Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

"A sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is"-- Provided by publisher.

When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist.

Flat Cat likes being flat--roaming anywhere and happy to be unseen--until one day when he becomes fluffy, he learns to enjoy the attention it brings, and grows to love being seen.

Always lost in the shuffle of her large family, an eleven-year-old girl decides that this summer she'll make sure she stands out, and a discovery in the library basement may help.

"A . . . picture book about an apple who learns the importance of self-acceptance and patience after being left behind during picking season"-- Provided by publisher.

This gingerbread man was baked without ginger, and without ginger he does not feel like he is really a gingerbread man at all, so he causes all kinds of mischief in the bakery until the baker teaches him that his ingredients do not make him who he is, it is his character that defines him.

Collects three stories featuring Auggie Pullman told from Julian, Charlie, and Charlotte's perspectives.

When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.

"After being diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, Rayne resists her parents' efforts to 'fix' her and rethinks her own assumptions about what her condition means for her"--Provided by publisher.