Robinson Crusoe, born in York, is the third son in his family. His parents wish to make a lawyer out of young Crusoe, but he has other plans. His one great desire is to become a sailor and go to sea. Although almost all of his initial forays into sea life are disastrous, Crusoe is not deterred. The novel is basically about his life and adventures on some island, where he lives for the next twenty-eight years...
A little girl, at a dinner out, attracts the attention of someone who is ultimately able to help her father get a job, and get her family back on their feet.
A young alien girl living on a planet with a highly advanced technological civilization tries to understand why there is so little happiness in the world.
Penelope Farewell is a normal teenage girl (also the good girl) with a normal life until her childhood crush notices her which is the school's bad boy and meets the new guy. Her life changes the way she never expected.