When popular Lizzie Lovett goes missing, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne, a lonely misfit, finds herself becoming obsessed with solving the mystery.

"Sara and her father start to heal from her mother's death when a white kitten lands on their doorstep"--Provided by publisher.

When Little Robot finds a creative solution to his lonliness he gets straight to work on shaping the perfect companion out of metal, and affectionately names him Little Dog.

When Jess, a girl who is allergic to the sun, sneaks out of her house, she discovers a magical garden made out of ice.

With insight and a light touch, best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students...

While searching for a replacement heart at the Spare Parts Mart, a lonely robot finds a friend.

When A learns he is not the only person waking up in a different person's body every day, he gains new understanding of the extremes where love and loneliness can lead. Told from multiple perspectives.

In New York City, a "groovy little jazz number" brings together a lonely crocodile and deer.

"Little Brown is grumpy and lonely at the dog park, until he decides to take matters into his own hands."--

Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands.