Emily Cheney Neville

A fourteen-year-old New York boy and his relationships with a stray tomcat, an eccentric old woman, a troubled older boy, the first girl with whom he has been friends, and his father.

Describes life in the small world, the Cheney family place in Connecticut, where Emily and her sister grew up, and recounts their adventures with their cousins, at the summer home in Keene Valley, and as Emily began to discover the world beyond the Place.

Unable to work out a satisfactory relationship with his brother and sister and cope with their alcoholic mother, a young boy finds solace with neighborhood friends and in his relationship with a stray dog.

Between free lancing as a philosopher and having a play produced at an off Broadway theatre, a twenty-three-year-old law school dropout debates what to do with his life.

Eighth grader Henri spends a year in China when her father becomes a foreign exchange professor at Beijing University. At first, Henri is lonely because she does not have anyone her own age to talk to, but then she meets Minyuan, a Chinese boy who speaks English. Over the next months their friendship blossoms, only to be cut down--but not destroyed--by tragic political and personal circumstances. Built on an uncertain foundation of striking similarities and profound differences in attitude and outlook, Henri and Minyuan's relationship is as dynamic as it is tenuous. Neville's narrative makes for dramatic reading while also offering readers a witty look at both American and Chinese family life.

When the old wooden bridge breaks, a young boy is delighted to be able to watch, from his front yard, the many different machines at work building the new bridge across the brook.

After his family moves to the suburbs, nine-year-old Berries Goodman finds another loner like himself, but then loses his best friend through prejudice.