Lena Josephine Marano

In a foster home run by kids with no adult supervision, Lucia, a seven-year-old misfit, awaits a pick-up that never comes, discovering the true meaning of home.

With Mommy out for the night, Daddy invites over Natalie. But when his daughter wakes up afraid of a monster, can Daddy put her back to bed in time to get in bed with Natalie?

Mabel centers on Callie, whose only friends are the plants and trees that surround her home. When her dad’s job moves the family to a sterile subdivision, she is utterly isolated—except for her best friend, a potted plant named Mabel. To Callie, Mabel is a peer, a fellow being, maybe overlooked or unseen, but still very much alive.