Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.

Alice's life is about to change. She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her-one of the nuns at the orphanage-gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident. And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name. Miami, she says. Miami Shaw. Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister. Who lives only a few miles away. Who has what Alice has always dreamed...

Justice's brother Thomas can control people with his mind. But does Justice have special powers, too? For Justice and her identical twin brothers Levi and Thomas, the summer begins like any other. But as the slow days pass, Justice begins to notice a strange energy between her brothers, beyond their normal twin connection. Thomas becomes increasingly bossy and irritable, while Levi seems weak and absentminded. And there are changes happening within...

Sheldon and Eloise Schell are twins, orphans, and the estranged college companions of the rich, scandalous, celebrated Roman Stone. Now Roman is dead, murdered with a pair of scissors in his living room, and Eloise and Sheldon must separately tease out the secrets--a burning house, a murdered girl--that were the one story they could never tell. Moving between the muffled plush of wintry Chicago, the fogbound darkness of a Lake Superior island, and...

Thirteen-year-old Mary Beth Mullet and her twin brother, Johnny, discover that someone has been spending time in the old barn Mary Beth escapes to when she needs time to herself.

For their twelfth birthday Willow's mom is planning a combined birthday party for Willow and her twin brother, Winston--boys and girls will both be invited for a Halloween masquerade, but soon the games threaten to get out of hand.

When they are not fighting with each other Alfie Wolfe and his twin sister Alfreeda help out with their mother's dog hotel business--but just now he is faced with a friendly pug called Twinkles, and an aggressive Golden Retriever, named Gracie, who seems to regard him as a threat.

"Maren's mom is head-over-heels for her new boyfriend, but Maren? Not so much. It's driving her nuts to see how much time they're spending together. When she finds out they're getting married, Maren is even more annoyed. Life is still somewhat bearable thanks to her new improv comedy group and the Sleepover Girls, but everything is changing too fast for Maren.Can Maren adjust to her new home life, or will the stress be too much for her to deal with?"...