eccentric Aunt Millie, who is visiting for the holidays, decides to tell...

Eighteen year-old Meg has been adrift ever since her father left their family, driving away in a blue car. Now, in her final year of high school, she has finally found a...

The Ulmans are a tranquil bourgeois family until their father unexpectedly dies. Suddenly his wife and their four children find themselves having to come to grips with the pain of...

In the spring of 1938 Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl who was raised in New York, travels to Spain with her sick mother who, without telling her family, has decided...

Eldra belongs to a Romany family who live in Wales. The girl is a dreamer, spending the evenings watching her mother’s puppet shows and playing her father’s harp. She loves...

In the 1950s, nine-year-old Elina lives with her mother and a younger brother and sister in Northern Sweden. The family belongs to the Finnish-speaking minority. Elina's father...