A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Josefina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar.

When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.

"Set in Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Sicily, and America, this richly imagined novel is about men and women who leave familiar surroundings for foreign landscapes. Their encounters--jolting, unexpected--force them to see how many 'riffs there are to being human.'"--from back cover.

Sent from Michigan to Pennsylvania following the tragic death of her Amish parents, Lena Rose Schwartz grieves her loss and the separation from her nine siblings. Beside the fact that Lena has never been so far from home, she hasn't met the family she will now be living with. But worse than that is having to live apart from her close-knit brothers and sisters. How will they manage without her to care for them--especially six-year-old Chris? And will...

A young dragon finds a boy and introduces him to his family, friends, and teacher, but it is clear that the boy would like to return to his faraway home.

"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"-- The story of a fisherman a fisherman who longs to return to the woman and child in a hillside home.

The Mighty Mighty Monsters decide to break their homesick friend Witchitaw out of the Salem School of Witchcraft.

"Angelina and the other mouselings at Miss Lilly's Ballet School perform Cinderella on tour, battling homesickness and bad luck to ensure the show will go on"--

Going to her grandmother's house for a first sleep-away visit, Amy enjoys a wonderful shared day before missing her mother, baby brother, and dog at night and assuaging her homesickness with three objects that she has brought with her.