There is an elegant substitute teacher in class today, but Katie's attempts to impress her keep going wrong.

Told in verse, a Chinese American girl and her little brother protest the idea of moving, until their grandmother teaches them a special trick to make the change easier.

"Mina was feeling sorry for herself. She always seemed to notice the good things that others had, but she didn't. One day, her family decided to make a gratitude jar, and things began to change. Soon the family discovers the power of gratitude and appreciation for life's simple things"--

Katie Woo and her friend JoJo are spending the day at an indoor water park, but Katie is a little afraid of the very high Super-Duper Slide, and JoJo has to help her overcome her fear.

For Luna's birthday the whole family goes out for dim sum, but when Luna drops her pork bun, she and her two brothers argue over how to divide up the remaining buns.

Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.