The reader is taken on a journey through a neighborhood and shown the sights, sounds, and smells as evening approaches.

Close friends, the Maxwell and Pope families reside in a "perfect" suburban neighborhood, but their idyllic lives are unexpectedly shattered by a moment that can never be erased.

Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola, recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket.

Samuel Wortham's brother is out of prison and shows up with a young girl named Katie who he claims is Samuel's daughter. As Samuel fights to convice Julia of his faithfulness, the rest of the family struggles to find the truth and decide what to do with Katie.

The Worthams and Hammonds are as close as two families could be, sharing almost everything on their Depression-era Illinois farms. So when a raging fire breaks out and threatens to destroy the Hammond farm, both families are affected by the tragedy. But how did the fire start? Several of the kids know the truth, but no one is talking. As the families try to overcome aching loss, misplaced blame, troubled relationships, and an upsetting secret, they...

"When actress and model Allison Langley leaves her former rockstar husband, Christopher, in the middle of the night, it's all her Oak Hill neighbors can talk about. The gossip comes to an abrupt halt when five-year-old Billy Barnes goes missing on his walk home from kindergarten. Billy's mother, Rachel, blames herself for being at work and letting her only child walk alone. Cassidy, Billy's teenage babysitter, was also late to arrive on the afternoon...

Around the time of her thirteenth birthday, Penny's suburban Philadelphia neighborhood is terrorized by a psychopath and everyone is sure that the young man just out of a juvenile home is responsible.

Pinch is a pack rat who does not want to give up the prossessions that are cluttering his house, but when he finally is persauaded to sell them at a neiighborhood tag sale, he discivers the beauty of recycling. Includes tips on reducing, resuing, and recycling. .

Biscuit and Daisy welcome the new neighbors with a food basket and flowers.