John Donovan

Thirteen-year-old Davy has a difficult time adjusting to his grandmother's death and life in New York with his erratic mother. He becomes close friends with a male classmate at his new school. The friendship later turns sexual, eventually causing Davy to struggle with feelings of guilt. It was one of the first mainstream teen novels to deal with homosexuality.

James quits his job and does all the things that he's always wanted to do but finds he is still unsatisfied with his life.

When his entire family dies, John is left alone on the remote New Hampshire farm with only a wolf-dog for company.

Fourteen-year-old Harry is more a pal than a son to his parents but his friendship with seventy-two-year-old Amelia fosters an honesty and directness that gives him the courage to be himself.