A Sunburst book

When a 15-year-old girl discovers that her neighbors have a spring with water that prevents people from growing old, she learns a lesson in the cycle of life.

When stricken with a severe cold, Moominpappa decides to set down an account of his eventful youth, which he shares chapter by chapter with Moomintroll, Sniff, and Snufkin.

The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

Thirty-five poems recount the feelings of Black children about their neighborhoods, American society, and themselves.

Toby's hope that she, her mother, and sister would be reunited on her thirteenth birthday, at the latest, is not met and she enters her teens in a foster home.